Can Early Allergen Immunotherapy Prevent Future Asthma?
Providing allergen immunotherapy (AIT) to allergy patients, especially children, before they develop asthma may protect them from developing asthma in the future, a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted in Europe suggests. Mariana Farraia “This study supports a possible preventive effect…
Read MoreSubcutaneous mAb may benefit high-risk outpatients with COVID-19
For high-risk outpatients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, subcutaneously administered monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment with casirivimab and imdevimab is associated with reduced risk for 28-day hospitalization or death compared with no mAb treatment, according to a study published online April 12 in…
Read More‘Impulsive psychopaths like crypto’: Research shows how ‘dark’ personality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm
Since the invention of Bitcoin in 2009 the global cryptocurrency market has grown from nothing to a value of around US$2 trillion. From a price of US$1 in 2011, Bitcoin rose to an all-time high of more than US$63,000 in…
Read MoreLeukemia patients with certain gene regulation patterns may be less likely to respond to CAR T therapy
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells from patients whose cancers did not respond to CD19-targeted CAR T therapy had gene regulation signatures that could potentially facilitate treatment resistance, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2022, held April 8-13….
Read MoreFDA Clears Transit Scientific’s XO Cross Catheters for Coronary Use
Transit Scientific announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of its XO Cross Support Catheter platform to include coronary use. The platform is indicated to guide and support guidewire access, allow guidewire exchanges, and deliver saline or contrast…
Read MoreNew insights into the mechanisms that enable cancer cells to metastasize
Cancer is at its most deadly when it spreads and forms tumors in new tissues. This process, called metastasis, is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths, and yet there is still a lot that researchers do not know…
Read MoreNumber of COVID vaccine breakthroughs in cancer patients on the rise
For cancer patients, COVID-19 poses a particular risk due to their often compromised immune systems, weakened by therapy or disease, which is why vaccination is very important for their protection. Now, a recent study led by MedUni Vienna shows that,…
Read MoreSite-directed deuteration of dronedarone mitigates cardiac adverse effects in canine arrhythmic hearts
In a new article published in Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, authors Aneesh V. Karkhanis, Gopalakrishnan Venkatesan, Ryuichi Kambayashi, Atsushi Sugiyama, Eric Chun Yong Chan and colleagues from the National University of Singapore; Toho University, Tokyo, Japan, and the Agency for…
Read More1 in 6 people worldwide found to experience headaches – how to get rid of one
Migraines: Peter Goadsby discusses preventive drugs We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can…
Read MoreColorado Moves Toward Statewide Coverage of Wastewater Surveillance
On a Sunday morning in March 2020, right at the start of the pandemic, an article in Popular Mechanics caught engineer Pieter Van Ry’s eye. It had a catchy title: “How Poop Offers Hints About the Spread of Coronavirus.” “At…
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