Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Health News
(The Wistar Institute) Researchers at the Wistar Institute have found multiple receptors on the outside of the body’s killer immune system cells which they believe can be selectively targeted to keep the cells in superb infection and disease-fighting condition. In a study published online Nov. 30 in Nature Immunology, the researchers describe their discovery of [...]
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(Massachusetts General Hospital) A team of cancer researchers from several Boston academic medical centers has discovered a potential treatment for a group of tumors that have resisted previous targeted therapy approaches. In their Nature Medicine report, receiving early online release, the investigators report that combining two different kinase inhibitors — drugs that interfere with [...]
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(Economic & Social Research Council) A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Offering discounts on insurance premiums to hospitals that meet certain targets has led to falls in MRSA infection [...]
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(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) A new method of characterizing breast lesions found during an MRI exam could result in fewer biopsies of benign tumors with the benefits of reduced pain and expense for patients and providers, according to a paper that will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of [...]
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