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Promising New Drug Target For A Rare Liver Cancer

A rare and lethal liver cancer that disproportionately harms young adults, fibrolamellar carcinoma is nearly incurable.

How Much Money Is Too Much For Obesity Treatments?

A new generation of effective weight loss drugs is now available in the U.S., but the drugs’ high cost highlights a reality hurting the nation’s economy and those who want to shed pounds: Obesity is expensive, and so are the treatments.

Shielding Likely Reduced COVID Exposure For Pregnant People Early In Pandemic

Individuals who were already pregnant at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic had a 50% lower exposure to SARS-CoV-2 compared with those who became pregnant after the pandemic began and the general population, according to a new model created by Weill Cornell Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian and University of Oxford investigators.

Feeding Apple Waste To Chickens May Boost Their Health

An apple a day may keep the livestock veterinarian away. Juice, pulp and other waste from Empire apples, when injected into chicken eggs before hatching, show signs of boosting the animal’s intestinal health, according to Cornell research.

Experimental Vaccines Offer Long-Term Protection Against Severe COVID

In 2021, a group of scientists led by researchers at the University of North Carolina, Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian reported that the Moderna mRNA vaccine and a protein-based vaccine candidate containing a substance that enhances immune responses, known as an adjuvant, elicited durable neutralizing antibody responses to the virus that causes COVID-19 during infancy in preclinical research.

Discovery Suggests New Way To Target Mantle Cell Lymphoma

A form of blood cancer known as mantle cell lymphoma is critically dependent on a protein that coordinates gene expression, such that blocking its activity with an experimental drug dramatically slows the growth of this lymphoma in preclinical tests, according to a study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers.

New Look at an Ancient Disease: Study Finds Novel Treatment Targets for Gout

UC San Diego scientists identify a new model of the arthritic disease, centered on the joint lubricating protein lubricin

Life and Death of an "Altruistic" Bacterium

A new study led by Yves Brun shows how some bacteria living in a biofilm sacrifice themselves to ensure the survival of the community.

A Better Understanding of How HIV-1 Evades the Immune System

The expression of the viral protein Vpu is essential in allowing infected cells to evade the elimination mechanism known as ADCC, a new study shows.

Parsing the Genetic Drivers of Head and Neck Cancers

Human papilloma virus causes some cases, but the most lethal form of head and neck cancer is linked to chromosomal alterations; a new study sharpens that association and hints of more effective treatment options

International group of scientists identifies cancer-resistance genes across species

Cancer is a leading cause of human disease and death worldwide, but it's also common in animals. Can we learn something about the genetic mutations associated with cancer in animals that sheds light on the origins of human cancer and how to prevent and treat it?

Lethal Cancer Cells Buddy Up To Survive

UCI-led team’s finding could help improve treatments for pancreatic cancer

The Unintended Consequences Of Giving Patients Online Access To Their Health Record

Giving patients online access to their GP health records has unintended consequences that can limit its usefulness,

UCI-Led Study Discovers Pre-Treatment Cognitive Impairment In Younger Cancer Patients

Toxicity must be evaluated and managed at diagnosis to help prevent further deterioration

Pocket Feature Shared By Deadly Coronaviruses Could Lead To Pan-Coronavirus Antiviral Treatment

Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery, until now.

Scientists Invent Pioneering Technique To Construct Rare Molecules Discovered In Sediments From The Bahamas With Potential To Help Treat Disease And Infection

Scientists have created a much faster way to make certain complex molecules, which are widely used by pharmaceuticals for antibiotics and anti-fungal medicines.

Studies Find Omicron Related Hospitalisations Lower In Severity Than Delta And Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Remains Effective In Preventing Hospitalisations

Adult hospitalisations from Omicron-related SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) were less severe than Delta and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (also known as Comirnaty and BNT162b2*) remains effective in preventing not only hospitalisation, but severe patient outcomes associated with COVID-19, two new research studies have found.

People With Long COVID, Those With Other Illnesses Experiencing Similar Lingering Effects

UCLA physician says pandemic-related stress and depression may be slowing recovery

A Better Understanding Of How HIV-1 Evades The Immune System

The type of virus used as a model to study the efficacy of non-neutralizing antibodies against the virus responsible for AIDS has a crucial role to play, according to a new study led by Andrés Finzi, Université de Montréal professor and researcher at the CHUM Research Centre.