Worm infestation in intestine has a remote effect on viral defenses
Infection with parasitic intestinal worms (helminths) can apparently cause sexually transmitted viral infections to be much more severe elsewhere in the body.
Infection with parasitic intestinal worms (helminths) can apparently cause sexually transmitted viral infections to be much more severe elsewhere in the body.
The use of ivermectin for prophylaxis and treatment of covid-19 in Zimbabwe has resulted in a 10-fold reduction in mortality. IMI interviewed Dr Jackie Stone, a family medicine physician in based in Harare, Zimbabwe to find out more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark In the first ten years of the UK national HPV vaccination programme more than ten million doses of HPV vaccine were given… read more.
Article written by Gary Finnegan. New COVID-19 vaccines against variants of the virus could be approved much more quickly than the first generation of jabs. The European Medicines… read more.
Gilead Sciences, Inc. announced new, long-term data from open-label extensions (OLE) of two Phase III studies (Study 1489 and Study 1490) of Biktarvy (bictegravir 50 mg/emtricitabine 200 mg/tenofovir… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark Cervical cancer accounts for about 850 cancer deaths in the UK every year – more than two every day – and yet… read more.
New research from Baylor College of Medicine scientists shows that a combination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia, a rare genetic… read more.
A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common form of… read more.
In a SWOG Cancer Research Network trial that put three targeted drugs to the test, the small molecule inhibitor cabozantinib was found most effective in treating patients with… read more.
Lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab yields better overall survival than single-agent sunitinib when given as first-line therapy in untreated patients with metastatic kidney cancer. The combination also improved progression-free survival… read more.
The FDA has approved the PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo (cemiplimab-rwlc) from Sanofi as the first immunotherapy indicated for patients with advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) previously treated with a… read more.
Interview and article by Christine Clark. Modern lung cancer treatment has changed the outlook for lung cancer patients considerably and interesting trial results are expected this year, according… read more.
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