Stanford researchers found an antibody that was found to dramatically shrink or eradicate human cancer tumors that were transplanted into laboratory mice, no matter which type of cancer created the tumor. The research is unique in the variety of solid cancers that responded to the antibody.
Stanford researchers found an antibody that was found to dramatically shrink or eradicate human cancer tumors that were transplanted into laboratory mice, no matter which type of cancer created the tumor. The research is unique in the variety of solid cancers that responded to the antibody.
Instead of experimenting on mice, researchers went straight to testing on human cells – and their studies have been proven successful in halting Alzheimer's in its tracks.
Two women losing their sight to progressive forms of blindness may have regained some vision while participating in an experiment testing a treatment made from human embryonic stem cells, the first time researchers directly helped patients with these types of stem cells.
A year ago, when chemotherapy stopped working against his leukemia and he had nothing to lose, William Ludwig signed up to be the first patient treated in a bold experiment. Doctors removed a billion of his T-cells and re-engineered them before reinsertion. A few weeks later, his leukemia was gone.
Since the vaccine was shown to be safe and effective on naturally-occurring tumors in animals, the treatment is now being tested on human cancer patients.
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Just months after announcing his stage-four pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the game show host says he is "finished with chemotherapy".
This intriguing new research has found that apples and tea have a compound that can make people live longer-particularly heavy smokers and drinkers.
This Kansas community wanted to make sure that Peyton Madden didn't miss out on all the fun of childhood just because of his genetic condition.
A biopharmaceutical company has just received a patent number for their genital herpes vaccine, which puts them one step closer to conducting human trials.
Scientists have successfully identified a strain of bacteria in our gut microbiomes that can "significantly" slow the progression of Lou Gehrig's disease.
A new study from the University of Arizona has uncovered a potential new way to treat patients with ALS, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease.
The research team is one the first to link the compound to improved insulin production – and they are now working on making it into a feasible treatment.
Researchers are delighted to report that three specially-trained beagles were able to sniff out malignant lung cancer tumors with 97% accuracy.
These tiny bandaids have been successful in regenerating damaged hearts - and they are now ready to be tested on human heart attack survivors.
In the study, over 1.5 million children who received the free vaccine were far less likely to develop type 1 diabetes later in life.
Numerous datasets from around the world are illustrating how self-isolation and lockdowns have been helping to curb novel coronavirus cases.
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Israeli scientists have demonstrated that health care workers can accelerate coronavirus testing by screening up to 60 patient samples simultaneously.
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