New technology tricks tumors to eliminate Itself through the production of anti-cancer agents

by rss feed | May 18, 2021 | News Feeds

Scientists at the University of Zurich have modified a common respiratory virus, called adenovirus, to act like a Trojan horse to deliver genes for cancer therapeutics directly into tumor cells. Unlike chemotherapy or radiotherapy, this approach does no harm to normal...

Researchers identify a new way to predict the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

by rss feed | May 18, 2021 | News Feeds

The early immune response in a person who has been vaccinated for COVID-19 can predict the level of protection they will have to the virus over time, according to analysis from Australian mathematicians, clinicians, and scientists, and published today in Nature...

Preoperative testing is often unnecessary for low-risk surgeries, shows study

by rss feed | May 18, 2021 | News Feeds

Before undergoing surgery, patients often go through a number of tests: blood work, sometimes a chest X-ray, perhaps tests to measure heart and lung function. Read Original...

Hyperinvasive approach is an effective treatment strategy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

by rss feed | May 18, 2021 | News Feeds

A subgroup of patients who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) that did not respond to standard advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), were immediately transported to a cardiac care center, and placed on a device similar to a heart-lung bypass machine...

COVID-19 mRNA vaccines safe and effective for pregnant and breastfeeding women

by rss feed | May 18, 2021 | News Feeds

The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought untold devastation in its wake, with its rapid and asymptomatic spread to hundreds of millions of people the world over. Vaccines have been hailed as the way out of this situation, and a dozen or so...