BOSTON–A stem cell transplant (SCT) from a compatible donor early in the course of disease is the best approach for the majority of young and middle-aged adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), according to a new analysis of two dozen clinical studies. The findings of the study, published in...
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PORTLAND, Ore. and MUMBAI, India — A clinical study to validate the beta thalassemia (beta-thal) diagnostic capability of the Gazelle™ Hb Variant Test from Hemex Health, published in the journal Biosensors, showed that Gazelle correctly identified participating subjects with beta-thal major, beta-thal intermedia, and beta-thal trait with a combined accuracy...
SYDNEY – Australian pharmaceutical group Phebra (‘Company’) congratulates the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG) on the release of their abstract EP433 at the virtual European Hematology Association (EHA) 2021 Conference. The abstract builds on the initial bioequivalence data from the first phase of the trial, published at EHA in June...
Chicago, Ill. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that causes the body’s immune system to attack and destroy insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Traditional management of type 1 diabetes has primarily involved replacing the missing insulin with injections which, though effective, can be expensive and burdensome. A new...
Maintenance therapy with olaparib was found to result in a clinically meaningful, but not statistically significant, improvement in overall survival compared with placebo among women with platinum-sensitive, BRCA 1/2-mutated, relapsed ovarian cancer, according to the results of a study published in The Lancet Oncology. Previously published results from the SOLO2/ENGOT-Ov21 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01874353) demonstrated...
SILVER SPRING, Md. and INDIANAPOLIS — United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) and Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) today announced the results of a pivotal 16-week study showing that a once-daily dose of tadalafil was generally well tolerated, improved exercise capacity and improved time to clinical worsening in patients with...
Stockholm, Sweden – Type 2 diabetes and prediabetes are associated with accelerated brain ageing, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Diabetes Care. The good news is that this may be counteracted by a healthy lifestyle. Type 2 diabetes is a known risk...
St. Louis, Missouri – An atomic-level investigation of how Eastern equine encephalitis virus binds to a key receptor and gets inside of cells also has enabled the discovery of a decoy molecule that protects against the potentially deadly brain infection, in mice. The study, from researchers at Washington University School...
LOS ANGELES, CA – UCLA researchers uncover new details about how the immune system can recognize and kill cancer cells, unlocking potential new strategies to treat aggressive cancers FINDINGS Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have found certain immune cells can still fight cancer even when the cancer cells...
São Paulo, Brazil – CD4+ T cells have been highlighted in the scientific literature for the important role they play in the immune response to lung infections. However, an article published in the journal Cell Reports shows that an imbalance in the volumes of these defense cells in different parts of the lung in response...