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07 Dec Neuroactive Steroids Evoke Inhibition Through Protein Kinase C Mechanism
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Paul Davies PhD Tufts University School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience Boston, MA 02111 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Inhibition in the brain regulates neuronal action potential generation, too little inhibition can directly cause conditions such as...01 Dec Therapies That Target Accessory Cells in a Tumor May Enhance Standard Care
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Sudarshan Anand, PhD Department of Cell, Developmental and Cancer Biology Department of Radiation Medicine Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Almost half of all cancer patients receive radiation therapy during the course...01 Dec Prediction of Congenital CMV Infection in High-Risk Pregnant Women
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Kenji Tanimura M.D., Ph.D. Assistant professor Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Graduate School of Medicine and Hideto Yamada M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV)...01 Dec Cardioprotective Effect of PCSK9 Inhibitors Should Outweigh Potential Harm of Diabetes Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Brian A. Ference, M.D Division of Cardiovascular Medicine Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings? Response: Lifelong exposure to modestly lower plasma LDL-C levels caused by rare loss-of-function mutations in the PCSK9 gene is associated with a substantially lower lifetime...28 Nov New Protocol To Allow Rapid Steroid Reduction After Kidney Transplantation
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Dr. med. Christian Hugo Head, Division of Nephrology Medical Clinic III Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der Technischen Universität Dresden Dresden MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: At the end of 2007, the harmony trial was designed predominantly based on the one year...28 Nov DTG-Based Medications May Allow Faster Suppression of HIV in Semen
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Arkaitz Imaz Vacas HIV and STD Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Sexual transmission is the most common route of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquisition in most regions of the world. The male genital tract...28 Nov Neuroimaging Detects Chemical Disturbances in Stuttering
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joseph O’Neill, PhD Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University of California–Los Angeles Semel Institute for Neuroscience Los Angeles MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Stuttering seriously diminishes quality of life. While many children who stutter eventually grow out...24 Nov Penn Takes First Step in Development of Antibodies to HIV and Cure
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Katharine J Bar, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Attending Physician, Infectious Diseases, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Physician, International Travel Medicine, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine Director, Penn CFAR Viral and Molecular Core MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?...22 Nov Surgical Oncologist Discusses Empathy as Critical Ingredient of Good Medical Care
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Dmitri Alden MD, FACS Surgical Oncologist, specializes in liver cancer, bile duct cancer, metastatic ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer at Lenox Hill Hospital, NY Dr. Alden is an advocate of the role of empathy in medicine and discusses his passion for compassionate care in this interview....22 Nov Multiple Sclerosis: Interim Report on the Safety and Efficacy of Long-Term Daclizumab Treatment for Up to Five Years
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Ralph Kern, M.D. Senior vice president, Worldwide Medical Biogen MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Previously reported clinical trials of daclizumab demonstrated significant efficacy across clinical and MRI measures, compared to placebo and interferon beta-1a 30 mcg intramuscular (IM) injection, and established the therapy’s...21 Nov Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Parkinson’s Symptoms In Some Patients With SPG 11 Mutations
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Adolfo Ramirez Zamora, MD Associate Professor of Neurology and Phyllis E. Dake Endowed Chair in Movement Disorders Department of Neurology Albany Medical College MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Patients with SPG 11 mutations can present with motor symptoms...19 Nov MARIANNE Study of HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer: Trastuzumab Emtansine With or Without Pertuzumab vs Trastuzumab Plus Taxane
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Edith Perez, MD Vice President and Head of U.S. Medical Affairs Genentech BioOncology MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: MARIANNE was designed to evaluate three HER2-targeted regimens in previously untreated (first-line) HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer (Kadcyla alone, Kadcyla plus...17 Nov Activation of the STING Pathway Induces Tumor Immunity
MEDICALRESEARCH.COM INTERVIEW WITH: THOMAS W. DUBENSKY, JR., PH.D. CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER ADURO BIOTECH, INC. MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: This presentation highlights findings from multiple preclinical models evaluating ADU-S100 (also known as MIW815), Aduro Biotech’s investigational STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes)...14 Nov Phase1 Trial Supports PCSK9-Inhibitor Inclisiran For Reducing LDL Cholesterol
