Baltimore, Maryland – An international academic consortium has identified 13 biomarkers that significantly improve the ability to accurately predict cardiovascular disease risk in people with type 2 diabetes. The analysis, conducted by 23 experts from 11 countries, was led by The Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the Chinese...
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — The International Diabetes Federation (IDF), in collaboration with Sanofi’s Global Health Unit (GHU), is taking significant steps to improve access to diabetes care. The collaboration aims to support the early diagnosis, management and prevention of diabetes and its complications by training a minimum of 4,000 healthcare professionals...
Uppsala, Sweden – An international research team led from Uppsala University has identified new mechanisms behind how the aggressive brain tumour glioblastoma spreads in the brain. Targeting the identified connection between the tumour invasion routes and the tumour cell states could be a potential new treatment strategy. Glioblastoma is the...
Verona, Italy – Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer, primarily because it is usually diagnosed very late. Current markers are too insensitive and unspecific for early detection screenings. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a research team has now introduced a new method that could lead...
Cincinnati, OH – The International Rett Syndrome Foundation (IRSF) celebrated its 25th annual family education and information conference in Leesburg, VA this Memorial Day weekend entitled “Celebrating the Torch Within”. Over 250 families and dozens of clinicians and researchers from across the United States participated in this annual event which...
Barcelona, Spain – In a world with rapidly aging societies, there’s a need for a detailed understanding of the cause and progression of diseases associated with aging. Skeletal muscle is the key motor system in the human body and plays a pivotal role in body metabolic regulation. With increased age,...
New York, NY – Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine with an international team have used liver biopsies to identify cellular and molecular markers that can potentially be used to predict whether and when pancreatic cancer will spread to an individual’s liver or elsewhere, such as the lung. The study, published...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — In the largest study to date on the subject, researchers found no evidence to support a causal link between acetaminophen use during pregnancy and increased risk of autism, ADHD and intellectual disability in children. The findings, using data from a nationwide cohort of over 2.4 million children...
Trieste, Italy – An international study, coordinated by the University of Trieste in collaboration with the Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina and the National Amyloidosis Centre in London, may revolutionize early treatment approaches for transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis. This rare and progressive heart disease is caused by the abnormal accumulation of...
São Paulo, Brasil – Researchers at the Optics and Photonics Research Center (CePOF) in Brazil and collaborators at the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Canada have reported for the first time the effective use of a specific type of phototherapy to eradicate ocular melanoma in mice. Based...