Potential Over-Treatment of Diabetes in Older Adults
New research from the Yale School of Medicine shows that aggressively controlling blood sugar with insulin and sulfonylurea drugs in older patients with multiple medical…
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Researchers May Have Pinpointed a Strategy for Eliminating Latent HIV
A newly published study shows promise as the future direction for the development of a therapeutic vaccine to clear HIV. A major barrier to finding…
Yale Study Shows Metformin May be Safe for Patients with Kidney Disease
A newly published study from Yale University reveals that metformin (the most popular treatment for type 2 diabetes) may be safer for patients with mild…
New Research Shows Molecular Decoys Help Overcome Drug Resistance
By using molecular fragments administered alongside antimicrobial agents, researchers at Brown University have shown that the efflux pumps are kept busy pumping out the fragments…
Researchers Uncover an Easily Detectable Precancerous State in Blood
Two newly published studies detail the discovery of a precancerous state found in blood, paving the way for research that focuses on detection and prevention…
New Algorithm Analyzes Carbon Dioxide to Help Determine How to Treat Patients
Researchers from MIT, Harvard Medical School and the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia have developed a new algorithm that can, with high accuracy, determine whether…
Engineered Liposomes: A Possible Alternative to Antibiotics
By engineering artificial nanoparticles made of lipids, scientists have developed a treatment for bacterial infections without using antibiotics. Scientists from the University of Bern have…
Targeted Chemotherapy Delivery Could Kill Tumor Cells More Effectively
New research shows that delivering chemotherapy directly into the brain cavity may kill tumor cells in the brain more effectively and avoid side effects. Every…
Antifreeze Protein in Ticks Could Lead to New Antibiotics for Humans
Scientists from Yale University have discovered that an antifreeze protein in ticks that kicks in during winter can also fight infection, possibly leading to a…
Study Finds Stimulant Use Increases by 30% During the School Year
New research from Yale, NYU, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that students are 30% more likely to take a stimulant medication during the school…
New Drug-Delivery Capsule to Inject Drugs Directly into the Lining of the Digestive Tract
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and MIT have developed a new drug-delivery capsule coated with tiny needles that can inject drugs directly into the lining…
Biologist Reveal Boost in Certain Amino Acids is an Early Sign of Cancer
Based on an analysis of blood samples from 1,500 people participating in long-term health studies, biologists found that people with a surge in amino acids…
MIT Chemists Use Modified Anthrax Toxin to Deliver Cancer Drugs
In a newly published study, researchers from MIT show that a modified version of the anthrax toxin can be used to deliver antibody drugs to…
MIT Engineers Develop New Technologies to Battle Superbugs
Using a gene-editing system that can disable any target gene, MIT engineers have shown that they can selectively kill bacteria carrying harmful genes that confer…
New PhenIX Diagnostic Procedure Identifies Genetic Diseases
A team of scientists has developed a test procedure that significantly increases the prospect of identifying genetic diseases quickly and reliably based on analyses of…
Scientists Turn Diseased Cells Against Themselves
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have adapted a chemical approach to turn diseased cells into unique manufacturing sites for molecules that could potentially treat…
A New Treatment Approach for Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
A team of scientists from the Department of Neurogenetics at the Max Planck Institute and University Medical Center Göttingen has discovered a new treatment approach…
Max Planck Researchers Discover New Weapon of the Immune System
Scientists have identified a previously unknown component of the immune system, discovering that bacterial virulence factors can not only be neutralized by antibodies, but they…