Damian McNamara ORLANDO — “Itch may not be as sexy as Mohs surgery or aesthetic procedures,” but treating it is important and meaningful to patients, particularly those who’ve found little relief previously, Shawn G. Kwatra, MD, said at the annual ODAC Dermatology, Aesthetic & Surgery Conference. Chronic itch is common, with presentations that range from...
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Study points toward new ways to prevent liver cancer
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Characterization of genetic mutations, inflammation, immune cell and tumor markers in mice with genetic HSC depletion, activation of inhibition. Credit: Nature (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05289-6 Almost all liver cancers develop after decades of chronic liver disease, but a new discovery by Columbia researchers may lead to treatments that could break the link....
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Discovery points to new ways to kill aggressive cancer cells
by Vanderbilt University Chemoresistant SW480 colon cancer cells stained for lipid rafts (green), death receptor 4 (red), and cell nuclei (blue). Image taken using a Zeiss LSM 880 from the Vanderbilt Cell Imaging Shared Resource Center. Credit: Joshua Greenlee Vanderbilt faculty and researchers are looking for the “Achilles’ heel” of the cancer cells that survive initial...