LONDON – Leading genome sequencing groups are launching the first meta-analysis in the hunt for genetic factors that explain why some people have worse COVID-19 symptoms than others, after agreeing to share patient sequence data from around the world.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Small tumors and large motion effects dampen treatment effect in IMPT; Pancreatic cancer uses autophagy to hide from immune system; NRF2 wakes sleeping tumor cells; Cancer renders patients more susceptible to COVID-19.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Helping heart cells regenerate; Heart failure hormone has role in sepsis; Speeding up ER treatment; Cheating cell death improves infarct outcomes.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Nanocarrier developed for drug delivery across the BBB; 3D face analysis could screen for sleep apnea; Long noncoding RNA has sex-specific role in depression; Noncoding TET2 variants affect neurodegeneration risk.
BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: Edited stem cells reverse mouse diabetes; Noncoding TET2 variants affect neurodegeneration risk; Pancreatic cancer uses autophagy to hide from immune system; Heart failure hormone has role in sepsis; NRF2 wakes sleeping tumor cells; Oral drug can wake up telomerase; Cheating cell death improves infarct outcomes; Older siblings’ example turns stem cells into heart cells; Lung changes from PD drug hopeful are reversible; Platelets play role in Tylenol toxicity.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Automated CT biomarkers predict future CV events; PCR heightens detection of scabies; High BMI linked to dementia via complement component.
By analyzing the antibody response of a survivor of Marburg virus infection, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have gained new insights into the function of non-neutralizing antibodies in fighting infections.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Co-delivery of IL-10 and NT-3 to enhance spinal cord injury repair; Marshall School of Medicine team explores surgery technology resulting in fewer incisions; Researchers discover treatment for spasticity in mice, following spinal cord injuries.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Targeted Interleukin-12 heats up cold tumors; Therapy allows immune system to ‘manganese’ up against cancer; Proton therapy less toxic than IMRT in new study; Technetium supplies struggling under distribution headaches.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Modeling the post-infarct heart; Researchers: Cancer immunotherapy poses threat to heart muscle; Lighting up the path for heart procedures.
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