UroToday.com – Although cryptorchidism is the most common urogenital malformation in newborn boys, its etiology remains largely unknown. Genetic factors, e.g. defects in developmental genes such as INSL3 or its receptor may be involved in some cases. Other reported risk…
Psoriatic Arthritis: First International Guidelines For Treatment
Rheumatologists, dermatologists, and patient advocates have come together to publish the first-ever international guidelines for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis, a disease that mainly affects people who have psoriasis but also some people without it. The guidelines by the Group…
Immune Response Boosted In Elderly By High Dose Of Flu Vaccine
Giving people age 65 and older a dose four times larger than the standard flu vaccine boosts the amount of antibodies in their blood to levels considered protective against the flu, more so than the standard flu vaccine does. The…
Prognostic Value Of Her-2/Neu & DNA Index For Progression, Metastasis & Prostate Cancer-Specific Death In Men With Follow-Up After Prostatectomy
This study was planned and initiated in 1992 while Dr. Veltri was serving as Vice President & GM for Research and Development of the UroCor Inc. in collaboration with Drs. Don Coffey, Jonathan Epstein and Alan Partin of the Johns…
Therapeutic Starvation And Autophagy In Prostate Cancer: A New Paradigm For Targeting Metabolism In Cancer Therapy
In the online edition of The Prostate, Robert S. DiPaola and co-investigators reported their research on autophagy. Autophagy is a mechanism of cellular resistance or alternatively cell death. Cancer metabolism differs from normal cells in that it uses anaerobic glycolysis…