The world’s first clinical trial to explore the use of the hallucinogenic ingredient in magic…
Month: April 2013
Fetal exposure to excessive stress hormones in the womb linked to adult mood disorders
Exposure of the developing fetus to excessive levels of stress hormones in the womb can…
Immunotherapy showed promising antileukemia activity in pediatric patients
Researchers using patients’ own immune cells in an immunotherapy approach called “anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor…
Targeted toxin active in platinum-resistant ovarian cancers
Researchers have found that a novel antibody-guided drug achieves responses in platinum drug-resistant ovarian cancer.
Two-step ovarian cancer immunotherapy made from patients’ own tumor benefits three quarters of trial patients
As many as three quarters of advanced ovarian cancer patients appeared to respond to a…
Flies reveal kidney stones in-the-making
Kidney stones usually make their presence known suddenly, often sending a person to the hospital…
Flies model a potential sweet treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Researchers describe experiments that could lead to a new approach for treating Parkinson’s disease using…
Comprehensive genomic analysis identified alterations in head and neck cancer that could lead to targeted therapy
Not all head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCCs) have the same pattern of genomic…
Screening blood samples for cancer-driving mutations more comprehensive than analyzing traditional tumor biopsy
Researchers using a tool called BEAMing technology, which can detect cancer-driving gene mutations in patients’…
More accurate markers identified for detecting response to epigenetic drugs for myelodysplastic syndromes
Researchers have identified and validated two DNA methylation markers that could help physicians to more…