Sabotage as Therapy: Aiming Lupus Antibodies at Vulnerable Cancer Cells
Yale Cancer Center researchers may have discovered a new way of harnessing lupus antibodies to sabotage cancer cells made vulnerable by deficient DNA repair....
Battery-Free Cardiac Pacemaker Powered by Heart Motion
A new prototype cardiac pacemaker based on an automatic wristwatch is powered entirely by heart motion and does not require a battery. According to...
Researchers Identify Bacteria Responsible for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Yale University researchers have identified a handful of bacterial culprits that may drive inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis,...
Does Dark Chocolate Promote New Muscle Growth?
A recent study has revived interest in a compound called (-)-epicatechin, a molecule found in chocolate that is claimed to be a myostatin inhibitor....
New Study: Fruit Consumption Cuts Heart Disease Risk by 40 Percent
Daily fruit consumption cuts the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by up to 40%, according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology...
Anti-Anxiety Drugs, Sleeping Pills Linked to Increased Risk of Death
Anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping pills have been linked to an increased risk of death, according to new research published in BMJ, the official journal...
“Game Changing” Immunotherapy Drug for Melanoma Approved by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new immunotherapy drug to treat advanced melanoma, signaling a paradigm shift in the way the...
Bacteria From Honey Bees Possible Alternative to Antibiotics
Raw honey has been used against infections for millennia, well before honey as we now know it was manufactured and sold in stores. So...
Researchers Discover Underlying Neurochemical Imbalance Responsible for Schizophrenia
Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California, San Diego have discovered...
New Immunotherapy Vaccine Decreases Recurrence in HER2 Positive Breast Cancer...
A new breast cancer vaccine candidate, (GP2), provides further evidence of the potential of immunotherapy in preventing disease recurrence. This is especially the case...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Linked to Sex Hormones in Blood
Measuring sex hormone levels in blood may aid in identifying people likely to suffer sudden cardiac arrest, a heart rhythm disorder that is fatal...
‘Bad’ Sugar Derivative ‘Kills’ Good HDL Cholesterol, Increases Heart Disease
Scientists at the University of Warwick have discovered that 'good' cholesterol is turned 'bad' by a sugar-derived substance. The highly cytotoxic, substance, methylglyoxal - MG, was...
