An antibody linked with multiple sclerosis (MS) might be detectable in the blood of people with the disease before symptoms appear, a new study indicates. The findings could lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment of the central nervous ...
Tags: earlier diagnosis and treatment, blood samples, protein
There are three common drugs for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cyclophosphamide, and topotecan. Like a shell game, if you pick the right drug a patient is likely to respond. And, unfortunately, picking the wrong drug can lead to ...
Tags: right drug, sophisticated model of ovarian cancer genetics
Most patients with both bipolar disorder and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) should be treated as having bipolar disorder, researchers suggest. In their systematic review of OCD and bipolar disorder comorbidity, they found that, ...
A new type of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test could be an alternative to standard positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging for assessing cancer in children and young adults, but without exposure to ...
Tags: MRI, radiation, tumour visibility
By Sara Freeman, medwireNews Reporter Elderly kidney cancer patients benefit from sunitinib therapy just as much as their younger counterparts, a retrospective analysis of six clinical trials shows. Median progression-free survival ...
Tags: PFS, mRCC, Advanced Age, IFN
By Sara Freeman, medwireNews Reporter mewireNews: Shortening the time that patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma are on and off treatment with sunitinib improves the drug’s overall tolerability without affecting its efficacy, ...
Tags: ORR, Tolerability, PFS, Sunitinib
California’s Central Valley Meat Co. has been indefinitely closed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for failing to meet cleanliness standards. “FSIS withdrew our inspectors and suspended operations due to insanitary ...
Data published in New England Journal of Medicine show treatment prolongs life for women with most common cancer in under 35s New data showing cancer treatment Avastin® (bevacizumab) can extend the lives of women with advanced ...
Tags: Cervical Cancer, Avastin, GOG240, GOG
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Researchers at Loyola University Health System have identified a marker to identify those at risk for the infection, enabling doctors ...
Tags: NEC, Bowel Infection, ICU, iAP
Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening bowel infection called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Researchers at Loyola University Health System have identified a marker to identify those at risk for the infection, enabling doctors ...
Tags: NEC, iAP, Premature Infant, Necrotizing Enterocolitis
A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing questions about brain network functions of ...
Tags: fMRI, network activation, physiological effect, Alcohol-Dependent Woman
Optum Labs, the collaborative research and innovation center founded by Optum and Mayo Clinic, today announced the addition of seven new charter partners committed to improving the quality and value of patient care. The announcement follows ...
Many farmers may be questioning whether their soybeans need a fungicide seed treatments this planting season. But that depends on many factors – from weather and planting date to drainage and seed costs. And if conditions or field ...
Tags: Seed Treatments, seed-treatment
Work uncovers secret of how genome-editing tool works as a 'guided missile' to correct errors in the genetic code Researchers from the Broad Institute and MIT have teamed up with colleagues from the University of Tokyo to form the first ...
A group of researchers at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of Universit- de Montr-al discovered a promising new approach to treating leukemia by disarming a gene that is responsible for tumor progression. That ...
Tags: Immunology and Cancer(IRIC), Leukemia Treatment, Brg1 gene