Research
Financial results from two major players in the obesity and diabetes space are likely to accelerate research and development of new weight-loss treatments, a financial expert has said. AvaTrade’s chief market analyst, Kate Leaman made the comments after Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk released their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024. Eli Lilly [...]
Pancreatic cancer patients may benefit from future precision treatments as a new study shows how some tumours may potentially be more susceptible to macrophage-based therapies. The findings suggest that some tumour cells are more likely to be infiltrated by T cell treatments, while others had myeloid cell infiltration. This means that cells such as macrophages [...]
A clinical trial is testing an experimental treatment designed to help people suffering the effects of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral disease. The study will involve exposing adult volunteers to a weakened strain of dengue virus that causes a mild form of the disease and administering an investigational therapeutic at various doses to assess its safety and [...]
The vast majority of patients with chronic conditions would embrace clinical trials as a way of accessing new treatments, but unexpected delays continue to thwart their participation, new data shows. The largest, up-to-date study of its kind, involving more than 6,000 patients with chronic conditions, shows that 93 per cent are interested in learning about [...]
Adults who have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be living shorter lives than they should, a new study has found. The research analysed anonymised primary care data from 30,029 adults across the UK with diagnosed ADHD. They then compared this group with 300,390 participants without ADHD, who were matched by age, [...]
Researchers in the US have systematically evaluated health outcomes among more than 2 million people with diabetes taking popular weight-loss drugs, finding widespread associations with benefits to cognitive and behavioural health but also increased risks for pancreatitis and kidney conditions. New generation weight loss drugs such as Wegovy are known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists [...]
Researchers in the US are one step closer to creating a technology that recreates tactile feedback, giving nuanced “feeling” to prosthetic hands. The technology would allow people with spinal cord injuries not only to control a bionic arm with their brain, but also feel tactile edges, shapes, curvatures and movements, that until now have not [...]
A test to detect circulating tumour DNA can predict lung cancer outcomes, a team of UK researchers has found. The finding could lead to more personalised treatments for lung cancer. James Black is Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow at the Francis Crick Institute and the CRUK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence at UCL. The researcher said: “We’ve [...]
A test called ORACLE can predict lung cancer survival at the point of diagnosis better than currently used clinical risk factors, new research has shown. This could help doctors make more informed treatment decisions for people with stage 1 lung cancer, potentially reducing the risk of the cancer returning or spreading. In research published today, [...]
A new study from the US has found that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities but also may help reduce certain symptoms and bolster control of daily thoughts and actions in children with and without autism. The study found parents of autistic and non-autistic children in multilingual households reported their children had stronger overall [...]
