Using viruses instead of antibiotics to tame troublesome drug-resistant bacteria is a promising strategy, known as bacteriophage or "phage therapy."…
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Understanding the dynamics of brain blood flow could hold key for treating neurologic conditions
While the human brain has over 400 miles of total vasculature, little is known about the tiny capillaries that make…
Unexpected findings on weight loss and breast cancer from international study
New research in the February 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined body mass index (BMI)…
Remission of Hodgkin Lymphoma After COVID-19
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with cancer are considered at…
Adjuvant Nivolumab: A New Standard of Care in High-risk MIUC?
The checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab is efficacious and well tolerated when used as adjuvant therapy in patients who have undergone radical…
Insight about tumor microenvironment could boost cancer immunotherapy
A paper published today in Nature shows how chemicals in the areas surrounding tumors—known as the tumor microenvironment—subvert the immune…
Nearly 4 in 10 Cancer Deaths Attributable to Cigarette Smoking
Although rates of smoking have been declining in the United States, smoking is still contributing substantially to the cancer burden,…
Response to cancer immunotherapy may be affected by genes we carry from birth
For all their importance as a breakthrough treatment, the cancer immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors still only benefit a small…
New drug targets for childhood cancer neuroblastoma identified
The largest single cell study to date of the childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, has answered important questions about the genesis of…
What is Candidiasis (Thrush)?
Candiadiasis, or Thrush, is a fungal infection caused by a group of yeast. There is a score of Candida species,…