News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 18, 2015
VIENNA—Administering ponatinib at lower doses can reduce the risk of arterial occlusive events (AOE) without hindering responses in patients with chro...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 18, 2015
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VIENNA—Adding the anticancer quinolone derivative vosaroxin to treatment with cytarabine can improve outcomes for some older ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 18, 2015
VIENNA—A monoclonal antibody (mAb) can produce responses in patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis and persistent organ dysfunction, according to ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 18, 2015
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VIENNA—Updated results from the phase 3 RESPONSE trial suggest the JAK1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib can provide long-term diseas...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 17, 2015
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A compound derived from avocados could be effective in treating acute ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 17, 2015
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A new algorithm makes it possible to perform genetic analyses on as many as 500,000 individuals—and many traits—at the sa...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 17, 2015
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Researchers say they have located a new, more precise target for a mosquito-based vaccine to block the transmission of ma...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 17, 2015
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ROME, ITALY—Interleukin-1β (IL-1β) is a crucial factor in the development of blood-induced cartilage damage, according to resea...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 16, 2015
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DUBROVNIK, CROATIA—Results of a large study suggest patients who develop a venous thromboembolism (VTE) may have more mental he...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 16, 2015
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Researchers say they have created a microenvironment in a dish that can be used to anticipate a multiple myeloma (MM) pati...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 16, 2015
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New research suggests patient behavior can have a serious impact on the effectiveness of a treatment, and procedures used in ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 16, 2015
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Data from a statewide quality collaborative helped the University of Michigan Trauma Service reduce its annual rate of venou...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 15, 2015
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A small molecule may be able to accelerate cell recovery in bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients and patients with liver ...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 15, 2015
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Living in a “modern” house may reduce a person’s risk of contracting malaria, according to research published in Malaria Jou...
News Author: HT Staff Publish date: June 14, 2015
expresses the ligand (red)
that activates NKG2D, while
uninfected cells (blue) do not
Benjamin Chaigne-Delalande
A study published in PLOS Patho...