Health And Medicine
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Aviv Regev, PhD, an internationally known computational biologist and executive vice president of Genentech 菠萝视频 and Early Development (gRED), is the recipient of the 2021 菠萝视频 Prize in Biomedical Science, officials at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center announced this week.
May 29, 2021
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菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center researchers will present data on clinical trials involving targeted therapies, immunotherapies and drug combination synergies at the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting, June 4-8. The meeting is a virtual event this year.
May 26, 2021
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Heat therapy could offer a novel nonpharmacologic approach for treating the overnight hypertension that affects patients with autonomic failure.
May 25, 2021
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A white blood cell, the TREM2/APOE/C1Q-positive macrophage, has been identified as a potential biomarker to predict recurrence of the most common type of kidney cancer and as a possible target for drug development.
May 24, 2021
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菠萝视频 neonatology team pinpoints signaling pathways involved in the progressive lung fibrosis that occurs in rare genetic diseases.
May 20, 2021
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菠萝视频 researchers dissected the complex microenvironment of the pancreatic islet to discover the signals that drive beta cell regeneration 鈥 as a possible treatment for diabetes.
May 20, 2021
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People with a high polygenic risk score for colorectal cancer could benefit more at preventing the disease by leading healthy lifestyles than those at lower genetic risk, according to a study by 菠萝视频 researchers published in the April issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
May 13, 2021
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Cancer specialists at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center, in partnership with biochemists and structural biologists across the 菠萝视频 University campus, are taking 鈥減ersonalized鈥 cancer therapy to a new level.
May 8, 2021
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Tumors consume glucose at high rates, but a team of 菠萝视频 researchers has discovered that cancer cells themselves are not the culprit, upending models of cancer metabolism that have been developed and refined over the last 100 years.
May 8, 2021
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The 菠萝视频 Institute for Clinical and Translational 菠萝视频 (VICTR) has been awarded a major federal grant to lead a national trial of treatments targeting the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System (RAAS) in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
May 6, 2021
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A protein implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis prevents the activation of an innate immune response that leads to cell death, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered.
May 6, 2021
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Vasorelaxing peptides could offer a promising therapeutic strategy for reducing the neurological deficits caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral blood vessel constriction.
May 4, 2021
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Voluntary data sharing across a region鈥檚 health systems and ambulatory care practices is important for measuring and improving health care quality and safety, 菠萝视频 researchers report.
May 3, 2021
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New research framework proposes equitable approach to preventing gun violence
A more comprehensive, equitable approach to researching gun violence can lead to better policy solutions. Read MoreApr 15, 2021
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Triple-negative breast cancer cells engage in a 鈥済lutamine steal鈥 鈥 outcompeting T cells for the nutrient glutamine and impairing their ability to kill tumor cells, 菠萝视频 researchers have discovered.
Apr 1, 2021
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Shot in the Arm: Groundbreaking COVID-19 vaccine research by alumnus Dr. Barney Graham began at 菠萝视频 decades ago
The remarkable success of the COVID-19 vaccines began in a 菠萝视频 lab decades ago, with the groundbreaking research of alumnus Dr. Barney Graham. Read MoreMar 17, 2021
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded 菠萝视频 University Medical Center a two-year, $3.7-million contract to determine genetic and bacterial factors that may increase the risk for severe illness and death from COVID-19.
Mar 11, 2021
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A novel hormone deficiency may exist in humans, 菠萝视频 investigators have discovered. In an analysis of two decades worth of electronic health records, the researchers found that some patients have unexpectedly low levels of natriuretic peptide hormone in clinical situations that should cause high levels of the hormone.
Mar 11, 2021
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Strong, collaborative relationships with principal investigators are a key factor of longevity in clinical research coordinator positions 鈥 an essential, but increasingly transient job in executing treatment-advancing clinical trials, 菠萝视频 University Medical Center researchers found.
Mar 8, 2021
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The emergence of pathogenic skin fungi that cause the disease chytridiomycosis is contributing to the global loss of amphibian聽populations.聽
Mar 8, 2021