Asthma doesn’t seem to expand the danger of contracting COVID-19, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | July 6, 2020 Asthma doesn’t seem to increase the risk for an individual contracting COVID-19 or influence its own seriousness, as shown by a group of Rutgers research workers. “However, individuals with allergies –even those with diminished lung function that are being treated to control asthmatic inflammation–appear like no worse influenced by SARS-CoV-2 compared to the usual non-asthmatic …
Study shows tofacitinib medication can fix porousness absconds in the digestive tract Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 A team of researchers led by biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole in the University of California, Riverside, has found that the medication tofacitinib, also called Xeljanz and approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis, can fix permeability defects in the intestine. Study results appear in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. …
Trinity crew uncovers mutations connected with early onset dementia Kumar Jeetendra | December 22, 2020 Researchers at Trinity College Dublin today announced a significant advance in our knowledge of an early onset form of dementia which may also advance our understanding of conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. Adult onset Leukoencephalopathy with axonal Spheroids and Pigmented glia (ALSP) is an ultra-rare condition characterized by mutations in a gene named Colony stimulating …
New upkeep treatment for AML shows solid advantage for patients Kumar Jeetendra | January 23, 2021 Patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the most common form of leukemia in adults, that has gone into remission following initial chemotherapy remain in remission longer and have improved overall survival when they are given a pill form of the cancer drug azacitidine as a maintenance therapy, based on a randomized, international phase 3 clinical …
