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- Mini Lungs Make Major COVID-19 Discoveries Possiblehttps://reachmd.com/news/mini-lungs-make-major-covid-19-discoveries-possible/2467469/Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 than previously thought, including those without known viral receptors. The research team also
- Early Detection of Aggressive Multiple Myeloma Through Molecular Analysishttps://reachmd.com/news/early-detection-of-aggressive-multiple-myeloma-through-molecular-analysis/2467247/Multiple myeloma is one of the most common forms of cancer of the immune cells in the bone marrow. It is considered incurable. Even when patients respond to treatment at first, the cancer comes back. To be able to intervene faster and on a more targeted basis, researchers at Charité
- New Study Suggests Cancer Drug Could Be Used to Target Protein Connection That Spurs Parkinson’s Diseasehttps://reachmd.com/news/new-study-suggests-cancer-drug-could-be-used-to-target-protein-connection-that-spurs-parkinsons-disease/2467080/FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEIn studies with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a potentially new biological target involving Aplp1, a cell surface protein that drives the spread of Parkinson’s disease-causing alpha-synuclein.
- Telehealth as Effective as In-Person Care for Early Palliative Treatment in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancerhttps://reachmd.com/news/telehealth-as-effective-as-in-person-care-for-early-palliative-treatment-in-patients-with-advanced-lung-cancer/2466951/ASCO Perspective Quote “In patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, research shows that early palliative care improves patient outcomes, including survival. This large, randomized study demonstrated that telehealth delivery of palliative care is fe
- Meta-Analysis: Avelumab Offers Hope for Advanced MCC Patientshttps://reachmd.com/news/meta-analysis-avelumab-offers-hope-for-advanced-mcc-patients/2463006/A recent meta-analysis indicated that avelumab monotherapy and combination therapy shown improvement in overall response and survival rates in patients with advanced Merkel cell carcinomas (MCC). The study, published in Dermatologic Surgery, surveyed results from 48 studies invol
- Circadian Rhythms Can Influence Drugs’ Effectivenesshttps://reachmd.com/news/circadian-rhythms-can-influence-drugs-effectiveness/2462859/Giving drugs at different times of day could significantly affect how they are metabolized in the liver, according to a new study from MIT. Using tiny, engineered livers derived from cells from human donors, the researchers found that many genes involved in drug metabolism a
- Anemia May Contribute to Higher Female Mortality During Heart Surgeryhttps://reachmd.com/news/anemia-may-contribute-to-higher-female-mortality-during-heart-surgery/2462713/Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia—the loss of red blood cells during surgery.
- Why Detecting the Earliest Biological Signs of Parkinson's Disease Is So Crucialhttps://reachmd.com/news/why-detecting-the-earliest-biological-signs-of-parkinsons-disease-is-so-crucial/2462655/Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, behind Alzheimer's disease, and affects nearly a million people in the United States. The disease causes dopamine-producing brain cells to die and patients typically experience tremor, stiff muscle
- New Study Examines the Risk of Relapse in Those Discontinuing MS Therapyhttps://reachmd.com/news/new-study-examines-the-risk-of-relapse-in-those-discontinuing-ms-therapy/2462591/The discontinuation of high-efficacy therapies (HETs) that impact immune cell trafficking, including Tysabri (natalizumab; Biogen, Cambridge, MA) and Gilenya (fingolimod; Novartis, East Hanover, NJ), in people aged ≥50 years with nonactive multiple sclerosis (MS) was associated with
- New Insights into How Tumors on Adrenal Glands Develophttps://reachmd.com/news/new-insights-into-how-tumors-on-adrenal-glands-develop/2462570/Steroids-producing nodules, or SPNs, exhibit a two-layered zona fasciculata (zF) and zona reticularis (zR) like structure, where two distinct cell populations might contribute differently to adrenocortical tumorigenesis. Credit: Kyushu University/Oga