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Could Colchicine Cut COVID-19 Hospital Admissions and Deaths?

COLCHICINE, an anti-inflammatory oral drug commonly used for the treatment of gout and rheumatic diseases, has reportedly been shown to significantly…

Osteopontin and Lung Scarring in Scleroderma

OSTEOPONTIN (OPN), a protein known to function as an immune system modulator and play a role in tissue regeneration, may be responsible for driving lung…

New Discovery in Specific Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Development

EXCITING research from a team at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, has revealed molecular details of enzymes known as…

Telaglenastat Enhances Combination Radiation Therapy by 40%

HEAD and neck cancer, like any cancer, is truly life-altering,” said Dr Christina Wicker, who is part of a group of researchers from…

Virtual Biopsies Show Potential to Replace Invasive Biopsies

INVASIVE biopsy procedures maybe a thing of the past as new research has emerged in support of ‘virtual biopsies’ to replace invasive clinical biopsies…

Could This Neuroimaging Technique Be Useful for Diagnosing Early-Stage Alzheimer's Disease?

HYPEREXCITABILITY of the cortex, which has been identified as a subtle change in the presymptomatic stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and the…

Low Alcohol Consumption Linked to Increased Atrial Fibrillation Risk

Whether the case was the same for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been unclear until recently, when a study from Germany showed that there is an increased…

Could Pressure on Hospitals Due to COVID-19 Increase Cardiovascular Deaths?

the increased mortality rate seen during the pandemic cannot be explained by the infectious disease alone, and instead may be the result of the impact…

Antihistamine Treatment for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome cause many people a lot of pain. A recent research has discovered the biological mechanism for this, so a more efficient treatment.

Intestinal Bacteria Mapped Using Artificial Intelligence

100 BILLION bacteria, approximately, live in our intestines. Medical researchers have so far struggled to study these bacteria in their natural…