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Could immunotherapy be effective against pancreatic cancer?

Chemical compound extends survival by months, in mice Pancreatic cancer is especially challenging to treat – only eight percent of patients are still alive five years after diagnosis. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy are of limited benefit, and even immunotherapy – which revolutionized treatment for other kinds of cancer by activating the body’s immune system to

Could immunotherapy be effective against pancreatic cancer?

Rush Scientists Identify Buphenyl as a Possible Drug for Alzheimer’s disease

“If these results are replicated in Alzheimer’s disease patients, it would open up a promising avenue of treatment of this devastating neurodegenerative disease.” Buphenyl, an FDA-approved medication for hyperammonemia, may protect memory and prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Hyperammonemia is a life-threatening condition that can affect patients at any age. It is caused by

Rush Scientists Identify Buphenyl as a Possible Drug for Alzheimer’s disease

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In a gold rush town, some Black families are fighting for land taken from their ancestors
The fight in Coloma is taking place in a state where the governor signed a first-in-the-nation law to study reparations.
In gold rush for nuclear fusion, it’s Chinese authoritarians vs US billionaire oligarchs
The hot tech field may have become a genuine contest between Chinese state capitalism and American ‘free market’ capitalism.
Migrants rush to secure legal status amid concerns over upcoming election
a data research organization at Syracuse University. President Biden, under intense political pressure, issued an executive order in June that restricted access to asylum and rejected asylum claims ...
Rush reports CrowdStrike-related disruption
Rush University System for Health is among U.S. health care systems that experienced disruptions due to the global CrowdStrike outage that’s brought down technology systems across essential ...
Rush University Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital tie for top hospital in Illinois
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two of Chicago's major academic hospitals tied for first place as the best hospital in Illinois, according to a new ranking by U.S. News and World Report. Northwestern Memorial ...

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Study across multiple brain regions discerns Alzheimer's vulnerability and resilience factors
An MIT study published in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and circuits become vulnerable in Alzheimer's disease, and hones in on other factors that may help some people show ...
There’s a new top fish of the Columbia River — and it doesn’t mind the warm water
BONNEVILLE DAM, Columbia River — There is a new king of the Columbia. Each spring, a chrome tide of fish native to the East Coast floods the Northwest’s mightiest river by the millions. Shad, not ...
Study: Danger circuit relies on neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters
In the split second as you accidentally touch the hot handle of a cast iron skillet, pain and a sense of danger rush in.
Institute for Advanced Discovery & Innovation
From left: (Back row standing) D. Yogi Goswami, Sylvia W. Thomas, Richard Knapp, Fred Leonberger, Richard Gitlin, Dennis Killinger, Richard Berman, Paul Sanberg, Michael Fountain (Front row sitting) ...
Neuropeptides, Not Neurotransmitters, Drive Brain’s Fear Response
Researchers have discovered that neuropeptides, not neurotransmitters, are the primary messengers in the brain's fear circuit.