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Kevin Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA 02142 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Inclisiran (ALN-PCSsc) is a subcutaneously administered RNAi therapeutic targeting PCSK9 in development for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. The Phase 1 trial of inclisiran was conducted in the U.K. as a...11 Nov Successful Expansion and Characterization of Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes from Non-melanoma Tumors
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Michael Lotze, MD Chief Scientific Officer, Lion Biotechnologies San Carlos, CA 94070 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) with Tumor-infiltrating Lymphocytes (TIL) has shown promise in mediating cancer regression which rely on activation in...04 Nov JAK Inhibitor Tofacitinib Regrows Hair In Patients With Severe Alopecia Areata
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Brett A. King, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology School of Medicine Yale University New Haven, CT 06520 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Recent advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of alopecia areata (AA) have yielded...03 Nov Early Weight Loss Response To Liraglutide 3.0 mg Predicts Continued Success
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr Todd Hobbs MD Chief medical officer (CMO) Novo Nordisk in North America MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: There is little data that describes weight loss and other outcomes separately in early weight loss responders and early weight loss non-responders. Early weight loss,...01 Nov Epidemic of Wound Botulism From Black Tar Heroin
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Guy Soo Hoo, MD West Los Angeles VA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Wound botulism occurs as a result of infection by material contaminated with C. botulinum. While typically associated with trauma and...01 Nov High Intensity Statins Linked To Lower Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Marie Hudson, MD MPH FRCPC Jewish General Hospital and Lady David Research Institute Montreal, QC MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Statins are widely used to treat hypercholesterolemia. In addition to their effect on cholesterol levels, statins also attenuate...31 Oct Researchers Search for Probiotic Factors To Reduce Risk of Calcium Oxalate Kidney Stones
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Dr. Hatim A. Hassan MD PhD Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine The University of Chicago Chicago, IL 60637 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Nephrolithiasis is the second most prevalent kidney disease in USA after hypertension, with a rising prevalence and complications including...30 Oct First Steps Toward Breast Cancer Vaccine Using HER-2 Mimotope
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Josef Singer MD, PhD Comparative Medicine Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Medical University Vienna University Vienna, Austria & Department for Comparative Immunology and Oncology Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research Medical University Department of Internal Medicine II University Hospital Krems Karl Landsteiner University...30 Oct Prognostic Survival Associated With Left vs Right-Sided Colon Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Fausto Petrelli, MD Oncology Unit, Oncology Department Treviglio ,Italy MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: This meta-analysis evaluated if side (excluding rectum site) represents an independent prognostic factor for survival in patients with stages 1-4 colon cancer. This variable...26 Oct Early Parent-Focused Interventions Improved Communication Skills in Autistic Children
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Prof. Tony Charman Chair in Clinical Child Psychology King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) Department of Psychology PO77, Henry Wellcome Building De Crespigny Park Denmark Hill London MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The study...21 Oct Overall survival data from LUX-Lung 7 head-to-head trial of Afatinib versus Gefitinib
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Shirish Gadgeel, MD Leader of the Thoracic Oncology Multidisciplinary team Professor at Karmanos Cancer Institute Detroit MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: LUX-Lung 7 is the first global, head-to-head trial comparing second- and first-generation EGFR-directed therapies (afatinib and gefitinib...21 Oct Distinct Mutational Signatures Correlate With Increased Immune Activity in Pancreatic Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with Dr. Ashton A. Connor, MD PanCuRx Translational Research Initiative, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Dr. Steven Gallinger MD, MSC Division of General Surgery Toronto General Hospital Toronto, ON MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: The etiology of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (i.e. “pancreatic...20 Oct Patients Can Use Diagnostic Cardiac Testing To Adopt Preventive Care
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA Los Angeles, CA 90024 MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: Four million adults in the U.S. undergo stress testing...18 Oct Abraxane Demonstrates Benefit Over Paclitaxel in Metastatic Breast Cancer
MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Corey Pelletier PhD Director, Health Economics & Outcomes Research Celgene Corporation Summit, NJ MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings? Response: In a phase III clinical trial, ABRAXANE demonstrated significant improvement in ORR vs paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer....18 Oct Use of Oral Anticoagulation at Time of PCI Surgery Linked To Increase in Adverse Events
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MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Eric A. Secemsky, MD MSc Interventional Cardiology Fellow Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School Fellow, Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? Response: Use of oral anticoagulant (OAC) therapy prior to coronary stenting is a...