Clinical trial

World first as viral immunotherapy for skin cancer shows patient benefit in Phase III trial
Possibilities for Personalised Vaccines Revealed at ESMO Symposium
Electronic ‘tongue’ to ensure food quality
Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s reversed for first time
Mayo Clinic and IBM Task Watson to Improve Clinical Trial Research and Patient Care
Healthy brain (bottom) versus brain of a donor with Alzheimer's disease. Notable is the "shrink" that has occurred in Alzheimer's disease; the brain was decreased in size. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Study of noninvasive retinal imaging device presented at Alzheimer’s conference
English: Stegomyia aegypti (formerly Aedes aegypti) mosquito biting a human. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Lancet: World’s most advanced dengue vaccine candidate shows promise in phase 3 trial
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Significant step towards blood test for Alzheimer’s
TB REaD™ improves the speed and accuracy of a TB diagnosis, allowing health providers to deliver results in 10 minutes and begin treatment in the same patient session.
Low-cost TB test means quicker, more reliable diagnosis for patients
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New Device Allows Brain To Bypass Spinal Cord, Move Paralyzed Limbs
The healthy muscle tissue on the left is from a young mouse. The ability of muscle to repair itself decreases with age, as evidenced by the middle image of old muscle tissue, which shows a lower density of muscle fibers, increased scar tissue and inflammation. The addition of oxytocin to the blood of old mice rapidly rejuvenates the old muscle, as shown on the right. (Photos by Wendy Cousin and Christian Elabd, UC Berkeley)
‘Trust hormone’ oxytocin helps old muscle work like new, study finds
B0000325 Duchenne muscular dystrophy control, FISH (Photo credit: wellcome images)
Common Drug Restores Blood Flow in Deadly Form of Muscular Dystrophy
World's Smallest, Leadless Heart Pacemaker Implanted
World’s Smallest, Leadless Heart Pacemaker Implanted
A new tool uses a single drop of blood to diagnose even mild cases of asthma.
The key to easy asthma diagnosis is in the blood
The immune response (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Moffitt Cancer Center Begins Phase I Clinical Trial of New Immunotherapy