The Wistar Institute Scientists Discover New Weapon to Fight Treatment-Resistant Melanoma
Wistar InstituteThe Wistar Institute scientists have identified a new strategy for attacking treatment-resistant melanoma: inhibiting the gene S6K2.
The Wistar Institute scientists have identified a new strategy for attacking treatment-resistant melanoma: inhibiting the gene S6K2.
A new study shows significant long-term reductions in the stress hormone cortisol in seniors taking part in the O’stress program.
Unfertilized soybean fields with lower soil fertility should be planted earlier than high fertility fields, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign study that re-evaluates longtime soil testing. This result comes as a bit of a surprise, says Fred Below, senior author of the study.
Cannabidiol (CBD), the component in cannabis often used for therapeutic treatments, is increasingly being used during pregnancy as a means of managing symptoms such as nausea, anxiety and sleep.
EMBARGOED: A study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators provides new evidence that thyroid cancer continues to be overdiagnosed and that aggressive screening and treatment of thyroid cancer has not led to higher survival rates.
Globally, women’s workforce participation is about 25% lower than men’s, often due to barriers such as domestic responsibilities and cultural norms. A new study from an international research team explored whether hybrid distance learning can improve accessibility to job training for rural women in Nepal.
Set to enter hospice care, a patient with idiopathic multicentric Castleman’s disease is now in remission after treatment with a medication identified by an AI-guided analysis
One of the most agonizing experiences a cancer patient suffers is waiting without knowing: waiting for a diagnosis, waiting to get test results back, waiting to learn the outcome of treatment protocols. Now a researcher at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is co-author of a paper in Nature Scientific Reports that studies the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and neuronal networks to significantly cut the time required for medical professionals to classify lesions in breast cancer ultrasound images.
Children and young people who are Black or Hispanic are less likely to be diagnosed with migraine than those who are white when being seen for headache in a pediatric emergency department, according to a study published in the February 5, 2025, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study also found they received fewer tests and less intensive treatment.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers report that all nine patients in a clinical trial being treated for stage III or IV clear cell renal cell carcinoma (a form of kidney cancer), generated a successful anti-cancer immune response after initiation of a personalized cancer vaccine.