IMIM (HOSPITAL DEL MAR MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE) Combining chemotherapy and BRAF oncogene inhibitors is a very effective strategy for fighting metastatic melanoma, the leading cause of death from skin cancer in the world. This has been demonstrated in a study by researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Hospital del Mar, and CIBER Cancer (CIBERONC), in...
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Scientists demonstrate promising new approach for treating cystic fibrosis
by Mark Derewicz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine “Clubbing” of the fingers is a classic feature of Cystic Fibrosis, although not present in many patients. Credit: Jerry Nick, M.D./ Wikipedia UNC School of Medicine scientists led a collaboration of researchers to demonstrate a potentially powerful new strategy for treating cystic fibrosis (CF)...
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Preclinical study suggests new approach to reduce COVID-19 death among the elderly
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (06/08/2021) — New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic reveals a possible new approach to preventing death and severe disease in elderly people infected with SARS-CoV-2. The researchers demonstrated in a preclinical study that senolytic drugs significantly reduced mortality upon infection from...
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Researchers discover potential new approach to treating psoriatic joint inflammation
by UC Davis Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international team of researchers, led by UC Davis Health, has developed a new therapeutic approach to treating psoriatic arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the joints. Using a novel chemical blocker targeting chemokine proteins, the researchers were able to significantly reduce skin and joint inflammation in a mouse model with psoriasis and psoriatic...
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Study: New approach may boost prostate cancer immunotherapies
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: LEIGH ELLIS, PHD CREDIT: CEDARS-SINAI LOS ANGELES (April 15, 2021) — Researchers have discovered a new way to transform the tissues surrounding prostate tumors to help the body’s immune cells fight the cancer. The discovery, made in human and mouse cells and in laboratory mice, could lead to improvements in immunotherapy treatments for...
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Which OCD Treatment Works Best? New Brain Study Could Lead to More Personalized Choices
New research could improve the odds that people with the obsessive-compulsive disorder will receive a therapy that really works for them – something that eludes more than a third of those who currently get OCD treatment. The study, performed at the University of Michigan, suggests the possibility of predicting which of two types of therapy...
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Protein discovery could improve type 2 diabetes treatment
by University of Melbourne A world first discovery of how a protein works in the liver could lead to a more effective type 2 diabetes drug. The University of Melbourne-led study found that the SMOC1 protein, which is naturally produced by the liver, can decrease blood glucose levels. An engineered form of SMOC1 could therefore...
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Study leads to potential for new treatment approach to Alzheimer’s
by University of Kentucky Research looking at a possible new therapeutic approach for Alzheimer’s disease was recently published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation. The paper out of the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA) is titled “Therapeutic Trem2 activation ameliorates amyloid-beta deposition and improves cognition in the 5XFAD model of amyloid deposition”. The...
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Colon Explorer for Automatic Imaging and Biopsying of Polyps
AUGUST 27TH, 2020 MEDGADGET EDITORS GI Millions of colonoscopies are performed every year to spot cancer as early as possible. The routine nature of these procedures and the constant need for them to be performed has led researchers at University of Colorado Boulder to develop a robotic tank-like device for traversing, imaging, and even biopsying...
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Reviewing Associations Between Physical Activity and Loss of Average Telomere Length with Age
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Telomeres are repeated DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes. With each cell division a little telomere length is lost, and this is an important part of the countdown mechanism that limits replication of somatic cells. Somatic cells...