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Cancer repair mechanism could be potential drug target

While cancer therapies targeting specific genes or disease pathways have extended lives, they can also lead to highly resistant tumors when small reservoirs of cancer cells survive treatment, grow, and spread.

Searching for ways to extend the survival benefit of targeted therapies, a team led by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute identified a potential new tactic to disrupt the repair mechanism that cancer cells use after treatment, blunting their ability to regenerate.

Aspirin may reduce death In hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Researchers at the George Washington University published findings from the world's largest cohort study showing that hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19 who were given aspirin early on in their treatment had a lower risk of dying compared to patients who were not given aspirin.

Chemical found in leafy greens shown to slow growth of COVID-19 and common cold viruses

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center report evidence from lab experiments that a chemical derived from a compound found abundantly in broccoli and other cruciferous plants may offer a potentially new and potent weapon against the viruses that cause COVID-19 and the common cold. COVID-19 has already killed more than 6 million people worldwide, and studies have shown that common colds cost an estimated economic loss of $25 billion in the U.S. alone each year.

COVID-19 Increases risk of type 2 diabetes

People who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a study by DDZ, DZD and IQVIA, which has now been published in Diabetologia.

Studies show that the human pancreas can also be a target of the SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 virus).

Key antiviral treatment for COVID-19 still effective despite resistance fears

An antiviral drug used to treat SARS-CoV-2 remains effective against the newest variants of the evolving virus, according to Rutgers researchers.

The study, published in the journal Cell Research, is one of the first to explore the full extent of SARS-CoV-2 mutations.

A possible new COVID-19 vaccine could be accessible for more of the world

While many people in wealthier countries have been vaccinated against COVID-19, there is still a need for vaccination in much of the world. A new vaccine developed at MIT and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center may aid in those efforts, offering an inexpensive, easy-to-store, and effective alternative to RNA vaccines.

Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

People who gained immunity - either through vaccination or exposure - against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, also are likely to have some protection against the pathogen's omicron variant. That’s because the mutations that led to the variant’s emergence aren’t found in the regions of the virus that stimulates one type of cellular immune response,

Research & Development

Cancer repair mechanism could be potential drug target

Aspirin may reduce death In hospitalized COVID-19 patients

Chemical found in leafy greens shown to slow growth of COVID-19 and common cold viruses

COVID-19 Increases risk of type 2 diabetes

Key antiviral treatment for COVID-19 still effective despite resistance fears

A possible new COVID-19 vaccine could be accessible for more of the world

Mutations leading to omicron variant did not enable virus to fully escape immune system

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