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Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets for Metastatic Melanoma, Path for New Drugs

Mount Sinai researchers have identified novel therapeutic targets for metastatic melanoma, according to a study published in Molecular Cell. The study focused on a gene called AMIGO2 and its partner, called PTK7. Scientists’ understanding of AMIGO2’s role in cancer has...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Develop Experimental “Nano-Chemo” Particle to Treat Bladder Cancer

Working with mice and rats, Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a way to successfully deliver nano-sized, platinum-based chemotherapy drugs to treat a form of bladder cancer called nonmuscle-invasive that is found in the lining of the organ and has...

New Imaging Guidelines for Nuclear Cardiology Procedures

A new guideline published this month by the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) provides practicing nuclear cardiologists, electronic healthcare records, standards writers, and report generation software companies with a comprehensive resource to standardize the reporting of nuclear cardiology...

Elsevier’s Opioid Resource Center brings together latest medical and scientific information to tackle opioid crisis

To help healthcare professionals, medical researchers and the public understand the ongoing opioid epidemic, Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has created the Opioid Epidemic Resource Center. The Opioid Epidemic Resource Center, freely available on Elsevier...

SimplyVital Health Adds iCare Management To Its Connecting Care Analytics Platform

SimplyVital Health (SVH), the healthcare company streamlining medical data storage and sharing using blockchain technology, has announced a partnership with Hartford HealthCare Bone & Joint Institute at Hartford Hospital (BJI). Through its ConnectingCare platform, SVH will manage and analyze total...

Combination treatment targeting glucose in advanced brain cancer shows promising results in preclinical study

UCLA scientists have discovered a potential combination treatment for glioblastoma, the deadliest form of brain cancer in adults. The three-year study led by David Nathanson, a member of UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, found that the drug combination tested...

Simple Biomechanical Test could aid Implant Success

The quality of the tissue-implant interface is key to the success of implant integration. High-output benchtop screening can help developers in assessing the complex interplay between biomaterials and the body to better prepare for clinical trials, highlights a review...

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