Results from a clinical trial of more than 250 participants with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) revealed that ibudilast was better
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Additional inhibitor can help anti-VEGF therapy overcome resistance in deadly brain cancer: Study identifies target, shows proof-of-concept in mice
Adding another inhibitor to therapies that cut off a tumor’s access to blood vessels could be the key to helping
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Modifying the major model of a modern major mouse model
If a new anti-cancer drug shows promise in a Petri dish, often the next step is to test the drug’s
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New drug could prevent debilitating side effect of cancer treatment
About 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed annually with head, neck, nasal and oral cancers. Most are treated with
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Study identifies distinct origin of ADHD in children with history of brain injury
According to a study in Biological Psychiatry, physical brain injury in children contributes to the development of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
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‘Undruggable’ cancers slowed by targeting growth signals: Efficacy of novel approach in human lung, skin, colon and pancreatic cancers in laboratory experiments prompts rapid move toward clinical trial
As many as 50 percent of human cancer cases — across a wide variety of tissues — involve defects in
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Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in fetal cells: Scientists identify genetic characteristics of fetal stem cells that may lead to breast cancer later in life
Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells in the most malignant cancers
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Integrated sensor could monitor brain aneurysm treatment
Implantation of a stent-like flow diverter can offer one option for less invasive treatment of brain aneurysms — bulges in
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How dying neurons control eating behaviors of the brain microglia: Aberrant clearance activity of microglia in particular brain regions leads to changes associated with neurodegenerative diseases
A new Mount Sinai study, published July 23 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, provides important insight into how microglia, cells
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T cell engineering breakthrough sidesteps need for viruses in gene-editing: With faster, cheaper, more precise technique, authors say it’s ‘off to the races’ toward new cell therapies
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UC San Francisco scientists have genetically reprogrammed the
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