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The National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center has made a large-scale dataset of CT images publicly available to help the scientific community improve detection accuracy of lesions. While most publicly available medical image datasets have less than a thousand lesions, this dataset, named DeepLesion, has over 32,000 annotated lesions identified on CT images.… Read full story
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men has begun. The $26.5 million study is called RESPOND, or Research on Prostate Cancer in Men of African Ancestry: Defining the Roles of Genetics, Tumor Markers, and Social Stress.… Read full story
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Recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreaks, including the 2013-2016 epidemic that ravaged West Africa and the 2018 outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlight the need for licensed treatments for this often-deadly disease. ZMapp, an experimental therapy comprising three monoclonal antibodies, has shown promise in a clinical trial, but it targets only one of the five known species of Ebola virus.… Read full story
NIH-funded study suggests that slight changes in a brain’s wiring can greatly change behavior.
According to a new National Institutes of Health-funded study, it is not destiny that brings two fruit flies together, but an evolutionary matchmaker of sorts that made tiny adjustments to their brains’ mating circuits, so they would be attracted to one another while rejecting advances from other, even closely-related, species.… Read full story
The FDA Reminds Consumers and Retailers that All Kellogg’s Honey Smacks Cereal is Recalled
July 12, 2018 Update
The FDA has become aware that recalled Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal is still being offered for sale. All Honey Smacks cereal was recalled in June 2018.
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The FDA is investigating the potential association between reports of heart disease (canine dilated cardiomyopathy [DCM]) and certain pet foods the animals consumed containing legumes or potatoes as main ingredients: https://go.usa.gov/xUKEf. As part of this investigation, we have been in contact with pet food manufacturers and the veterinary community to discuss these reports and will provide updates as more information becomes available.
Approach could improve understanding of immune system recovery in people treated for HIV infection
What
Findings from an animal study suggest that a non-invasive imaging technique could, with further development, become a useful tool to assess immune system recovery in people receiving treatment for HIV infection.… Read full story
Details could advance vaccine development for several human diseases.
What
Virus-like particles (VLPs) are protein-based structures that mimic viruses and bind to antibodies. Because VLPs are not infectious, they show considerable promise as vaccine platforms for many viral diseases, including influenza.… Read full story
Findings could inform the development of new antimalarial drugs.
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The vacuole, a compartment inside human red blood cells in which malaria parasites reproduce and develop, takes on a distinctly spherical shape just minutes before its membrane ruptures, leading to the release of parasites into the bloodstream, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.… Read full story
Veterans with cancer who receive treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will now have easier access to clinical trials of novel cancer treatments, thanks to an agreement between VA and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.… Read full story