COVID-19: The immune system can fight back
Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the virus and recover from the infection....
View ArticlePreventative vaccine trial for COVID-19 healthcare workers
Melbourne researchers will begin an Australian trial to test whether an existing vaccine can help prevent healthcare workers becoming sick with COVID-19. Announced by Professor Kathryn North, Director...
View ArticleBlood test detects dozens of cancer types, often before symptoms emerge
A novel blood test accurately detected more than 50 types of cancer with a specificity of 99.3%, according to results of the prospective Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas study published in Annals of...
View ArticleNIH clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine, a potential therapy for COVID-19,...
A clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun, with the first participants...
View ArticleWhat type of cells does the novel coronavirus attack?
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Thorax Clinic at Heidelberg University Hospital, whose collaboration is taking place under the...
View ArticleCOVID-19 drug lead treatments identified
An international team of researchers has tested more than 10,000 compounds to identify six drug candidates that may help treat COVID-19. The research, involving University of Queensland scientist...
View ArticleLoss of smell and taste validated as COVID-19 symptoms
Loss of smell and taste has been anecdotally linked to COVID-19 infections. In a study published April 12, 2020 in the journal International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, researchers at UC San...
View ArticleCOVID-19 and African Americans
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc1 Much has been published in leading medical journals about the phenomenon of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The resulting condition,...
View ArticlePresenting Characteristics, Comorbidities, and Outcomes Among 5700 Patients...
Key Points Question What are the characteristics, clinical presentation, and outcomes of patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US? Findings In this case series that...
View ArticleResearchers identify cells likely targeted by COVID-19 virus
Researchers at MIT; the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard; along with colleagues from around the world have identified specific types of cells that...
View ArticleVitamin D levels appear to play role in COVID-19 mortality rates
After studying global data from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, researchers have discovered a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and mortality rates. Led by Northwestern...
View ArticleCancer researchers locate drivers of tumor resistance
Cancer biologists at the Mays Cancer Center, home to UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson, have identified important drivers that enable tumors to change their behavior and evade anticancer therapies. By...
View ArticleNew double-contrast technique picks up small tumors on MRI
Researchers at the University of California, Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumors from normal tissue. The work is published May 25...
View ArticleHow a protein can inhibit cancer development in mice
Photo Credit: NCI Proteins are found throughout our cells and regulate a lot of biological processes that are important forour survival. But some of them also regulate processes that can make us sick....
View ArticleScientists find a switch to turn off breast cancer growth and metastasis
Researchers at Tulane University School of Medicine identified a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow. More importantly, they have also discovered a way to “turn it off”...
View ArticlePreventing pancreatic cancer metastasis by keeping cells ‘sheltered in place’
Source: NCI Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have shown that pancreatic cancer metastasis — when tumor cells gain the deadly ability to migrate to new parts of the body...
View ArticleLow-cost dexamethasone reduces death in severe Covid-19 patients
Source: CDC In March 2020, the RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial was established as a randomised clinical trial to test a range of potential treatments for COVID-19, including...
View ArticleNew class of precision medicine strips cancer of its DNA defenses
Source: ICR A new precision medicine targeting cancer’s ability to repair its DNA has shown promising results in the first clinical trial of the drug class. The new study, designed to test the drug’s...
View ArticleResearchers destroy cancer cells with ultrasound treatment
Photo Source: Cancer Research UK An international research team led by Dr. Tali Ilovitsh of the Biomedical Engineering Department at Tel Aviv University developed a noninvasive technology platform for...
View ArticleBreakthrough with cancer vaccine
Photo Source: NCI Scientists are ready to trial a new cancer vaccine in humans following the successful outcome of their preclinical studies. The new vaccine was developed by a Mater Research team...
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