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selpercatinib

09/02/2020

selpercatinib Lilly Receives FDA Priority Review for the Selpercatinib New Drug Application INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted priority review for the New Drug Application (NDA) for selpercatinib (LOXO-292), for the treatment of patients with advanced RET fusion-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer (MTC) and RET fusion-positive […]

Gene ID’d as potential therapeutic target for dementia in Parkinson’s

05/02/2020

Dementia is one of the most debilitating consequences of Parkinson’s disease, a progressive neurological condition characterized by tremors, stiffness, slow movement and impaired balance. Eighty percent of people with Parkinson’s develop dementia within 20 years of the diagnosis, and patients who carry a particular variant of the gene APOE are at especially high risk. In new research, scientists at Washington University […]

When depression drives you to drink

05/12/2019

When you drink, do you get depressed? Or is it the reverse: when you’re depressed, do you drink? An eight-year study of close to 1,300 teenagers by Canadian, American and German researchers appears to indicate the latter, and points to a solution: self-awareness. If people learn to recognize when they’re in a funk and deal with it, they’re less likely […]

Why nerve cells in the brain process information differently

05/12/2019

The dentate gyrus is the “input point” for the hippocampus part of the brain. It transmits information from the short term memory to the long term. It consists of granule cells, which are especially dense in this area of the brain, and interneurons, which are linked up in the central or peripheral nervous system between several nerve cells and have […]

Controlling attention with brain waves

04/12/2019

Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves. In a new study, the researchers found that people can enhance their attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves based on neurofeedback they receive as they perform a particular task. The study found that when subjects learned to suppress alpha waves […]

Online therapy helped cardiovascular disease patients with depression

04/12/2019

Researchers at Linköping University have developed a treatment for depression among people with cardiovascular disease. The results, recently published in JMIR Mental Health, show that cardiovascular disease patients who underwent internet-based therapy for their depression became less depressed and gained a better quality of life. It is common that cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients suffer from depression. This can lead to […]

Stricter alcohol policies related to lower risk of cancer

04/12/2019

In a new study, researchers at Boston Medical Center and Boston University have uncovered a new association between more restrictive alcohol policies and lower rates of cancer mortality. Alcohol consumption has long been related to a number of health conditions, but has recently been identified as an emerging risk factor for developing at least seven different types of cancer. Previous […]

Teens must ‘get smart’ about social media

04/12/2019

New research indicates that social media is leading young adolescent girls and boys down a worrying path towards developing body image issues and eating disorder behaviours—even though they are smartphone savvy. The Australian research, published in the International Journal of Eating Disorders (Wiley), found platforms with a strong focus on image posting and viewing such as Instagram and Snapchat are […]

Concussion alters how information is transmitted within the brain

03/12/2019

Damage from concussion alters the way information is transmitted between the two halves of the brain, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Research has shown that the corpus callosum, a bundle of nerve fibers that carries signals between the brain’s left and right hemispheres, is vulnerable to […]

Bushmeat may breed deadly bacteria

02/12/2019

People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals may be at risk for contracting potentially life-threatening diseases, according to an international team of researchers. The team analyzed samples of bushmeat—meat derived from wildlife—in the Western Serengeti in Tanzania and identified several groups of bacteria, many of which contain the species that cause diseases such as anthrax, brucellosis […]

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