Medical News
New Genetic Cause For Autism Spectrum Disorder Discovered
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2016 16:49
A group of researchers led by Gaia Novarino from Austria discovered a new genetic cause for autism spectrum disorder. Syndromic autism in patients born to parents who have had consanguineous marriages had mutation called...
Even Experts Can't Tell How Prevalent Food Allergies Are? Report Outlines Reasons Why, Steps To Address Food Allergy Safety
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2016 16:01
Health care professionals may not know the exact rate and status of food allergies in the country, noted a new report. The NIH and the WHO are recommended to update food safety guidelines from time to time.
Malaria Drug Artemisinin Spurs Cells To Produce Insulin, Shows Promise As Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2016 15:44
Malaria drug was found to reverse alpha cells into beta cells, which contributes to the body's capacity to produce insulin. Future research will establish if this formula could treat type 1 diabetes.
CPX-351 improves survival following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant in older high-risk acute myeloid leukemia patients
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Acute myeloid leukemia, or AML, is a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow. It occurs most often in older populations and progresses rapidly, interfering with the...
Moffitt Cancer Center study shows improved response rates in myelodysplastic syndromes patients treated with lenalidomide and epoetin alpha
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) suffer from a reduction in the number of different types of blood cells, including red blood cells leading to the developm...
Research shows patients ineligible for studies may benefit from trial participation
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Patients who potentially could benefit most from participation in clinical trials due to poor prognoses often are not included based on eligibility criteria, such as exi...
After gene therapy, hemophilia B patients maintain near-normal levels of clotting factor
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers are reporting the highest and most sustained levels to date of an essential blood-clotting factor in patients with the inherited bleeding disorder hemophilia B. After rec...
UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital experts to present at ASH
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) Researchers from the Angie Fowler Adolescent & Young Adult Cancer Institute at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital will present data focused on improv...
Study estimates global cancer cases, deaths in 2015
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(The JAMA Network Journals) In 2015, there were an estimated 17.5 million cancer cases around the globe and 8.7 million deaths, according to a new report from the Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration published o...
CAR T cell immunotherapy continues to yield complete responses in leukemia
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) A highly innovative, personalized cell-based treatment for a high-risk form of the most common childhood cancer continues to move through clinical trials. Pediatric oncologists from ...
CD19-targeting CAR T-cell immunotherapy yields high responses in treatment-resistant CLL
EurekAlert! - 3 Dec 2016 07:00
(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) In a small, early phase trial, a high percentage of patients who had exhausted most traditional treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia saw their tumors shrink or even disappe...
More Time Outdoors Early In Life May Prevent Nearsightedness
Tech Times - 3 Dec 2016 03:38
People who spent more time outdoors when they were between the ages 14 and 29 years had reduced risk for nearsightedness. How does sunlight help ward off the condition also known as myopia?