Iron supplementation - when less is really more
11/06/2015
Anaemia is often the result of an iron deficiency. In such cases the patients, who are typically female, will be prescribed iron supplements to be taken daily.
Gut bacteria improve immune system's attack on tumors
11/06/2015
Mice with higher levels of certain natural bacteria in their gut have more powerful immune reactions to tumors and fight them more vigorously, a new study shows.
Medicines for breast cancer: the affordability controversy
11/05/2015
New and better drugs to treat diseases such as advanced breast cancer will have little effect on improving patient outcomes if a country does not have good healthcare structures in place, Professor...
New research could help in the fight against infection, cancer and allergies
11/05/2015
New research has uncovered an important mechanism in the drive to understand immunological processes that protect us against infection, allergy and cancer.
Edoxaban: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
11/05/2015
As prevention in atrial fibrillation: Fewer strokes and bleeding events; no data analyses for second therapeutic indication.
Tumour network in the brain increases treatment resistance
11/05/2015
Astrocytomas are special type of brain tumours that are difficult to treat, because they do not respond to standard forms of treatment.
A way to target the Achilles heel of neuroblastoma
11/05/2015
Australian scientists have identified a critical molecular 'feedback loop' that helps initiate and drive neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous system in children that is triggered in embryonal...
An easy test for sickle cell disease
11/05/2015
Magnetic levitation key to application that works with a common smartphone.A team of UConn biomedical engineers, working with colleagues from Yale, MIT, and Harvard, has developed a simple...
'Liquid biopsy' promotes precision medicine by tracking patient's cancer
11/05/2015
Circulating tumor DNA in blood could inform physicians on best treatments for individual patients.
New drug combination suggests promising treatment for mantle cell lymphoma
11/05/2015
A combination therapy lacking many of the debilitating effects of traditional cancer treatment effectively manages mantle cell lymphoma, shrinking the aggressive and incurable malignancy and...