Medical News
$2.25 million NIH grant enables exploration of a pathway to better vaccines
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) To build better vaccines, scientists want to know more about how our bodies make adequate numbers of effective, durable antibodies against the influenza virus.
A CNIO study links severe COVID-19 disease to short telomeres
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)) The data show that telomeres are shorter in patients suffering more severe COVID-19 pathologies. The researchers propose that one of the consequences of the viral ...
A potent weapon against lymphomas
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) MDC researchers have developed a new approach to CAR T-cell therapy. The team has shown in Nature Communications that the procedure is very effec...
An augmented immune response explains the adverse course of COVID-19 in patients with hypertension
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(BIH at Charité) COVID-19 patients who also suffer from high blood pressure are more likely to fall severely ill with the disease, which also leaves them at greater risk of death. Scientists from the Berlin Institute of...
Are people living with HIV more isolated during the pandemic?
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of California - Riverside) The School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has received a grant aimed at halting further isolation of people aging with HIV during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
Big data analysis finds cancer's key vulnerabilities
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new analysis of almost 10,000 patients found that tumors could be stratified into 112 subtypes regardless of the cancer's origin.
Big differences in how coral reef fish larvae are dispersed
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Rutgers University) How the larvae of colorful clownfish that live among coral reefs in the Philippines are dispersed varies widely, depending on the year and seasons - a Rutgers-led finding that could help scientists i...
Biomarkers in fathers' sperm linked to offspring autism
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Washington State University) Epigenetic biomarkers in human sperm have been identified that can indicate a propensity to father children with autism spectrum disorder. In the study, researchers identified a set of genom...
Can a mother's stress impact children's disease development?
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Cincinnati) A University of Cincinnati researcher finds that stress on an expectant mother could affect her baby's chance of developing disease -- perhaps even over the course of the child's life.
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $2.65M to innovative scientists
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation) Seven scientists with novel approaches to fighting cancer have been named 2021 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award.
Early warning system fills in gaps in infectious disease surveillance
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health developed an infectious disease early warning system that includes areas lacking health clinics p...
Elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein ID'd in zebrafish
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Virginia Tech) A team of Virginia Tech scientists led by Yuchin Albert Pan, an associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, have identified a new link between seizures and connexin 36 deficien...
Good results for groin hernia operations not performed by doctors in Sierra Leone
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) In countries with a severe shortage of surgeons it is common for some operations to be done by medical staff with lower formal qualifications. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, have le...
Landmark study reveals link between gut microbes, diet and illnesses
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(King's College London) Diets rich in healthy and plant-based foods encourages the presence of gut microbes that are linked to a lower risk of common illnesses including heart disease, research has found.
Marijuana use typically drops at the beginning of the year, then climbs in summer and fall
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(New York University) Marijuana use increases throughout the calendar year, with use up 13 percent on average at the end of each year compared to the beginning.
Motherhood does not drive support for gun control
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(North Carolina State University) Moms are not more likely than other women to support gun control efforts. In fact, a new study finds that parenthood doesn't have a substantial effect on the gun control views of men or ...
Oncotarget: HIV +/- patients with lymphoma as a predictor of outcome & tumor proliferation
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) The Oncotarget author's hypothesis is that ADC values will inversely correlate with Ki-67 expression and that tumors with higher ADC values above the median will have improved OS and PFS
Oncotarget: PD-1/PD-L1 expression in anal squamous intraepithelial lesions
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Dr. Margot Bucau from The Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard said, "Anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN) is the precursor lesion for anal squamous cell carcinomas (ASCC).
Oncotarget: Targeted lymphodepletion with a CD45-directed antibody radioconjugate
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) "Here the Oncotarget authors describe the results of preclinical studies with an anti-mouse CD45 antibody 30F11"
One in five brain cancers fueled by overactive mitochondria
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new study has found that up to 20% of aggressive brain cancers are fueled by overactive mitochondria and new drugs in development may be able to starve the cancers.
Physician-pharmacist collaboration may increase adherence to opioid addiction treatment
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) A collaborative approach to treating opioid use disorder that relies heavily on community pharmacists is feasible and may increase adherence and participant satisfaction, according ...
Post-surgical patch releases non-opioid painkiller directly to the wound
EurekAlert! - 11 Jan 2021 07:00
(Duke University) A Duke-led team of scientists has developed a bio-compatible surgical patch that releases non-opioid painkillers directly to the site of a wound for days and then dissolves away. The polymer patch provi...