Preterm babies are fragile. This is especially true for infants born just six to seven months into a pregnancy. Called extremely preterm infants, these children essentially finish developing outside the uterus. Studying this vulnerable population is ch…
Researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center have demonstrated the potential of a novel treatment approach including immunotherapy to treat advanced human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative head and neck squamous cell carc…
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents about 80 to 90% of cases of primary liver cancer. On a global level, 905,700 new cases and 830,200 deaths were registered in 2020, according to the World Health Organization. In Switzerland, the Statistics Offi…
Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic sclerosis (SSc), or scleroderma—a rare and often devastating autoimmune disease that causes fibrosis (tissue hardening) a…
For more than three decades, scientists have been racing to stop Alzheimer’s disease by removing amyloid beta plaques—sticky clumps of toxic protein that accumulate in the brain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has expanded its indication of ALK’s Odactra, a house dust mite allergen tablet, for the treatment of house dust mite-induced allergic rhinitis, with or without conjunctivitis, to include children ages 5 through 11…
The body’s internal clock doesn’t just dictate when we sleep—it also determines how quickly our muscles heal. A new Northwestern Medicine study in mice, published today in Science Advances, suggests that muscle injuries heal faster when they occur duri…
The virus that causes COVID-19 has been very good at mutating to keep infecting people—so good that most antibody treatments developed during the pandemic are no longer effective. Now a team led by Stanford University researchers may have found a way t…
Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system. In the study, published in Nature, the scientists say that discovering the mechanism will support ongoing clinical …
A review in Clinical & Experimental Allergy concludes that exposing young children to small amounts of foods that they’re allergic to is safer than avoiding the foods altogether, which could be very dangerous if accidental exposure occurs.
