Durham, North Carolina – Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth, while sparing healthy cells. Using Zika virus vaccine candidates developed at Duke-NUS, the team discovered how these strains target rapidly proliferating cells...
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WALTHAM, Mass. — Dyne Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage muscle disease company focused on advancing innovative life-transforming therapeutics for people living with genetically driven diseases, today announced positive initial clinical data from its ACHIEVE trial of DYNE-101 in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and its DELIVER trial of DYNE-251...
New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, found that patients started on early, aggressive treatment with a combination of biologic and conventional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) achieved clinically inactive disease in children with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) more frequently compared...
OAK BROOK, Ill. – A new study found increased coronary vessel wall thickness that was significantly associated with impaired diastolic function in asymptomatic, middle-aged individuals living with HIV. The study was published today in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). According to the...
DALLAS, Texas — Advances in cardiac imaging techniques and risk categorization have led to improvements in diagnosis, initial treatment and long-term management of patients with Kawasaki Disease, according to a new scientific statement published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation. The new statement, “Update on Diagnosis...
Boca Raton, Florida – Endometriosis is a common, burdensome, chronic disease that affects more than 11% of women of reproductive age in the United States and 190 million women worldwide. Early diagnosis remains a major clinical and public health challenge. The average time to diagnose endometriosis is seven years after...
Sugar Land, TX – Although many patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) achieved significant prognostic improvement through surgical treatment, rapid and aggressive intrahepatic dissemination within months after radical resection was occasionally encountered. To date, there has been no dedicated literature addressing this phenomenon. Methods In this case-control study, we proposed the...
On computed tomography (CT) scans, what has been described as a pattern that is “indeterminate for usual interstitial pneumonia” (iUIP) could be indicative of early idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in certain individuals, with disease progression possibly associated with higher levels of monocytes and neutrophils. These were among the results of...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Only a very small percentage of neurons show changes after an epileptic seizure in mice, but these alterations can be permanent and trigger future seizures that can affect the whole brain and lead to impaired cognition, like memory and learning, according to new research from the Perelman...
Washington, D.C – High fiber diets, like those that include broccoli sprouts or other cruciferous vegetables, may reduce disease symptoms and improve quality of life in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study conducted in mice. The study was published in mSystems, a journal of the American...