Liquid biopsy as effective as tissue biopsy for non-small cell lung cancer
A multi-center study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed that a liquid biopsy
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CRISPR/Cas9 therapy can suppress aging, enhance health and extend life span in mice
Aging is a leading risk factor for a number of debilitating conditions, including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, to
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Expand the role of patients, the true experts, in neuromuscular disease research: Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new position paper published in the Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases
The old-fashioned paternalistic relationship between doctors and patients has gradually evolved into a more collaborative one in the era of
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Treatment for obesity and fatty liver disease may be in reach: 27 new molecules show significant therapeutic potential
Professor Amiram Goldblum and his team at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute for Drug Research have discovered 27 new
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Steriods: Causes of cortisone-induced side effects
Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the
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New understanding of mysterious ‘hereditary swelling’
An upper arm that swells to twice its normal size. A stomach that inexplicably swells up causing colic pain, vomiting
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High-contrast imaging for cancer therapy with protons
Medical physicist Dr. Aswin Hoffmann and his team from the Institute of Radiooncology — OncoRay at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
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Patient safety in hospitals still a concern: Study finds greater investments in nurses is key to preventing patient harm
Two decades ago, a landmark study by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) highlighted the prevalence of medical errors and
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Genetics used to predict response to antipsychotic medications
Genetics can be used to predict a patient’s response to antipsychotic drug treatment for schizophrenia, according to a recent study
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New CRISPR tool opens up more of the genome for editing: Enzyme can target almost half of the genome’s ‘zipcodes’ and could enable editing of many more disease-specific mutations
The genome editing system CRISPR has become a hugely important tool in medical research, and could ultimately have a significant
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