Fish oil may have positive effects on mood, alcohol craving, new study shows
Omega 3 fatty acids may be beneficial for more than just the heart. Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine disclosed at a molecular level a potential therapeutic benefit between these...
View ArticleLess toxic combination of erlotinib and bevacizumab is effective non-small...
The standard treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is a combination of two old-fashioned cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs. The combination, however, comes with substantial...
View ArticleMajor advance in the treatment of Hendra virus reported
A collaborative research team from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) and...
View ArticlePromising kidney drug fails in large clinical trial
What was hoped to be a promising new drug to protect the kidneys has failed to benefit diabetes patients with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the...
View ArticleFetal stem cells from placenta may help maternal heart recover from injury
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered the therapeutic benefit of fetal stem cells in helping the maternal heart recover after heart attack or other injury. The research, which...
View ArticleFragile X syndrome can be reversed in adult mouse brain
A recent study finds that a new compound reverses many of the major symptoms associated with Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common form of inherited intellectual disability and a leading cause of...
View ArticleMechanism ID'd for benefit of stem cells in autoimmunity
(HealthDay) -- Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) activate a mechanism involving coupling of FAS/FAS ligand to induce T cell apoptosis and immune tolerance, according to an experimental study...
View ArticleA genetic variation common in East Asian populations has been linked to...
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) kill cancerous cells by inducing programmed cell death. They are of enormous therapeutic benefit to patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and certain types of...
View ArticleThe mechanistic effects of spironalactone in diastolic heart failure
Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists should be considered as a treatment option in hypertensive patients with diastolic heart failure, said Professor Burkert Pieske presenting results today of the...
View ArticleTherapeutic impact of cell transplantation aided by magnetic factor
Two studies in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:6), now freely available on-line, demonstrate how the use of magnetic particles are a factor that can positively impact on the targeted...
View ArticleOxidative stress and altered gene expression occurs in a metabolic liver...
A team of researchers under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Teckman in the Department of Pediatrics at St. Louis University, have demonstrated that oxidative stress occurs in a genetic model of...
View ArticleResearchers find chemical 'switches' for neurodegenerative diseases
By using a model, researchers at the University of Montreal have identified and "switched off" a chemical chain that causes neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral...
View ArticleGenome-scale study identifies hundreds of potential drug targets for...
Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used...
View ArticleFasting may benefit patients with epilepsy, study suggests
Children with persistent and drug-resistant seizures treated with the high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet may get an added therapeutic benefit from periodic fasting, according to a small Johns...
View ArticleHigh doses of saw palmetto don't impact serum PSA
(HealthDay)—Compared with placebo, saw palmetto, even at a dose as high as 960 mg, does not affect serum prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in men with lower urinary tract symptoms, according to...
View ArticleResearchers identify critical metabolic alterations in triple-negative breast...
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer—one of the least understood groups of breast cancer....
View ArticleClinical trial finds new class of cancer drugs safe and effective
The safety and preliminary efficacy of a new class of tumor fighting drugs were reported today by Scottsdale Healthcare's Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials and the Translational Genomics...
View ArticleNew drug extends advanced lung cancer survival
A new drug can help advanced lung cancer patients live longer and may aid in treating other kinds of cancer, researchers said Monday.
View ArticleDiscovery points way to new treatments for painful circulation problem
(Medical Xpress)—A discovery at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is opening up new avenues for treating peripheral arterial disease, a common circulation problem that afflicts millions of...
View ArticleCandidate drug provides benefit in SMA animal models
In a new publication that appears in Human Molecular Genetics, the laboratory of Christine DiDonato, PhD reports on their pharmacological characterization of the drug RG3039, demonstrating that it can...
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