By Paul McClureJuly 02, 2024 A novel combination treatment for advanced prostate cancer has been granted Fast Track status by the FDADepositphotos The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has green-lit the fast-tracking of an innovative personalized treatment for advanced prostate cancer following a promising clinical trial where the cancer disappeared completely in almost 40%...
JULY 2, 2024 by Public Library of Science Credit: Bar Manon (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Created with Biorender. A common infection-causing bacteria was much less likely to evolve antibiotic resistance when treated with a mixture of antimicrobial peptides rather than a single peptide, making these mixtures a viable strategy for developing new antibiotic treatments. Jens Rolff...
Medscape Medical News Lucy Hicks July 01, 2024 Researchers have identified a form of B12 deficiency caused by autoantibodies that specifically affects the central nervous system. Discovered while studying a puzzling case of one patient with inexplicable neurological systems, the same autoantibody was detected in a small percentage of healthy individuals and was nearly four...
JULY 3, 2024 by D’Or Institute for Research and Education Credit: CC0 Public DomainA study published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia investigated the relationship between semaglutide use and residual gastric content in patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (EGD). Conducted by researchers at the D’Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), the retrospective study analyzed...
JULY 3, 2024 by Garvan Institute of Medical Research Visualized DNA damage (green) in human breast cancer cells (blue). Credit: Garvan InstituteUsing artificial intelligence, Garvan Institute researchers have found potential cancer drivers hidden in so-called ‘junk’ regions of DNA, opening up possibilities for a new approach to diagnosis and treatment. Non-coding DNA—the 98% of our...
JULY 2, 2024 by Lori Solomon Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is associated with an increased incidence of atrial fibrillation, according to a study published online June 2 in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Lei Wang and Yi Wei Lu, from the Aerospace Center Hospital in Beijing, and colleagues assessed GERD’s role as a potential contributing factor...
JULY 2, 2024 by Jacqueline Mitchell, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsExercise testing can serve as a powerful physiologic probe to unmask subclinical cardiovascular abnormalities well before disease onset. For example, blood pressure changes during exercise (EBP) can reveal a latent tendency toward future development of hypertension. At present, there is...
NEWS RELEASE 3-JUL-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON A key mechanism which detects when the brain needs an additional energy boost to support its activity has been identified in a study in mice and cells led by UCL scientists. The scientists say their findings, published in Nature, could inform new therapies to maintain brain health and...
NEWS RELEASE 3-JUL-2024 Study in “Cell” Peer-Reviewed PublicationDZNE – GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Dexamethasone is one of the most important drugs in the treatment of severe COVID-19, but patients respond very differently to the therapy. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now discovered how the...
NEWS RELEASE 3-JUL-2024 Adding newly ID’d compound makes naloxone more potent, longer lasting, mouse study shows Peer-Reviewed PublicationWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE The ongoing opioid epidemic in the U.S. kills tens of thousands of people every year. Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, has saved countless lives by reversing opioid overdoses. But new and...
