BIOPATTERN has recruited its 100th patient and expanded to eight NHS cardiac centres as researchers test whether blood sampled directly around coronary plaques can reveal patient-specific disease mechanisms.
A Florida father who thought persistent knee pain was gout was diagnosed with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia. After entering a clinical trial and later receiving a stem-cell transplant, he reportedly remains free of detectable leukemia two years later.
Researchers studying tinnitus and sleep suggest deep non-REM sleep may temporarily suppress some of the abnormal brain activity linked to phantom ringing, while tinnitus-related hyperarousal may itself disrupt restorative sleep.
Psychology research challenges the idea that people who enjoy solitude are simply introverts. Voluntary, self-directed alone time, particularly among people with greater autonomy, appears more important for positive experiences of solitude.
Researchers studying 8,706 children found that prenatal exposure to both cannabis and tobacco was associated with slightly lower fluid cognition scores at ages 9 to 11, while reading and vocabulary-related cognition did not differ significantly.
A randomized trial involving 445 older adults with kidney failure found no clear difference in quality-adjusted survival between preparing for dialysis and structured conservative kidney management.
Researchers studying 30 patients with advanced gastric cancer found that regorafenib, nivolumab and chemotherapy produced a 73% objective response rate while increasing tumor-reactive T cells and reducing several immunosuppressive cell populations.
