Reports and Proceedings

SAN DIEGO – A blood-based machine learning assay that combines cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragment patterns and levels of the proteins CA125 and HE4 could differentiate patients with ovarian cancer from healthy controls or patients with benign ovarian masses, according to a retrospective study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.

SAN DIEGO – AZD1390, an ataxia telangiectasia mutant (ATM) kinase inhibitor, demonstrated a manageable safety profile in both recurrent and newly diagnosed glioblastoma (GBM) patients when given in combination with standard-of-care radiotherapy and showed preliminary efficacy in recurrent GBM patients, according to results from a global phase I trial presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.

SAN DIEGO – TG4050, a personalized neoantigen vaccine, induced tumor-specific immune responses and led to low rates of disease relapse in patients with surgically resected HPV-negative head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC), according to results reported at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.

UF mechanical engineering students 'strike gold' with their design of a device to help soldiers on the battlefield camouflage vehicles easier and faster.

European Congress 2024: New study reveals children who felt lonely for more than 6 months before the age of 12 are more likely to experience an episode of psychosis.

European Congress of Psychiatry 2024: New Scotland-wide naturalistic study shows Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) can reduce the severity of mental illnesses.

Concern has been on the rise that the veteran community may be at increased risk of radicalization to violent extremism.  A new study finds that military veterans who expressed support for extremist groups or related beliefs on a survey said during interviews that many experienced a significant negative event during their military service. In addition, many faced difficulties transitioning to civilian life.

UC Davis Medical Center has become the first hospital in Western U.S. to perform a successful transcatheter tricuspid valve repair procedure with a groundbreaking catheter. UC Davis Medical Center has become the first hospital in Western U.S. to perform a successful transcatheter tricuspid valve repair procedure with a groundbreaking catheter.

Another decline in net farm income is projected for the Show-Me State, according to the Spring 2024 Missouri Farm Income Outlook released by the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center (RaFF).

An investigational exosome-based liquid biopsy accurately detected 97% of stage 1-2 pancreatic cancers when combined with the biomarker CA 19-9, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.An investigational exosome-based liquid biopsy accurately detected 97% of stage 1-2 pancreatic cancers when combined with the biomarker CA 19-9, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.

Saruparib, a selective inhibitor of poly-ADP ribose polymerase 1 (PARP1), demonstrated a promising objective response rate and progression-free survival in patients with certain homologous recombination repair (HRR)-deficient breast cancers, according to results from the phase I/II PETRA trial presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, held April 5-10.