Hong Kong – An inter-departmental research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has conducted the world’s first analytic real-world cohort study on the association of clozapine, a highly efficacious antipsychotic drug, with the incidence of blood cancer. Their findings show that the...
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The fourth edition of the successful Doha–Heidelberg research conference on Rare Diseases was recently hosted by Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and Heidelberg University Hospital at the Itqan Simulation and Clinical Innovation Centre in Doha. The specialised educational conference discussed updates on the diagnosis and management of rare diseases with an...
Stanford, California – A Stanford Medicine-led, international study of hundreds of samples from patients with Hodgkin lymphoma has shown that levels of tumor DNA circulating in their blood can identify who is responding well to treatment and others who are likely to experience a disease recurrence — potentially letting some patients...
Patients treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiation therapy have a substantially higher risk of stroke, according to a new study published June 17 online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study was undertaken because information on clinically verified stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA), or a “mini...
Berlin – Hodgkin’s lymphoma is one of the most common types of lymphoma in young adults. It is characterized by the presence of enlarged B lymphocytes, which are unusual in that they bear on their surface the identifying markers of many other immune cells – such as those found on...
St. Paul MN – Some of the things seven-year-old Holli loves about school are getting candy on her birthday, math (she could do math all day!), and playing on the swings during recess. Her specialized paraprofessional, Mr. Tyler, joins her in swinging and in hallway banter as they navigate Holli’s...
Melbourne, Australia – Researchers, led by University of Melbourne’s Professor Laura Mackay, a Laboratory Head and Immunology Theme Leader at the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), discovered distinct mechanisms controlling different types of immune cells, and found that, by precisely targeting these mechanisms, they could selectively...
SHANGHAI, China — Hope Medicine Inc. , a clinical-stage innovative biopharmaceutical company, announced recently that the company has completed a Phase Ib study, “An Open-Label Study, to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy in Male and Female with Androgenetic Alopecia Treated with HMI-115 over a 24-Week Treatment Period”. This study is...
New York, NY – A new study led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) suggests that currently available therapies may help control chronic muscle inflammation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe condition that leads to muscle weakness and premature death. The study, published in PNAS, identifies new...
L-Asparaginase is one of the key drugs used to treat children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). However, some children fail to achieve therapeutic levels of L-asparaginase after receiving the drug. The mechanisms underlying such therapeutic failure are not well defined. But now, Vaskar Saha and colleagues, at the Paterson Institute...