A Stanford Medicine study taps artificial intelligence to find a naturally occurring molecule called a peptide that suppressed appetite and led to weight loss in mice and pigs. Anaturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide — also known as Ozempic — in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight. Notably, testing
Study shows apoB testing is more effective and cost-efficient than standard cholesterol tests A routine blood test taken by millions in the U.S. each year to measure “bad” cholesterol is not the best measure to guide treatment and prevent heart attacks and strokes, suggests a new Northwestern Medicine study published in JAMA. The study found that
In a breakthrough for gene therapy, the international academic journal Nature has published a landmark clinical study detailing the successful use of a novel base-editing drug to treat β-thalassemia. Jointly conducted by ShanghaiTech University, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Fudan University, and CorrectSequence Therapeutics, the early-stage clinical trial of the base-editing drug CS-101 injection reports that
For the first time, scientists have used a modern cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different life-threatening autoimmune diseases that had resisted years of treatment. The patient, who once required daily blood infusions, has been in remission without needing additional treatment for a year since the CAR-T therapy. The case report,
Using Fitbits, researchers set out to discover how many additional steps patients need to reduce risks of chronic disease. Adding as little as 1,700 to 5,500 steps per day can offset the risk of a list of chronic diseases — including obesity, diabetes and sleep apnea — according to a new study from a corresponding
Gene edits could solve obstacles to treatment for the most common types of cancer Since 2017, a personalized immunotherapy called Chimeric Antigen Receptor, or CAR-T cell treatment, has worked wonders to treat patients with blood cancers such as leukemia. But when it comes to treating solid tumor cancers, such as lung, breast and kidney cancers
Study finds deaths from other causes far surpass colorectal cancer diagnosis, death Key Takeaways While older adults with adenoma at a prior colonoscopy were more likely to be diagnosed with and die from colorectal cancer (CRC) compared with those without adenoma, the cumulative incidence was low and dwarfed by that of death from other causes,
Experts call for better guidance on levothyroxine initiation, deprescribing Key Takeaways A quarter of older adults on hypothyroidism medication were able to wean off of it while maintaining adequate thyroid function, an open-label prospective study showed. In patients 60 and up, a protocol for stepwise reduction in levothyroxine led to 25.7% successfully discontinuing the medication
University of California San Francisco study shows that aging connective tissue in the lungs brings on a catastrophic immune response in older people. lder adults are much more likely to become seriously ill from flu or COVID-19 because aging lung cells can drive extreme immune responses, according to a new study led by researchers at
New findings suggest blocking a key sensor protein could help neurons repair damaged connections Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the regrowth of damaged axonal fibers. The findings, published in the journal Nature, show that blocking a protein called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) may
