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Multiple sclerosis: Novel immunotherapy reverses paralysis in mice

Multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis: Novel immunotherapy reverses paralysis in mice

3 Apr 2017

Researchers may be one step closer to developing new treatments for multiple sclerosis, after discovering a way to tame the erratic immune response that triggers the disease and reverse paralysis in...

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First Humira biosimilar approved in Europe

First Humira biosimilar approved in Europe

27 Mar 2017 • 7 comments

Amgen has won European approval for its first biosimilar, a version of AbbVie’s Humira (adalimumab).The European Commission has approved Amgevita (biosimilar adalimumab) in all the available...

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B vitamins may have 'protective effect' against air pollution

B vitamins may have 'protective effect' against air pollution

21 Mar 2017

B vitamins may offer some protection against the impacts of air pollution, a small scale human trial suggests.Researchers in the US found that high doses of these supplements may "completely offset"...

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'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer

'Huge advance' in fighting world's biggest killer

21 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

An innovative new drug can prevent heart attacks and strokes by cutting bad cholesterol to unprecedented levels, say doctors.The results of the large international trial on 27,000 patients means the...

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How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?

How does the immune system know friend from foe in gut bacteria?

15 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

In order to maintain health, the human immune system must distinguish between friend, or the tissues of the human body, and foe, or the invasive pathogens that cause disease. This challenge is...

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Healthy carrot cake, low in sugar

Healthy carrot cake, low in sugar

9 Mar 2017 • 4 comments

In the kitchen: read the "Healthy carrot cake, low in sugar" recipe quickly and reproduce it at home!

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Don't be afraid to ask questions about cancer

Breast cancer

Don't be afraid to ask questions about cancer

7 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

Hi Maddoglady, could you please tell us something about yourself? My name is Kathy Wright I’m 55 years old, married with no kids (from choice!) and live a few miles outside Redditch in...

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The impact of COPD on everyday life

COPD

The impact of COPD on everyday life

7 Mar 2017

Hello Katieoxo22, can you please tell us a little about yourself? I am 68, a widow with grown up children and grandchildren, a member of two groups of older people and also on their committees,...

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Protein HMGB1 may be the key to better asthma treatment

Asthma

Protein HMGB1 may be the key to better asthma treatment

7 Mar 2017 • 2 comments

A new study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, investigates a potential new approach to designing drugs for the treatment of asthma. Better interventions could be on the...

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Epigenetic enzyme found to be lacking in some patients with Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease

Epigenetic enzyme found to be lacking in some patients with Crohn's disease

7 Mar 2017

A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has found how a variant in an important epigenetic enzyme - previously associated by population-based genetic studies with Crohn's disease and...

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Brain differences between men and women affect response to pain relief

Brain differences between men and women affect response to pain relief

7 Mar 2017

Results from a new study may explain why female patients often require higher doses of morphine - one of the primary drugs for the treatment of chronic or severe pain - than male patients to achieve...

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Breast cancer costs low-income women more jobs

Breast cancer

Breast cancer costs low-income women more jobs

1 Mar 2017 • 1 comment

Poor women undergoing breast cancer treatment are four times more likely to lose their jobs than their high-income peers, a new study suggests.The findings were consistent with stories Molly...

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