Medical News
Wayne State receives $1.97 million NIH undergraduate research training grant
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) Researchers at Wayne State University recently received a nearly $1.97 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the Nat...
'Suffocating' cancer: A new headway in melanoma immunotherapy
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Luxembourg Institute of Health) Led by Dr. Bassam Janji, from the Luxembourg Institute of Health, the team used gene editing technologies to show how targeting HIF-1α could not only inhibit tumor growth, but also drive...
A tapeworm drug against SARS-CoV-2?
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Researchers from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University of Bonn have examined the way in which SARS-CoV-2 rep...
AGS publishes updated AGS Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for Graduating Medical Students
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has published an updated version of the AGS Minimum Geriatrics Competencies for Graduating Medical Students, which were created to ensure that medical s...
Access to peer support combined with telehealth being studied to combat PTSD
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The military mantra of 'no man left behind' is being applied to help veterans complete treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using evidence-based psych...
Antibody disease enhancement of COVID-19 does not appear to occur in animal models
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Duke University Medical Center) In a study published in the journal Cell, Duke investigators demonstrated in mice and monkeys that human antibodies lacked the ability to make SARS-CoV-2 infection worse and, instead, exe...
COVID-19 dual-antibody therapies effective against variants in animal study
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that many, but not all, COVID-19 therapies made from combinations of two antibodies are effective aga...
COVID-19 studies are bolstered by lung cells made from induced pluripotent stem cells
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(AlphaMed Press) A team led by researchers at Newcastle University, UK, has successfully created a model of the cells found in the lungs that can be used to replicate how COVID-19 infects the airways.
CU Cancer Center receives highly competitive SPORE grant for head and neck cancer
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Research and treatment of head and neck cancers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center reached a new level this month with a highly competitive Specialized Programs o...
Cellular mechanisms of early mammary gland development unraveled
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Helsinki) Helsinki University research group used live tissue imaging for the first time to visualise the emergence of the mammary gland.
Exposure to pollutants, increased free-radical damage speeds up aging
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(West Virginia University) A new study from West Virginia University researcher Eric E. Kelley -- in collaboration with the University of Minnesota -- suggests that unrepaired DNA damage can increase the speed of aging.
Gene profile in blood predicts risk of poor outcomes, death for patients with COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of South Florida (USF Health)) A blood gene profile associated with a high risk of dying from a severe lung disease can also predict poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19, a multicenter retrospective study ...
Genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorder discovered
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(University of Maryland School of Medicine) University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers identified a new gene that may be linked to certain neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities. Th...
High-tech in radiology
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg) In the Magdeburg University Clinic for Radiology, the first patient in Europe has been treated with a new type of liver tumor therapy as a part of a clinical study.
How do developing spinal cords choose 'heads' or 'tails'?
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Gladstone Institutes) Scientists at Gladstone Institutes have created an organoid--a three-dimensional cluster of cells grown in the lab--that mimics the earliest developmental steps of the nervous system in embryos. Th...
NIH ACTIV-4B COVID-19 outpatient thrombosis prevention trial ends early
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) A year ago, investigators set out to study whether symptomatic COVID-19 outpatients should be given anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy to prevent clots that were reported among some pati...
Nerve tumor in children: better tolerable chemotherapy without loss of efficacy
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute) The initial chemotherapy of aggressive childhood nerve tumors, so-called high-risk neuroblastomas, is crucial for ultimate survival. It has now been shown that the chemothe...
New position statement declares that sleep is essential to health
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A new position statement from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine emphasizes that sleep is a biological necessity, and insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders are detrimen...
New report from VA-BU-Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank marks 1,000 brain donations milestone with inside look at CTE research
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) Research collaborators from the VA, Boston University, and the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF) published an inspiring new report today, '1,000 Reasons for Hope,' which exclusivel...
Nrf2: The custodian regulating oxidative stress and immunity against acrylamide toxicity
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Tokyo University of Science) Acrylamide, which is extensively used in industries, causes peripheral neuropathy or encephalopathy. Now, scientists from Japan examined the response against oxidative stress in acrylamide-i...
Online meeting: New partners, greater impact -- excellence in research with patient engagement
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown) After decades of scientific efforts, the search for successful treatments of many cancers and most metastatic disease, Alzheimer's and other incapacitating and/or deadly conditions s...
Online panel discussion and launch of 'EU Atlas: Dementia & Migration'
EurekAlert! - 21 Jun 2021 06:00
(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) Presentation and discussion of the results of a research project on 'Dementia and Migration' in Europe.