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Browsing: Cancer

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 23, 2023

Pre-Surgery Immunotherapy May Increase Survival in Advanced Melanoma

Patients with advanced-stage melanoma who received immunotherapy both before and after surgery had longer event-free survival than patients who received immunotherapy only after surgery, according to a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 22, 2023

Hormone Therapy Plus Current Treatments Improves Survival in Prostate Cancer

Combining a new hormone therapy drug with chemotherapy and another hormone therapy increased overall survival in patients with high-volume and both high-risk and low-risk metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, according to a post hoc analysis published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 21, 2023

New Directions for HIV Treatment

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a new compound which could inform future HIV cure strategies, according to research published in Science Advances.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Mar 16, 2023

Predicting Risk of Blood Clots in Brain Tumors

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new tool to predict the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with adult-type diffuse gliomas.

Scientific Advances
Mar 15, 2023

Understanding How Exercise Induces Systemic Metabolic Benefits

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a mechanism by which exercise activates metabolic benefits in the body, according to a new study published in Cell Metabolism.

Disease Discoveries
Mar 8, 2023

Studying the Impact of Stem Cell Transplants

People with sickle cell disease who receive nonmyeloablative stem cell transplants are at greater risk for developing new tumors, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Scientific Advances
Feb 20, 2023

New Gene Implicated in Cancer, Cellular Stress Response

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a gene that plays a role in cellular responses to molecular stressors, such as DNA damage and nutrient scarcity.

Clinical Breakthroughs
Feb 14, 2023

Tackling Skin Inflammation with Vitamin D 

Oral vitamin D supplements reduced skin inflammation and increased immunoprotection in patients with chemical skin injuries, according to findings from a recent Northwestern Medicine clinical trial.

Disease Discoveries
Feb 10, 2023

Potential Therapeutic Target for Blood Cancers Discovered

Investigators have discovered that a specific complex drives cell proliferation in mutated myeloproliferative neoplasms, suggesting this complex could serve as an ideal therapeutic target, according to a recent Northwestern medicine study.

Scientific Advances
Jan 30, 2023

Transforming the Way Cancer Vaccines are Designed and Made

A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by Northwestern scientists.

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Pre-Surgery Immunotherapy May Increase Survival in Advanced Melanoma

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Hormone Therapy Plus Current Treatments Improves Survival in Prostate Cancer

Mar 22, 2023

How ChatGPT Has, and Will Continue to, Transform Scientific Research

Mar 21, 2023

New Directions for HIV Treatment

Mar 21, 2023
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