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L-type calcium channel blockers may contribute to heart failure, study finds
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L-type calcium channel blockers may contribute to heart failure, study finds

by Sara Lajeunesse, Pennsylvania State University L-type calcium channel blockers (LCCBs)—the most widely used drugs for treating hypertension—may harm the heart as much as help it, according to a new study. The research team, led by Penn State, found that in rats and human cells in vitro, LCCBs cause changes in blood vessels—known as vascular...

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

New data show advantage of add-on therapy with belimumab in lupus nephritis Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease, in which damage is caused to multiple organs and tissues by the formation and deposition of immune complexes (antigen-antibody complexes). The kidneys are also affected in about half of the patients when immune...

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Glioblastoma Pathway Signatures, Treatment Responses Differ Between Male, Female Patients

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – A team led by researchers at Washington University has identified molecular features that differ between glioblastoma (GBM) brain tumors of males and females and may be used to better tailor treatment. As they reported online yesterday in Science Translational Medicine, the researchers used available transcriptome data from the Cancer Genome Atlas...