Bacteria (green) inside human pancreatic cancer cells (AsPC-1 cells). The cells' nuclei are stained blue while their cytoplasm is stained orange.
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To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more:...
Do new cancer drugs actually work?
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Even where drugs did show survival gains over existing treatments, these were often marginal, the results show.
Many of the drugs were approved on the basis of indirect...
Pink breast cancer awareness ribbon.
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A new study published in PLOS ONE demonstrates that Videssa® Breast, a multi-protein biomarker blood test for breast cancer, is unaffected by breast density and can reliably rule out breast...
A new developed drug is highly promising for weight loss.
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A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new...
Hydrolytic enzymes break down cellulose better and thus pave the way to competitive biofuels. In the picture: Manuel Eibinger, first author of the study and PostDoc at the Institute for Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering at TU Graz.
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A volunteer receives an injection in the PREVAIL Ebola vaccine clinical trial in Liberia.
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Results from a large randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial in Liberia show that two candidate Ebola vaccines pose no major safety concerns and can elicit immune...
Human spine.
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Chronic pain affects up to 20% of people in developed countries, and represents not only a profound impact on individuals and their families but also a sizeable burden on employers, health care systems, and...
Bacteria that live in the body, known as the microbiome, influence many diseases.
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In a newly published study, Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered differences in the bacterial composition of breast tissue of healthy women vs. women...
Psoriasis on elbow.
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About 80 percent of patients with moderate to severe psoriasis saw their disease completely or almost completely cleared with a new drug called ixekizumab, according to three large, long-term clinical trials led by...
Some defects could be prevented with a fever reducer, research in animals suggests.
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Researchers have known for decades that fevers in the first trimester of pregnancy increase risk for some heart defects and facial deformities...
Cleft palate in a Pax9-/- embryo.
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Researchers at University of Utah Health clarified a molecular pathway responsible for the formation of cleft palate and identified a new treatment to reverse this defect in mouse pups in-utero. These findings,...
