MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL — In a major scientific breakthrough, newly published research from an international consortium led by the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center has the potential to transform the landscape of ovarian cancer treatment. Published today in JAMA Network Open, the findings indicate that ovarian cancer patients with high levels...
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Columbia, Missouri – New research at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building has discovered a potential treatment for an underlying cause of cardiovascular disease in people with Type 2 diabetes. More than 30 million Americans live with Type 2 diabetes. One common feature of diabetes is the hardening and...
Münster, Germany – In a transformative study published in the Journal Science Translational Medicine, an international team of researchers, led by the University of Münster and Department of Neurology at the University Hospital of Münster, Germany, in collaboration with the German Competence Network Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS), has made a significant...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – UNC School of Medicine researcher Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Ian Windham, a former PhD student from the Cohen lab, have made a new discovery about apolipoprotein E (APOE) – the biggest genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Older people who inherited a genetic variant called...
NORMAN, Oklahoma – In the past year, three researchers at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine at OU Health Sciences have earned more than $5 million in grant money to study causes and potential treatments for necrotizing enterocolitis, a deadly intestinal disease that primarily affects infants born prematurely. Because...
Norman, Oklahoma – Like alien invaders in a sci-fi movie, pancreatic cancer cells quickly adapt to the weapons used against them and find ways to survive, even in the harshest of conditions. Understanding why is the aim of cancer scientists everywhere. A University of Oklahoma researcher recently advanced the knowledge...
Ottawa, Canada – A team from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has completed an exciting new study that reveals the inner workings of gene mutations that result in an ultra-rare syndrome with fewer than 100 reported cases since its first description in the early 1960s. The hard-won research...
PHILADELPHIA, PA – When cells in the human body divide, they must first make accurate copies of their DNA. The DNA replication exercise is one of the most important processes in all living organisms and is fraught with risks of mutation, which can lead to cell death or cancer. Now,...
Brisbane, Australia – University of Queensland researchers have identified an opportunity to reduce infections in people living with cystic fibrosis. Professor Matt Sweet, Dr Kaustav Das Gupta and Dr James Curson from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience have discovered a fault in the bacteria-killing function of immune cells in people...
Rochester, New York – Standard chemotherapy regimens, which are mostly based on testing in relatively young and healthy patients, may do more harm to older adults with cancer who often struggle with other health issues. New research, published yesterday in JAMA Network Open, shows that lowering the dose and adjusting...