Clinical Trials News

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Bile Acids May Treat Heart DiseaseClinical Trials

Bile Acids May Treat Heart Disease

Heart disease treatments may be possible from bile acids

December 14, 2011·1 min read
Low Oxygen Linked to More Fatalities After Brain InjuryClinical Trials

Low Oxygen Linked to More Fatalities After Brain Injury

Severe traumatic brain injury outcome negatively impacted by low oxygen levels

November 13, 2011·2 min read
Getting it Right the First TimeClinical Trials

Getting it Right the First Time

Oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma accurately diagnosed with combination of assays

November 11, 2011·1 min read
Light-Sensitive Brain Cells Keep you Awake Clinical Trials

Light-Sensitive Brain Cells Keep you Awake

Neurons that arouse response to light affect our ability to sleep

November 9, 2011·2 min read
Stopping HIV on ContactClinical Trials

Stopping HIV on Contact

Gel shows promise in preventing sexual transmission of HIV

November 9, 2011·2 min read
SNaPshot Makes Genetic Testing a SnapClinical Trials

SNaPshot Makes Genetic Testing a Snap

Cancer patients screened for broad range of genetic mutations

November 9, 2011·2 min read
Identifying RA Before it StartsClinical Trials

Identifying RA Before it Starts

Rheumatoid arthritis can be diagnosed before the damage begins

November 8, 2011·5 min read
Sleeping Beauty Helps Uncover Colon Cancer Clinical Trials

Sleeping Beauty Helps Uncover Colon Cancer

Colon cancer genes discovered

November 8, 2011·2 min read
Computing COPD Diagnosis in a New WayClinical Trials

Computing COPD Diagnosis in a New Way

CT scans for lung cancer may be new tool for detecting COPD

November 8, 2011·2 min read
Horizon Brightening for LymphomaClinical Trials

Horizon Brightening for Lymphoma

Lymphoma in mice killed with two molecules identified in new study

November 7, 2011·2 min read
Surgery for Snoring Clinical Trials

Surgery for Snoring

Thyroid surgery can reduce severe sleep apnea

November 6, 2011·2 min read
Get Your Stem Cell Tune UpClinical Trials

Get Your Stem Cell Tune Up

Mini transplant of stem cells well tolerated in older patients with blood cancers

November 4, 2011·2 min read
Herpes TKO's Breast CancerClinical Trials

Herpes TKO's Breast Cancer

Triple negative breast cancer responds to oncolytic viral therapy

October 25, 2011·2 min read
Radiotherapy After Lumpectomies WorksClinical Trials

Radiotherapy After Lumpectomies Works

Radiotherapy after lumpectomies cuts recurrence and mortality risks

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Stem cell techniques for MSClinical Trials

Stem cell techniques for MS

MS cell therapy one step closer to clinical trials

October 19, 2011·2 min read
Pregnant Women Need to Watch Their HormonesClinical Trials

Pregnant Women Need to Watch Their Hormones

Polycystic ovary syndrome mothers need extra care

October 17, 2011·1 min read
Oh Spit! Oral Bacteria Linked to Pancreatic CancerClinical Trials

Oh Spit! Oral Bacteria Linked to Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer patients have different levels of oral bacteria

October 12, 2011·2 min read
Stopping Breast Cancer in its TracksClinical Trials

Stopping Breast Cancer in its Tracks

Breast cancer metastasis could be blocked by boosting Tyk2 activity

October 10, 2011·1 min read
Battling Prostate Cancer PainClinical Trials

Battling Prostate Cancer Pain

Bisphosphonate ibandronate as effective as radiotherapy

October 10, 2011·2 min read
Overweight Kids More Likely to be HypertensiveClinical Trials

Overweight Kids More Likely to be Hypertensive

Children who are overweight three times as likely to develop high blood pressure

October 7, 2011·2 min read
Higher Does Not Mean LongerClinical Trials

Higher Does Not Mean Longer

Stage III lung cancer patients don't live longer with higher radiation doses

October 6, 2011·1 min read
New Prostate Cancer Therapy Reduces Harmful Side EffectsClinical Trials

New Prostate Cancer Therapy Reduces Harmful Side Effects

IMRT prostate cancer treatment less harmful than 3DCRT

October 5, 2011·1 min read
Sickle Cell Success FoundClinical Trials

Sickle Cell Success Found

Sickle cell disease corrected with patient's own cells in preclinical study

October 4, 2011·2 min read
Identifying High Risk Heart Attack PatientsClinical Trials

Identifying High Risk Heart Attack Patients

EKGs indicate which heart attack patients are at a high risk of dying

October 3, 2011·3 min read