Patients regain much weight after stopping new obesity drug: Study

This is an image of a weight scale. Credit: CDC/Debora CartagenaA new generation of obesity drugs often delivers dramatic weight loss, but many patients wonder what happens when they stop treatment.On

Updated on: January 26,2024

Patients regain much weight after stopping new obesity drug: Study

This is an image of a weight scale. Credit: CDC/Debora CartagenaA new generation of obesity drugs often delivers dramatic weight loss, but many patients wonder what happens when they stop treatment.On

Updated on:January 26,2024

Innovative double-layer polysaccharide hydrogel shows promise for intestine-targeted oral delivery of probiotics

by Engineering(a) Design rationale of the DPH; (b) mechanism of intestine-targeted delivery. Credit: Wen-Can Huang et al.A research team led by Changhu Xue and Xiangzhao Mao from the Ocean University

Updated on: January 06,2024

Innovative double-layer polysaccharide hydrogel shows promise for intestine-targeted oral delivery of probiotics

by Engineering(a) Design rationale of the DPH; (b) mechanism of intestine-targeted delivery. Credit: Wen-Can Huang et al.A research team led by Changhu Xue and Xiangzhao Mao from the Ocean University

Updated on:January 06,2024

Tucatinib plus trastuzumab emtansine may benefit patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA combination of two HER2-targeted drugs, tucatinib (Tukysa) and trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla, T-DM1), extended prog

Updated on: January 26,2024

Tucatinib plus trastuzumab emtansine may benefit patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA combination of two HER2-targeted drugs, tucatinib (Tukysa) and trastuzumab emtansine (Kadcyla, T-DM1), extended prog

Updated on:January 26,2024

Scientists improve the equation in FDA guidance predicting drug interactions

by Institute for Basic ScienceThe new equation provides more accurate predictions than the conventional FDA equation. The FDA equation with Fg estimated assuming Fa = 1 underpredicts the area und

Updated on: February 05,2024

Scientists improve the equation in FDA guidance predicting drug interactions

by Institute for Basic ScienceThe new equation provides more accurate predictions than the conventional FDA equation. The FDA equation with Fg estimated assuming Fa = 1 underpredicts the area und

Updated on:February 05,2024

Biological mechanism discovered that could lead to new treatments for neurological disorders and cancers

by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe lab of Yongchao C. Ma, Ph.D., at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & R

Updated on: April 06,2024

Biological mechanism discovered that could lead to new treatments for neurological disorders and cancers

by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe lab of Yongchao C. Ma, Ph.D., at Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & R

Updated on:April 06,2024

Study looks at ways to predict when a migraine attack will occur

JANUARY 24, 2024byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Sasha Wolff/WikipediaMigraine is often under-diagnosed and untreated, and even when it is treated, it can be difficult to treat early enoug

Updated on: March 30,2024

Study looks at ways to predict when a migraine attack will occur

JANUARY 24, 2024byAmerican Academy of NeurologyCredit: Sasha Wolff/WikipediaMigraine is often under-diagnosed and untreated, and even when it is treated, it can be difficult to treat early enoug

Updated on:March 30,2024

Scientists develop novel plug-and-play test to evaluate T cell immunotherapy effectiveness

byDuke-NUS Medical SchoolT cells are removed from the patient's body, engineered to fight disease, then infused back into the patient's bloodstream. At the point of infusion, and at vari

Updated on: December 04,2024

Scientists develop novel plug-and-play test to evaluate T cell immunotherapy effectiveness

byDuke-NUS Medical SchoolT cells are removed from the patient's body, engineered to fight disease, then infused back into the patient's bloodstream. At the point of infusion, and at vari

Updated on:December 04,2024

Study of usefulness of lockdowns during epidemics identifies alternate solution

FEBRUARY 21, 2024by Caitlin Kizielewicz,Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz CollegeFlow diagram of the epidemiological model. Compartments are illustrated with boxes, while the other state va

Updated on: March 15,2024

Study of usefulness of lockdowns during epidemics identifies alternate solution

FEBRUARY 21, 2024by Caitlin Kizielewicz,Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz CollegeFlow diagram of the epidemiological model. Compartments are illustrated with boxes, while the other state va

Updated on:March 15,2024

Study of palliative care demonstrates scalable strategy to increase support for seriously ill patients in hospital

JANUARY 16, 2024byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOrdering a palliative care consultation by "default"—via an automatic o

Updated on: March 15,2024

Study of palliative care demonstrates scalable strategy to increase support for seriously ill patients in hospital

JANUARY 16, 2024byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainOrdering a palliative care consultation by "default"—via an automatic o

Updated on:March 15,2024

Circuit-specific gene therapy brings new hope for treatment of Parkinson's disease

byChinese Academy of SciencesRetrograde AAV selectively targets D1-MSNs and rescues parkinsonian symptoms with chemogenetic modulation. Credit: SIATResearchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Adv

Updated on: March 14,2024

Circuit-specific gene therapy brings new hope for treatment of Parkinson's disease

byChinese Academy of SciencesRetrograde AAV selectively targets D1-MSNs and rescues parkinsonian symptoms with chemogenetic modulation. Credit: SIATResearchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Adv

Updated on:March 14,2024

Medicare to cover Wegovy when patients also have heart disease

by Robin FosterMedicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, U.S. officials announced Thursday.The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug A

Updated on: March 28,2024

Medicare to cover Wegovy when patients also have heart disease

by Robin FosterMedicare will now cover the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy if patients using it also have heart disease, U.S. officials announced Thursday.The move comes after the U.S. Food and Drug A

Updated on:March 28,2024

Decoding Organ Aging: Plasma Proteome Insights for Health and Disease

This study introduces a novel framework for modeling organ health and biological aging using plasma proteomics, offering a more nuanced understanding of aging at the organ level.

Updated on: July 18,2024

Decoding Organ Aging: Plasma Proteome Insights for Health and Disease

This study introduces a novel framework for modeling organ health and biological aging using plasma proteomics, offering a more nuanced understanding of aging at the organ level.

Updated on:July 18,2024