Curtin University research is aiming to combine artificial intelligence with natural, infection-fighting viruses to help save lives from an increasingly common medical emergency found in hospitals. Common bacterial infections such as golden staph (staphylococcus) and pseudomonas can quickly put a person’s life at risk and are typically treated with medicines such as antibiotics. However, many […]
Researchers have developed a quick, cheap, and highly sensitive blood test to detect a telltale protein produced by cancer cells. The test can pick up a range of cancers before symptoms appear and could be key to early diagnosis of the disease. Many cancers aren’t diagnosed until symptoms start to appear, by which time the […]
LARAMIE, Wyo. – The song “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers played over the loudspeaker before Colorado State and San Diego State lined up to take penalty kicks in the Mountain West semifinals on Wednesday, sending the Rams into a dancing frenzy. Then, a trio of true freshmen stepped up to the spot. Never mind their relative […]
Neelam Khan Vela By Paul Glynn Entertainment reporter Weyes Blood is – to quote US author Kurt Vonnegut – unstuck in time. The ethereal Los Angeles-born singer-songwriter is heavily influenced by the counterculture movements of the 1960s and 70s, of which her parents were a part. But at the same time, the 35-year-old – real […]
1. 930,000 pressure cookers sold at Best Buy recalled due to possible burn hazard 3. FDA issues warning over several eyedrop products due to infection risk 4. Oysters distributed to 10 states recalled over salmonella, E. coli concerns 5. Dog food may be contaminated with salmonella (United States Food and Drug Administration) Mid America Pet […]
Thousands of lives have been saved by giving blood-thinning drugs to people with a heart condition that puts them at risk of a stroke, according to the head of the NHS. Since January 2022, about 460,000 people in England who suffer from atrial fibrillation (AF) – a dangerously irregular heart rate – have begun taking […]
— Growing body of data on REZLIDHIA® (olutasidenib) in mIDH1 relapsed or refractory (R/R) acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients — — New data on olutasidenib in patients with mIDH1 myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS) — SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) today announced the upcoming presentation of four posters […]
Fruit flies have a lot in common with humans. Those similarities help Mitch McVey, professor of biology in the School of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and his colleagues unearth clues to better treatments for inherited forms of cancers that become resistant to current therapies. And the similarities also suggest […]
We thank our colleagues for their inputs: Yaly Orr, MD, Michal Stein, MD, Hagai Hamami, MD, Roy Navon, MSc, Amir Nakar, PhD, Efrat Flashner-Abramson, PhD, Naama Sitry, MD, Moran Barak, MD, Tanya M. Gottlieb, PhD, and Eran Eden, PhD. These colleagues are/were employees of MeMed. We thank Daniel Glikman, MD, Renata Yakobov, MD, Sharona Paz, […]
Newswise — An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, SciLifeLab, Stockholm University has published in PLoS Pathogens the first successful application of 2-photon intravital microscopy (IVM) to image the dynamics of fungal infections in the kidney of a living host. The study reveals that the opportunistic human […]