Checkpoint inhibitors have become important tools in the cancer-fighting arsenal. By blocking proteins that normally restrain the immune response, these drugs can help the immune system destroy cance… [+5209 chars]
Researchers from the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Department of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine of the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKU… [+4048 chars]
Urgent action needed to make WHO-recommended treatment accessible to people who need it Background: Geneva, 20 April 2022 -- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) welcomes the upda… [+7604 chars]
Irritable bowel syndrome is a condition that affects around 10% of people around the world. So, when Turkish Gastroenterology Association made a statement about the syndrome and its treatment as part… [+1852 chars]
Figure 1 presents the complete methodology as a roadmap followed to analyse and derive valuable conclusions from the data. Six different phases can be distinguished encompassing methods as follows: … [+21200 chars]
mRNA vaccine technology is a field full of promise as well as unanswered questions for communities living with the burden of the worlds most deadly infectious diseases. Despite appearances, mRNA tec… [+8061 chars]
In a recent article posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed community-level impacts on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) prevalence in England. Study:… [+6281 chars]
mRNA vaccine technology is a field full of promise – as well as unanswered questions – for communities living with the burden of the world’s most deadly infectious diseases. Despite appearances, mRN… [+7815 chars]
A recent report posted to the medRxiv* preprint server presented the epidemiology of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron BA.2 sublineage infections in Hong Kong. … [+5302 chars]
Excessive weight can significantly contribute to a woman’s chances of developing womb cancer. A new paper places the increased risk per extra body mass index (BMI) unit at twice that of previous esti… [+4537 chars]
In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers determined the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines on polyethylene glycol (PEG)-specific antibody responses. … [+5578 chars]
The Covid-19 pandemic affected health systems worldwide, and its impact is now being felt on the infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The pandemi… [+3094 chars]