Salt Lake City, Utah – New research from Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that genetic screening is effective in identifying patients who have a heart condition known as cardiomyopathy to improve their quality of life and reduce deaths. By undergoing genetic screening to identity those with the potentially-fatal...
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London, UK – A new phase 1 study has demonstrated the safety and benefits of intravenous cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) in patients with various forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study, published in The Lancet, found encouraging exploratory results and no clinical adverse events in the short or long term...
Barcelona, Spain – “What is a tumour?” This is the fundamental question to answer if we want to treat cancer effectively. Our vision of cancer and tumours has been evolving with time, from the simplistic bunch of all-similar malignant cells to a more sophisticated, heterogeneous and hierarchical cellular structure, composed...
Cambridge, UK – Scientists have pinpointed genetic changes that can leave children born with little to no immune defence against infection. In a new study of 11 affected individuals, researchers from Newcastle University, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Great North Children’s Hospital, and their collaborators were able to link mutations...
BEIJING, China – Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive lung disease marked by the thickening and scarring of lung tissue with unclear etiology. Affecting around five million people worldwide, IPF causes severe respiratory problems and greatly diminishes the quality of life. Despite ongoing medical research, the exact...
Bristol, UK – While several trials have shown that substantial weight loss using diet and lifestyle can reverse type 2 diabetes, new research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association of the Study of Diabetes) is among the first to show the subsequent impact of remission on cardiovascular...
Toyoake, Japan – Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder globally, has long baffled scientists with its progressive nature and debilitating effects on motor function.A recent study from the School of Medicine at Fujita Health University has brought new insights into the metabolic disruptions experienced by patients with...
Umeå, Sweden – People with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other cognitive problems. A new study led by Umeå University, Sweden, shows that the reason may be that people with type 2 diabetes have more difficulty getting rid of a protein that may cause...
CARLSBAD, Calif. — ALZpath, Inc., a leader in Alzheimer’s diagnostics, announced new findings published online today in JAMA Neurology showing that its proprietary blood-based biomarker assay for phosphorylated tau at residue 217 (pTau217) delivers high diagnostic accuracy and consistency in identifying amyloid and tau in the brain. The article, “Diagnostic Accuracy...
Portsmouth, UK – A new study involving University of Portsmouth researchers has uncovered key molecular defects underlying a rare developmental brain condition in children. The research team, led by Dr Reza Maroofian, Dr Rauan Kaiyrzhanov and Professor Henry Houlden at University College London Queen Square Institute of Neurology, investigated the...