Are Environmental Toxins Putting Future Generations at Risk?
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In a study that signals potential reproductive and health complications in humans, now and for future generations, researchers from McGill University, the University of Pretoria, Université Laval, Aarhus University, and the University of Copenhagen, have concluded that fathers exposed to environmen…
Unveiling Potential Diagnostic, Treatment Target for APS-Related Thrombocytopenia
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BYLINE: Valerie Goodwin Newswise — Blood clots and pregnancy loss are commonly recognized features of antiphospholipid syndrome, but thrombocytopenia is the third most prevalent symptom, impacting up to half of antiphospholipid syndrome patients.Thrombocytopenia is characterized by lower than no…
Clues to Cancer Drug’s Deadly Side Effects Could Make It Safer
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BYLINE: Emily Stone Newswise — For some leukemia patients, the only potential chemotherapy option is a drug that also carries a high risk of heart failure. This means that some patients who recover from their cancer will end up dying of heart disease brought on by the cure.In a new study, resear…
Researchers Uncover How Deadly MRSA Pneumonia Inhibits Body's Antimicrobial Activity
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In a recent study published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, a group of researchers examined how heparan sulfate (HS)shedding impacts cathelicidin efficacy in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia. Study: Bacteria…
Ketamine’s Promise for Severe Depression Grows, But Major Questions Remain
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Using an old anesthesia drug to pull people out of the depths of severe depression has gone from fringe idea to widespread use in just a few years.Sparked by promising studies and stories of lives transformed, clinics offering intravenous infusions of ketamine have popped up nationwide. Some also o…
First Gene Therapy Trial Aims to Restore Hearing in Children
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The aim of this clinical trial, which has just received approval in France, is to assess the safety and efficacy of a new gene therapy drug in children aged between 6 and 31 months with profound hearing loss. Audiogene was developed by a French consortium composed of teams from the …
Effort to Cure Corneal Blindness Globally Welcomes $35 Million Support
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University of Melbourne Professor Greg Qiao, a BIENCO Chief Investigator, inspects a transparent hydrogel scaffold. Photo credit: Cesar Nicolas University of Melbourne researchers addr…
Not Committed to Fail: Novel Approach Improves Heart Failure Outcomes in Animal Model
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A physician conducts a heart exam on a patient. Dr. Lilei Zhang In 2020, heart failure affected about 6.5 million people in the U.S. and 23 million around the world. Despite recent advances, the five-year survival rate remains approximately 50%, indicating an urgent need for a novel perspective f…
Using Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It
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Scientists at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) and Northwestern Medicine may have found a way around the limitations of engineered T cells by borrowing a few tricks from cancer itself.By studying mutations in malignant T cells that cause lymphoma, they zeroed in on one that impa…
Lupus and Other Autoimmune Diseases Strike Far More Women Than Men. Now There's a Clue Why
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WASHINGTON — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new research may finally explain why.It’s all about how the body handles females’ extra X chromosome, Stanford University researchers reported Thursday — a f…