Read Time: Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the anticancer drug bevacizumab may reduce mortality and speed up recovery, according to a small clinical study in Italy and China that was led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden between February and April 2020. On average, blood oxygen levels, body temperature and inflammatory markers significantly improved in patients treated with a single dose of bevacizumab in addition to standard care. The research is published inNature Communications. Continue reading →

Method, based on analysis of EEG patterns of abnormal brain electrical activity, can rapidly diagnose and monitor brain vascular pathology such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, head injuries as well as psychiatric conditions Technology paves the way to optimize personal treatments given to patients and to help assess the efficacy of new drug under development BEER-SHEVA, Israel, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have developed a new method for rapidly diagnosing brain blood vessel pathology that may lead to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as other neurological and psychiatric conditions, including epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and stroke. The novel method is based on analysis of EEG patterns using proprietary algorithms and was invented by Dr. Continue reading →

Introduction Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease. It has an increasing prevalence in the more and more aging population1 and presents a large burden for the healthcare systems since it remains so far untreatable. A huge bulk of novel literature arises daily in OA research presenting a demanding challenge for OA researchers to notice the emerging innovations Continue reading →

MoMa Therapeutics Asit Parikh was named president and chief executive officer of Cambridge, Mass.-based MOMA Therapeutics. Parikh will assume the role April 5 Continue reading →

Regenerative medicine is a branch of translational research in tissue engineering and molecular biology which deals with the process of replacing, engineering or regenerating human cells, tissues or organs to restore or establish normal function. Continue reading →