A personalized approach to treating pancreatic cancer
Research Matters: Personalizing Pancreatic Cancer TreatmentPlay Video Credit: Weill Cornell Medicine It’s not surprising that pancreatic cancer is often…
Gene variant linked to higher risk of chronic rejection after lung transplant
About one third of lung transplant recipients have a genetic variant that makes them more likely to develop…
Early treatment of slow-growing brain tumors may worsen cognitive function
The treatment of a slow-growing brain tumor is often accompanied by impaired cognitive functions such as difficulties with…
Blocking a ‘gerozyme’ reverses cartilage loss in mice
An injection that blocks the activity of a protein involved in aging reverses naturally occurring cartilage loss in…
Blocking immune cell signals reduces scar tissue formation in wounds
Researchers at the University of Arizona uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a…
Landmark prostate cancer screening trial launches in the UK
The first men have been invited to take part in Prostate Cancer UK’s TRANSFORM trial, kicking off the…
Anaesthetists forced to cancel procedures because of patients keeping quiet about GLP-1 receptor agonists
A growing trend of patients arriving for surgery without telling doctors they are taking GLP-1 receptor agonists is…
Searches for “Ozempic face” surge as people look for filler-based solutions
New search data reveal that as interest in “Ozempic face” surges, people increasingly turn to nonsurgical fillers rather…
New NIH grants support research on how brain fluid movement drives glioblastoma spread
Jennifer Munson, a cancer researcher at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded two new…
Blocking mir-21 shows promise for slowing bladder cancer growth
Bladder cancer ranks among the ten most common types of cancer worldwide. The main treatment is bladder removal…
Tirzepatide may only temporarily suppress brain activity involved in “food noise”
A rare glimpse into the brain activity of a patient with obesity and loss of control eating on…
Novel model expands fertility options for cancer patients
In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in the future should be…