 WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING TO PROTECT YOUR EYES THIS CHRISTMAS
As winter approaches and the nights draw in, Dr. Masara Laginaf, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon, shares vital tips to protect your eyes during this challenging season. With the combination of…
Can the heart heal itself? New study says it can
A research team co-led by a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson’s Sarver Heart Center found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate…
Bacterial vaccine shows promise as cancer immunotherapy
Columbia researchers have engineered probiotic bacteria that educate the immune system to destroy cancer cells, opening the door for a new class of cancer vaccines that take advantage of bacteria’s…
‘Digital twins’ of real cancer patients with algorithms to discover black holes
Researchers have shown that they can accurately re-create clinical trials of new treatments using ‘digital twins’ of real cancer patients. The technology, called FarrSight®-Twin, which is based on algorithms used…
Cancer risk linked to p53 in ulcerative colitis
Researchers in the lab of Michael Sigal at the Max Delbrück Center and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have elucidated the role of the p53 gene in ulcerative colitis. The study,…
Estrogens play a hidden role in cancers, inhibiting a key immune cell
Estrogens are known to drive tumor growth in breast cancer cells that carry its receptors, but a new study by Duke Cancer Institute researchers unexpectedly finds that estrogens play a…
Gynaecological Cancers: Immunotherapy and Novel Targeted Drug Appear Beneficial in Group of Women with Early-Stage Disease #ESMO24
Studies reported at ESMO 2024 reveal new groups of women with early-stage endometrial (1) and cervical cancers (2) who gain clinically meaningful benefit from adding immunotherapy to current standard treatments,…
First evidence that Breastfeeding after Breast Cancer is safe #ESMO24 in Barcelona
According to two international studies presented at the ESMO Congress 2024 in Barcelona, women who breastfeed after receiving treatment for breast cancer, including those with a germline BRCA mutation (an…
Higher glucose levels worsen prognosis in ischemic stroke patients
Having higher than usual blood sugar levels at the time of hospital admission for an ischemic stroke significantly increases the risk of a poor functional prognosis or death within three…
The antiviral tecovirimat is safe but did not improve Clade I #mpox resolution in Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC
The antiviral drug tecovirimat did not reduce the duration of mpox lesions among children and adults with clade I mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), based on…