Archive: 27/07/2016

First cancer patient in Ohio receives proton therapy treatment

Mevion Medical Systems, the leader in compact proton therapy, is announcing that University Hospitals (UH) in Cleveland used the industry-leading MEVION S250 proton therapy system to treat its first patient, a 24-year-old ...

Jul 27, 2016

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Low-level laser therapy may improve treatment of dangerous bleeding disorder

A low-intensity type of laser treatment may offer a non-invasive, drug-free treatment for thrombocytopenia - a potentially life-threatening shortage of the blood cells called platelets that are essential to blood clotting. ...

Jul 27, 2016

Maternal HIV status may disrupt normal microbiome development in uninfected infants

A study led by researchers at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) suggests that maternal HIV infection influences the microbiome of their HIV-uninfected infants. Their findings, reported ...

Jul 27, 2016

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Resveratrol appears to restore blood-brain barrier integrity in Alzheimer's disease

Resveratrol, given to Alzheimer's patients, appears to restore the integrity of the blood-brain barrier, reducing the ability of harmful immune molecules secreted by immune cells to infiltrate from the body into brain tissues, ...

Jul 27, 2016

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When targeting cancer genes, home in on the one percent

Most cancer drugs are designed to halt cell growth, the hallmark of cancer, and one popular target is the pathway that controls the production of a cell's thousands of proteins.

Jul 27, 2016

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For the first time, researchers see structure that allows brain cells to communicate

For more than a century, neuroscientists have known that nerve cells talk to one another across the small gaps between them, a process known as synaptic transmission (synapses are the connections between neurons). Information ...

Jul 27, 2016

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Stroke patients heading directly to endovascular centers could get treatment faster

Stroke patients who go directly to an endovascular center could receive treatment 99 minutes earlier, according to a new study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 13th Annual Meeting.

Jul 27, 2016

Maintaining a healthy heart through bile acids

Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta and McGill University has opened the door towards the future prevention of cardiac fibrosis—a condition leading to heart failure for which there is currently no treatment.

Jul 27, 2016

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Updated testing guidelines make more women eligible for herceptin, yet benefit uncertain

Changes to HER2 testing guidelines for breast cancer in 2013 significantly increased the number of patients who test HER2-positive, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the Journal of Clinical ...

Jul 27, 2016

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Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism

A drink developed for soldiers to generate energy from ketones rather than carbs or fat allowed highly trained cyclists to add up to 400 meters of distance (2% increase) to their workouts , a small UK-led study reports July ...

Jul 27, 2016

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Archive: 27/07/2016

First cancer patient in Ohio receives proton therapy treatment

Low-level laser therapy may improve treatment of dangerous bleeding disorder

Maternal HIV status may disrupt normal microbiome development in uninfected infants

Resveratrol appears to restore blood-brain barrier integrity in Alzheimer's disease

When targeting cancer genes, home in on the one percent

For the first time, researchers see structure that allows brain cells to communicate

Stroke patients heading directly to endovascular centers could get treatment faster

Maintaining a healthy heart through bile acids

Updated testing guidelines make more women eligible for herceptin, yet benefit uncertain

Ketone drink gives competitive cyclists a boost by altering their metabolism

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