Clinical

New Houston Methodist study shows growing breast cancer risk for younger women, improved outcomes for older women

By Nathaniel Godwin

Age, race and tumor subtype together unlock hidden high-risk breast cancer patterns among Asian and Hispanic populations. A national study analyzing U.S. breast cancer data spanning nearly 50 years has uncovered a major ...

What parents and the public should know about the degenerative brain disease, CTE

As football season kicks off, attention is once again turning to chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease associated with repeated head impacts. Kenneth Podell, Ph.D., a clinical neuropsychologist ...

From Bovine to Human: Human Platelet Lysate in Cell Culture and Translational Research

By Theresa Pina, Chief Growth Officer – Gulf Coast Blood

For more than 60 years, fetal bovine serum (FBS) has been widely used in mammalian cell culture because it supports cell survival, attachment, and growth. However, its continued use is being questioned due to ...

VA launches trial of GLP-1 treatment for alcohol use disorder

By Staff

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs today announced a new clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist used to treat diabetes, as treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD). ...

Researchers affirm long-held belief that viruses can trigger Parkinson’s disease

By Ann Kellett, PhD

An infectious model more accurately shows how the disease might emerge and progress over time. Parkinson's disease is second only to dementia among brain disorders. Scientists usually use animal models when studying ...