Biotechnology rare diseases Research & Discovery Researchers Find Cause of Rare, Fatal Disease That Turns Babies’ Lips and Skin Blue By Staff Reports 1 month ago Scientists used a gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice that faithfully mimic a
Biotechnology Gene Therapy genes rare diseases 3 Signs of Progress Against Sickle Cell Disease By Staff Reports 1 month ago A decade ago, the United Nations declared June 19 to be World Sickle Cell Awareness
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Biotechnology cancer Immunotherapies Researchers from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Successfully Pilot Multidisciplinary Approach for Addressing Immunotherapy-Related Toxicities By Staff Reports 1 month ago New research from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, published in the June 2019 issue
Biotechnology genes Scientists Identify Genes Associated with Biliary Atresia Survival By Staff Reports 1 month ago Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center have identified an expression pattern of 14 genes
Biotechnology drug development Uncategorized Study Shows Experimental Drug Can Encourage Bone Growth in Children with Dwarfism By Staff Reports 1 month ago Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Australia and seven other
drug development Health and Wellness Metformin Study Shows Drug Has Promise for Women with PCOS By Staff Reports 1 month ago A new study has shown that Metformin can be an effective treatment for women with Polycystic Ovarian
Arthritis Diabetes Heart Health stem cells 6 “firsts” in advancing regenerative medicine toward patient care By Staff Reports 1 month ago A statewide bipartisan initiative is transforming health care from a focus on treating disease to
Biotechnology cancer Clinical Trials Penn Researchers Influence CDC’s Clarification on Prescribing Opioids for Cancer Pain By Staff Reports 1 month ago To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose from opioids, multiple
Biotechnology cancer Researchers develop drug-targeting molecules to improve cancer treatment By Staff Reports 1 month ago Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed small drug-targeting molecules that may be
Biotechnology genes Genomes New Groundbreaking DNA Study of 500,000 People Launched to Find New Links Between Genetics and Diseases By Staff Reports 1 month ago Intermountain Healthcare and deCODE genetics have announced a major global collaboration and study focused on
Biotechnology cancer Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer By Staff Reports 1 month ago Each year, 1 million men in the U.S. undergo biopsies to determine whether they have
Biotechnology Gene Therapy stem cells SIRT1 plays key role in chronic myeloid leukemia by aiding persistence of leukemic stem cells By Staff Reports 1 month ago Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia can be treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. While these effective
Uncategorized Lights out: Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women By Staff Reports 1 month ago Sleeping with a television or light on in the room may be a risk factor
Biotechnology cancer drug development Immunotherapies UCLA researchers identify three-drug combination that helps curb the growth of deadly type of skin cancer By Staff Reports 1 month ago A UCLA-led research team has pinpointed a three-drug combination that could prove to be an
Diabetes drug development Kidney disease Large international study finds diabetes drug cuts cardiovascular and kidney problems By Staff Reports 1 month ago A clinical trial that followed more than 9,900 people in 24 countries has found that
Biotechnology Opioid Epidemic Increases Number of Organs Available for Transplant By Staff Reports 2 months ago The confluence of two major health crises—the opioid epidemic and organ shortage—has moved surgeons to
Alzheimers and Dementia Biotechnology Parkinson's Ultrasound Method is First to Restore Dopaminergic Pathway in Brain at Early Stages of Parkinson’s Disease By Staff Reports 2 months ago While there are several thousand drugs available to treat a wide range of brain diseases,
cancer Cancer Discovery Cancer screening Lymphoma trial finds combination targeted therapy effective prior to chemotherapy By Staff Reports 2 months ago Results of a Phase II clinical trial conducted at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer
Breast Cancer cancer Cancer Discovery Cancer screening Traditional chemotherapy still gold standard over new targeted therapy for HER2-positive breast cancers By Staff Reports 2 months ago FINDINGS Results of a phase 3 clinical trial by researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer