Archive: 06/06/2016
Combo immunotherapy for advanced melanoma: Two therapies may be better than one
A new metastatic melanoma study suggests that a combination of two immunotherapies may be better than one:
Jun 6, 2016
Targeting B-cell malignancies with kappa-specific T cells can lead to complete clinical responses
Treating B cell malignancies with the patients' own T cells modified so as to target specific B cell markers has shown clinical success.
Jun 6, 2016
Obesity and gestational diabetes in mothers linked to early onset of puberty in daughters
Daughters of overweight mothers who develop gestational diabetes are significantly more likely to experience an earlier onset of one sign of puberty, according to new Kaiser Permanente research published in the American Journal ...
Jun 6, 2016
News stories often wrongly link violence with mental illness, study says
Nearly four in 10 news stories about mental illness analyzed by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers connect mental illness with violent behavior toward others, even though less than five percent of ...
Jun 6, 2016
Increases in sFLT1 predict the onset of preeclampsia symptoms in mice
Preeclampsia is a life-threatening pregnancy complication associated with high blood pressure and increased sensitivity to angiotensin II, a hormone that elevates blood pressure.
Jun 6, 2016