Research reveals ultrasound-guided microbubbles boost immunotherapy efficacy

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 5 months ago New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): According to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, researchers have developed an ultrasound-guided cancer immunotherapy platform that promotes systemic anti-tumour immunity and increases immune checkpoint blockade therapeutic efficacy. The findings of the research were published in the journal ‘Nature Nanotechnology’. As the first-of-its-kind platform,…

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Dr Tarun K Sahni on Monkeypox

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 5 months ago New Delhi, June 01 (ANI): Seeing the increase in reports of Monkeypox (MPX) cases in non-endemic countries medicine specialist at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital Dr Tarun K Sahni on May 31 informed that the Government and medical fraternity in India are well prepared. “Such diseases mostly brought into country by travellers. Government…

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Study says, biomarker in liquid biopsy for lung cancer can be more reliable than tumour biopsy

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 5 months ago New Delhi, June 03 (ANI): Mount Sinai researchers have proven that a simple blood test called a liquid biopsy can be a stronger predictor of whether cancer immunotherapy will work for a patient with lung cancer than an invasive tumour biopsy technique. The study has been published in the journal, “Experimental…

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Reduced risk of Alzheimer’s disease linked to target protein for diabetes

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 5 months ago New Delhi, June 04 (ANI): A study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests that mechanisms associated with a particular diabetes drug can also help to protect against Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is becoming increasingly common, but there are no drugs to affect the course of the disease and the…

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Higher exposure to air pollution is associated with higher functional brain connectivity: Study

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 4 months ago New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): The findings of a study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) suggest that higher exposure to air pollution is associated with higher functional brain connectivity among several brain regions in preadolescents, while exposure to traffic noise was not. The findings also identify the first…

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Genetic algorithm could predict risk of kidney disease decades before onset

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 4 months ago New Delhi, June 18 (ANI): A new study by the Columbia University Irving Medical Center suggests that by analysing thousands of genetic risk variants, a new algorithm may be able to predict your risk of developing chronic kidney disease decades before the onset. “With this polygenic method, we can identify individuals…

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Potential new way to treat chronic pain is using anti-cancer drugs: Study

[ad_1] Updated:1 year, 4 months ago New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): A potential new way to treat chronic pain is using anti-cancer drugs rather than opioid-based pain medication, reveals a new study by the University of Calgary. Researchers identified the existence of a molecule in the nervous system that enhances sensitivity to pain. This molecule had previously…

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