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Scientists Use Sound to Destroy Half of Liver Tumors – and Boosted Immune Systems Cleared Away the Rest
Noninvasive sound technology developed at the University of Michigan breaks down liver tumors in rats, kills cancer cells, and spurs the immune system to...
New Cancer Treatments May Be on The Horizon – Success in mRNA Vaccine Trials Use Patients’ Immune Systems
A personalized, mRNA vaccine, given to patients with particular kinds of aggressive cancers could leverage the immune system of the patient to kill the...
New Study Shows Garden Areas Improved the Immune Systems of Daycare Children in Only a Month
A study in Finland showed, for the first time, that the immune system of children ages 3-5 improved when forest undergrowth, lawns, and planter...
Scientists Discover a Small Strand of RNA to Be Key to Fighting Cancer With Our Immune System
A team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown how a single, small strand of microRNA, known as let-7, governs the...
CAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Lupus into Remission for Patients, Using Specially-Armed Immune Cells
A decade ago, CAR T-cell therapy changed the face of cancer research and treatment. It's now been applied in a small trial to lupus...
Tick-Borne Infection Immune to Most Antibiotics May Be Blocked Using Special ‘Nanobodies’
Tiny molecules called nanobodies, which can be designed to mimic antibody structures and functions, may be the key to blocking a tick-borne bacterial infection...
Programming the Immune System to Kill Any Cancer – Trials Start in 2014
Training our immune systems to fight cancer has been an appealing prospect among scientists for decades.
Stanford researchers are on track to begin human trials...
New Approach Could Treat MS, Other Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers trying to find a way to treat multiple sclerosis think they’ve come up with an approach that could not only help patients with...
Bats Hold Vital Clues for Cancer Prevention as Scientists Study Their ‘Extraordinary’ Immunity
A new study shows that bats evolved to avoid cancer and the data may uncover how humans can treat or prevent viruses as well...
Antibiotic That Destroys One of World’s Deadliest Superbugs Discovered by AI Supercomputer
An antibiotic that could be used to treat one of the world's most drug-resistant superbugs has been discovered by a supercomputer using AI.
Artificial intelligence...
This Gel Stops Brain Tumors After Surgery, Offering Hope for Glioblastoma Cancer Patients
Medication delivered by a novel gel cured 100% of mice with an aggressive brain cancer, a striking result that offers new hope for patients...
Your Inspiring Weekly Horoscope From Rob Brezsny: A ‘Free Will Astrology’
Our partner Rob Brezsny provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly...
More Physical Activity, Less Screen Time Linked to Better Executive Function in Toddlers
A new study found that 24-month-old children who spent less than 60 minutes looking at screens each day and those who engaged in more...
Rectal Cancer Trials Deliver ‘Unheard Of’ Result: Remission in Every Patient
Sascha Roth remembers the phone call came on a hectic Friday evening.
She was racing around her home in Washington, D.C., to pack for New...
Handheld Device Painlessly Identifies Skin Cancer Without Biopsy Scars
Skin biopsies are no fun: doctors carve away small lumps of tissue for laboratory testing, leaving patients with painful wounds that can take weeks...
Scientists Make Breakthrough, Stopping the Spread of Cancer by Repurposing Drugs Used for Other Illnesses
The treatment of cancer could be revolutionized by the discovery that existing drugs, used to treat depression and heart disease, could reverse key changes...
Experimental Treatment in Spain Puts 18 Cancer Patients in Complete Remission
18 out of 30 Spanish patients with incurable blood cancer are in complete remission, and a few more have seen the cancer's progression stopped...
Anti-Cancer Drug Derived From Himalayan Plant Clears Early Clinical Trials
An Oxford University study has shown that the new drug NUC-7738—a novel chemotherapy drug, derived from a fungus—has up to 40 times greater potency...
Immunotherapy Drugs So Effective that Tumors Disappear in Weeks for Head and Neck Cancer Patients in Landmark Trial
From "positive trends in survival" to "completely eradicated," the results from a phase III cancer trial has oncologists and patients in the UK excited.
An...
The Simple Habit of Flossing Reduces Your Risk Of COVID-19 Complications, Says New Study
If there were ever a universal human skill, beyond things like running, jumping, and solving problems, it would be the excellent capacity humans display...