Early data from a clinical study suggest that blocking the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) protein provided clinical benefit to a small group of patients with severe COVID-19. Researchers observed that the off-label use of the cancer drug acalabrutinib, a BTK inhibitor that is approved to treat several blood cancers, was associated with reduced respiratory distress… Read More »
by Nina Welding Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in American women, and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women, according to the American Cancer Society. It claimed the lives of more than 41,000 women in the United States in 2019, and changed the lives of 3.5 million breast cancer survivors. At… Read More »
As a medical student, I’m no stranger to being stressed out. From passing board exams, to impressing my attendings on the wards, to matching into the best residency, there are plenty of things for me to worry about. But although these concerns are the ones that take up most of my time, there is one… Read More »
It’s not uncommon while watching world-class athletes glide effortlessly across fields, courts, tracks, and rinks, to wonder what it would take for us to do the same. As we know, these performances are far from effortless, and are the result of years of hard work in the field of play, as well as in the… Read More »
Current HIV treatments need to be taken for life by those infected as antiretroviral therapy is unable to eliminate viral reservoirs lurking in immune cells. Institut Pasteur scientists have identified the characteristics of CD4 T lymphocytes that are preferentially infected by the virus — it is their metabolic (or energy-producing) activity that enables the virus… Read More »
by Ajit Kumar Natural and Ayurvedic Approach to Deal with Depression Depression is a kind of mental illness that involves the mood, mind and body of a person. Research reveals that around 15% of the global population suffers from chronic depression and the figure is doubling every decade. The reason for depression can be many,… Read More »