by Jacqueline Squire Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain I have had ongoing nasal congestion and mucus for the past several months. I thought it was allergies, but my doctor says I likely have acute sinusitis brought on by allergic rhinitis. I was advised to try nonprescription medications to relieve my symptoms rather than antibiotics. What is...
by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Drug resistance is a major obstacle in the treatment of cancers. In an aggressive type of pancreatic cancer, for instance, drug resistance is associated with the suppression of programmed cell death, which results in the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. Until recently, the process underlying this...
This transcript has been edited for clarity. Martha Grogan, MD: Hello, and welcome back to the Mayo Clinic–Medscape Cardiology video series. I’m Martha Grogan. I am the director of the Cardiac Amyloid Clinic at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Today I’m really thrilled to have my colleagues with me, Dr Julie Rosenthal, who is the director...
By Dr. Osman Shabir, Ph.D. Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Routine treatments for sickle cell disease (SCD) are currently limited to blood, stem cell, and bone marrow transplants through other treatment and management strategies are available to help manage anemia and painful episodes amongst other complications with even more promising drugs and treatments being developed...
by Adrienne Williamson, Medical Xpress CGRP receptor signaling complex structure. Visualization provided by Patrick M. Sexton, PhD. A research team with members from Monash University, the ARC Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, the University of Tokyo and the University of Otago have determined the shape and kinetics of an important cell surface (membrane) receptor called...
