Cancer cells seen to be targeted and killed from the inside with metal-based compound discovered by the University of Warwick The compound – Organo-Osmium FY26 – attacks the weakest part of cancer cells. FY26 is 50x more active than metal drugs used in current cancer treatments Unprecedented minute detail of cancer cells seen with nano-imaging...
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How cancers trick the immune system into helping rather than harming them
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered how certain cancers hijack the immune system for their benefit — tricking it into helping rather than harming them. While most of us are aware that our immune system protects us from infection, we may be less aware of the key role that cells of the immune system also...
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Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand
If you keep looking, it doesn’t hurt so much Next time a nurse sticks a needle into your arm, don’t look away: it’ll be less painful. A new study shows that we feel less pain when we are looking at our body – and that this effect works with virtual reality too. In 2009, Patrick Haggard...
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Prospect for more effective treatment of nerve pain
Trigeminal neuralgia: A glimmer of hope for patients — thanks to a newly tested substance. Trigeminal neuralgia is characterized by sharp, lancinating pain in the teeth or facial area. The standard treatment for this chronic nerve pain can cause burdening side effects. A novel substance inhibits the pain effectively and is well tolerated, as documented...
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Researchers Have Found a Way to Delay Aging
IN BRIEF A new study by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Stockholm University focuses on the role of mitochondria in the aging of organisms. According to researchers, the study opens the way to the treatment of aging with mitochondrially targeted antioxidants. FOCUSING ON THE CELL’S POWER HOUSE More and more, scientists are becoming convinced that aging...
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Stem cells collected from fat may have use in anti-aging treatments
Adult stem cells collected directly from human fat are more stable than other cells — such as fibroblasts from the skin — and have the potential for use in anti-aging treatments, according to researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. They made the discovery after developing a new model to...
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Immersive reality helps autistic kids deal with the real thing
The Blue Room is used to simulate catching a bus It’s not at all uncommon for autistic children to have phobias. Unfortunately, these fears can sometimes be so severe that the children have to completely avoid commonly-experienced situations such as taking buses or going into shops. A relatively new immersive reality treatment, however, is showing...
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New infusion therapy may help smooth out movement for patients with Parkinson's
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Feb. 14, 2017) – Constant infusion of a drug now used intermittently to “rescue” patients with Parkinson’s from bouts of immobility may also help avoid these debilitating symptoms and smooth out their movement throughout the day, physician-scientists say. “As presently used, this therapy helps bridge a gap,” said Dr. Kapil D. Sethi, neurologist...
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New Integrase Inhibitor Matches Existing HIV Tx
SEATTLE — The investigational integrase inhibitor bictegravir worked as well as dolutegravir (Tivicay) and caused no serious side effects when used as part of a three-drug antiretroviral therapy regimen, a researcher said here. Bictegravir is now being evaluated in phase III studies. Viral suppression rates were high in both treatment arms and no one taking...
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Poor thigh muscle strength may increase women's risk of knee osteoarthritis
A new study has found that poor strength in the thigh muscles may increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis in women but not men. This relationship was confounded by body mass index (BMI), which itself is known as a risk factor for knee osteoarthritis. The study’s investigators noted that there may be more contractile tissue...