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Utrecht University has appointed Helga Gardarsdottir as Professor of Real World Data for Decision Making on Medicines.

A new clinical trial studying whether a compound derived from licorice root will affect prostate cancer in patients is now open at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Chronic inflammation contributes to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver and intestinal diseases, and also increases the risk of cancer. To treat these diseases, medicine has so far mainly relied on substances that inhibit the body's immune response.

Professor Mehdi Beniddir, both a researcher in chemistry and a pharmacist, explains how pharmacognosy makes it possible to develop new medicinal drugs from substances found in nature.

GSK will become the first partner of the new Imperial-led Fleming Initiative, which aims to tackle antimicrobial resistance globally.

Science + Technology UCLA scientists develop a new method to engineer immune cells that could treat multiple patients Immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment by harnessing the body's own immune system to attack cancer cells and halt tumor growth. However, these therapies often need to be tailored to each individual patient, slowing down the treatment process and resulting in a hefty price tag that could soar well into the hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient.

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, founded by MIT professors and former postdocs, has turned the promise of RNAi research into a new class of powerful therapies.

A UdeM researcher is launching a study to test whether virtual reality can relieve anxiety and pain in palliative care.

Adapted from a release by Robert Sanders at UC Berkeley Vaccines save lives, as proven during the recent pandemic, but one component of most vaccines - including the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine - goes unheralded: a molecule or other compound that primes the immune system to mount a more robust defense against infection.

Researchers will build and evaluate replicas of patients' hearts online A team of interdisciplinary researchers will create and test the first 'digital twin' heart models for a group of chronically ill NHS patients, to find out if they provide better monitoring and ultimately better care.

Robert Miller creates software to help determine most appropriate test for coronary artery disease patients Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease, and a leading cause of death for both men and women in Canada.

Around four billion people worldwide are affected by recurring headaches, and over 356 million spend more days of their lives with than without a "thunderstorm in their head".

Crohn's disease, affecting approximately 2 million people around the world, manifests with intestinal inflammation and abdominal pain.

Many pancreatic tumors are like malignant fortresses, surrounded by a dense matrix of collagen and other tissue that shields them from immune cells and immunotherapies that have been effective in treating other cancers. Employing bacteria to infiltrate that cancerous fortification and deliver these drugs could aid treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to newly published findings from a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers.

The disruption to the supply of a prescription medicine that helps people stop smoking may have led to thousands fewer people quitting each year in England, which will lead to avoidable deaths in future, suggests a new study led by UCL researchers. Varenicline (also known as Champix) is one of the most effective treatments to help smokers quit.

Cancer patients diagnosed in English prisons do not receive the same level of curative treatment as those in the general population, meaning they are at increased risk of death, according to a study led by UCL, King's College London and the University of Surrey. The researchers found that patients with cancer face several barriers to diagnosis in prison and once diagnosed, they receive significantly less treatment and lower planned care costs, and report worse experiences of care.

Dr James Gill, a Clinical Lecturer at the University of Warwick and a practising GP, will attend a pivotal event hosted at the House of Lords on Monday (April 29) focused on combating the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one University of Michigan scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and pharmacists should be key players in species conservation efforts.

With over 600,000 deaths in 2022, malaria remains one of the biggest health threats particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.

Experts call for recommendations and guidelines to be amended accordingly. If a patient is successfully resuscitated after a cardiac arrest and circulation resumes, they are not out of the woods yet.

While the female sex has a protective effect during an acute infection with Covid-19, women run an increased risk of developing post-Covid syndrome (PCS) even after mild cases.

New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels. When cancer patients undergo chemotherapy, the dose of most drugs is calculated based on the patient's body surface area. This is estimated by plugging the patient's height and weight into an equation, dating to 1916, that was formulated from data on just nine patients.

The University of Southampton have been given a massive cash injection to train more doctors as clinical scientists dedicated to the fight against cancer.

Immunai's founders were researchers at MIT when they launched their company to help predict how patients will respond to new treatments.

"AUTOMETA" develops microfluidic chips to make personalised treatment with medicines more effective Coordinated by the University of Freiburg, the project "AUTOMETA: Automated preparation of samples

A wet head can save lives during thunderstorms - this has been known since the team led by Prof. Jens Haueisen and Prof. Michael Rock published the results of their research on lightning discharges in the renowned journal Springer Nature Scientific Reports. The scientists have succeeded in demonstrating that rainwater on the scalp can reduce damage caused by direct lightning strikes to the head.

'Telemedicine' patients were 76% less likely to be readmitted to hospital within six months than those on standard care Remote monitoring of patients who had recently had a heart attack was found to have a significant effect on readmissions to hospital, in research carried out at Imperial College London with patients at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Removing one step from a three-part MRI scan, which could make them quicker, cheaper and more accessible, had no negative impact on diagnostic accuracy, according to clinical trial results led by UCL and UCLH.

Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way to make a popular pain reliever and other valuable products from plants instead of petroleum.