Archive: 14/06/2017

Novel 3-D extracellular matrix for predictive and effective breast cancer treatment

On average, more than 90 percent of the breast cancer drugs fail in clinical trials with real patients and each failed drug costs 1.4 billion euro. Tekes has now provided a funding of 0.5 million euros for Aalto University ...

Jun 14, 2017

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Improved accuracy for cancer drug testing

A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. The method paves the way to much earlier assessment of who benefits from a specific drug and ...

Jun 14, 2017

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A new test to detect anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome

In autoimmune diseases, the immune system wrongly produces antibodies that attack the patient's own cells. One of these diseases, anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome (APS), is still poorly understood, even though it can have ...

Jun 14, 2017

A new mutation in kidney disease

Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) is a rare genetic kidney disease. Despite this, because it is an autosomal dominant disease, once the mutation is in a family, many family members are affected. Current diagnostic ...

Jun 14, 2017

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Characterization of innate lymphoid cells with an advanced cytometric technique yields surprising insights

A family of cells key to the immune system's frontline defenses has been described in greater detail than ever before. A*STAR researchers hope their analysis will help those seeking to target them to treat disease.

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Sleeping on your back increases the risk of stillbirth

New University of Auckland research has found that women who go to sleep on their back in the last three months of pregnancy are almost four times more likely to experience a stillbirth.

Jun 14, 2017