Researchers have developed a vaccine strategy that reduces the risk of flu infections in cancer…
Month: December 2015
Ibrutinib superior to traditional chemotherapy in untreated chronic leukemia patients
A multi-center, international, randomized, Phase III study of older untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia…
Was early animal evolution co-operative?
The fossil group called the Ediacaran biota have been troubling researchers for a long time….
Age doesn’t affect survival outcomes in patients with MDS who receive a HCT
A prospective study shows age doesn’t affect survival outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)…
‘No-drill’ dentistry stops tooth decay
A new study has revealed that tooth decay (dental caries) can be stopped, reversed, and…
Early gene therapy results in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome promising
Researchers reported promising preliminary outcomes for the first four children enrolled in a US gene…
Children with childhood leukemia benefit from prophylactic antibiotics
Prophylactic antibiotics significantly reduce the risk of serious bacterial infections in children during the critical…
Mysteries of SCN8A mutation in epilepsy unraveled
Three studies explore the effects of mutations in the SCN8A gene, thought to underlie early…
Personalized medicine studies reveal gene targets for epilepsy
Technological advances ranging from gene editing to next-generation sequencing offer unprecedented access to the human…
Emerging technologies help advance the understanding, detection and control of epilepsy
A smartphone-induced EEG waveform and an intelligent algorithm for seizure detection are among the emerging…