Discovery of a master cardiac stem cell that appears to give rise to all the major parts of the heart, stem cell treatments for coronary disease will establish another major step in the medical science.
A US-led team made a detailed analysis of the DNA found in 270 people and identified vast stretches in their codes to be duplicated or even missing. In 2000, the Human Genome Project unveiled a road map of the six billion chemical bases, or alphabet molecules, that make up the body’s genetic structure called DNA.
Laboratory results with the NPRL2 tumor suppressor gene demonstrated that infusions of NPRL2 nanoparticles in combination with cisplatin resulted in a 90 percent inhibition of tumor growth in human lung cancer cells compared to control treatments, reported Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: INGN – News).
Stretching out a dose of chemotherapy over six or more hours may reduce the risk of heart problems caused by certain commonly used chemotherapy drugs, according to a new review of recent research.
Bacteria that can cause deadly infections in humans and animals have shown promise in treating cancer by ?eating? tumors from the inside out. Now, two new studies at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have demonstrated that, combined with specially-packaged anti-cancer drugs, the bacterial therapy?s prospects for cancer eradication have dramatically improved.
A new study shows that blood flow to the legs is relatively normal in people with diastolic heart failure, suggesting other potential causes of their inability to do everyday activities, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
People taking a widely used medication to strengthen fragile, aging bones may also be protecting their joints, according to a recent study led by Johns Hopkins rheumatologist Clifton Bingham, M.D.
Combining radiation and chemotherapy with Erbitux, a cancer-targeting agent that attacks specific receptors on the surface of tumor cells, is showing promising results in treating patients with advanced esophageal cancer.
A new study has shown that exercise can reduce sleep-disordered breathing in children, which appeared in the November issue of Obesity. Exercise can reduce snoring among overweight children, even if it doesn’t result in weight loss.
The blood-thinning drug anticoagulant Angiomax works better with 47 percent less risk of major bleeding, to maintain blood flow in patients who have had a heart attack or severe chest pain, according to study results published in the New England Journal of Medicine.