Feb. 27, 2024 Patients who have drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) have a similar microbiological response to bedaquiline-based second-line medications as patients with drug-sensitive TB taking first-line regimens, ...
Feb. 14, 2024 An experimental treatment using viruses to kill bacteria gave a mother more months of life and furthered knowledge to help future patients, researchers report in a recent case ...
Feb. 12, 2024 In many cancers, such as ovarian cancer, each round of chemotherapy kills the majority of cancer cells, while a small population of them survives through treatment. These cells are typically more ...
Feb. 9, 2024 Researchers recently published a study that shines new light on a next-generation target of immunotherapy -- the immune checkpoint protein ...
Feb. 8, 2024 Researchers have identified a new way to harness the antioxidant and antibacterial properties of a botanical compound to make nanofiber-coated cotton bandages that fight infection and help wounds ...
Feb. 8, 2024 A new pharmacological inhibitor can intervene in a central cell death mechanism that is responsible for the death of motor neurons and hence important for the progression of the motor neuron disease ...
Feb. 8, 2024 For some leukemia patients, their only treatment option carries a risk of heart ...
Feb. 7, 2024 Inspired by ChatGPT's popularity and wondering if this approach could speed up the drug design process, scientists decided to create their own genAI model. Scientists coded a model to learn a ...
Feb. 7, 2024 Researchers say hydroquinine could be an effective naturally occurring disinfecting solution for contact lenses and help combat keratitis ...
Feb. 6, 2024 Influenza A viruses with induced resistance to a new candidate antiviral drug were found to be impaired in cell culture and weakened in animals, according to a new ...
Feb. 6, 2024 Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes ...
Jan. 31, 2024 Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent and growing global crisis. Researchers are exploring phages, viruses that infect bacteria, as a possible solution. In the new study, researchers successfully ...
Jan. 30, 2024 Investigators have developed a low-cost, high-throughput device that can reliably generate uniform tumor spheroids. The study describes how to assemble the 'Do-It-Yourself (DIY)' device ...
Jan. 29, 2024 Calcium ions are essential for cells, but can be toxic in higher concentrations. A team of researchers has now designed and prepared a combination drug that kills tumor cells by modulating the ...
Jan. 26, 2024 The spongelike structure of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) allows these polymers to possibly carry and deliver a range of therapeutic compounds. Now, researchers treated a chromium-containing MOF ...
Jan. 23, 2024 Ozempic and other GLP1 agonists are associated with a reduced risk of developing cirrhosis and liver cancer in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic liver disease, according to a nationwide ...
Jan. 23, 2024 Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug, a multi-institution, Phase 3 clinical trial has ...
Jan. 23, 2024 A new study has identified genetic variants that predict whether patients will respond to treatment for preterm birth, a condition that affects one in 10 infants born in the United ...
Jan. 22, 2024 Researchers have identified a receptor protein known as CHRM1 as a key player in prostate cancer cells' resistance to docetaxel, a commonly used chemotherapy drug to treat advanced cancer that ...
Jan. 22, 2024 When people develop myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), the healthy maturation of blood cells is impaired. Severe forms, known as higher-risk MDS, are characterized by rapid progression, severe symptoms ...