New drug combination key to very long-term leukemia remission in young patients
Researchers suggest that a 2.5-year regimen involving ibrutinib and chemoimmunotherapy can provide deep, and lasting remissions.
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Joseph Shavit
Dec 7, 2021
Love hormone delivered in a nasal spray can combat obesity
Obese individuals’ brains seem to light up at the sight of donuts, pizza, and other calorie bombs, even when they’re no longer hungry.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 30, 2021
Shape-changing microrobots dispense medicine directly to cancer cells
Researchers have now created tiny shape-changing microrobots that can deliver medications directly to the cells where they’re needed.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 26, 2021
Cost-effective new drug to treat lung cancer is finally here
Most recent lung cancer research focuses on anti-angiogenic therapy, a cancer treatment that uses anti-cancer drugs to block angiogenesis.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 4, 2021
New test determines antibiotic resistance in less than 90 minutes rather than 3 days
This discovery means that doctors could quickly know which antibiotics will or won’t work for a patient’s life-threatening infection.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 3, 2021
New pill activates fat-burning to reduce obesity and fat buildup
Researchers have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease and reduces obesity
Joseph Shavit
Oct 17, 2021
Researchers uncover how to create safer opioids
Researchers may have uncovered new answers on how to create safer opioids by to bypassing the part of brain that feels pleasure.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 16, 2021
New cost-effective drug to treat lung cancer is finally here
Most recent lung cancer research focuses on anti-angiogenic therapy, a cancer treatment that uses anti-cancer drugs to block the tumor.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 11, 2021
Anti-nausea drug may help some cancer patients survive longer
Patients with breast, pancreatic and certain other types of cancer may survive longer if given an anti-nausea drug during surgery.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 9, 2021
New pill activates fat-burning to reduce obesity and fat buildup
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease also reduces obesity.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 7, 2021
Cancer chemotherapy drug reverses Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice
A drug commonly used to treat cancer can restore memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 6, 2021
Great news in the treatment of lung cancer for those that have never smoked
Despite smoking’s well-known role in causing lung cancer, a significant number of patients who develop lung tumors have never smoked.
Joshua Shavit
Oct 4, 2021
Smartphone sensors are capable of detecting if you are high on cannabis
Researcher leads new study that shows data from smartphone sensors combined with time features can detect a cannabis high.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 26, 2021
Team creates micro-robots propelled by air bubbles and ultrasound
Some engineers find inspiration in the mechanics of bird flight and the architecture of bee nests. Others think much smaller.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 22, 2021
Common Diabetes medications may prevent Glaucoma
A popular class of diabetes medications (Trulicity and Rybelsus) may also protect against glaucoma in diabetic patients.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 19, 2021
The future of vaccines may look more like eating a salad than getting a shot in the arm
UC Riverside scientists are studying whether they can turn edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 11, 2021
Start-up funded by the US Army develops a pill that might cure PTSD
A start-up, funded in part by the U.S. Army, could be on track to revolutionizing what we know about PTSD.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
New room-temperature COVID-19 vaccines are grown in plants and bacteria
Researchers have developed COVID-19 vaccine candidates that can take the heat. Their key ingredients? Viruses from plants or bacteria.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 10, 2021
First-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine to treat opioid use disorders enrolls first patients
First ever trial to study a therapeutic vaccine for opioid use disorder developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota.
Joseph Shavit
Sep 8, 2021
The first experimental opioid vaccine is being tested at Columbia University
The first experimental vaccine to be tested in the US for treatment of opioid use disorder is being studied in a phase 1a/1b clinical trial.
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