33 articles from SATURDAY 13.2.2021
Immunotherapy -- targeted drug combination improves survival in advanced kidney cancer
- ScienceDaily
- 21/2/13 21:02
Patients with advanced kidney cancer, who received a targeted drug combined with a checkpoint-blocker immunotherapy agent had longer survival than patients treated with the standard targeted drug according to the results from a phase 3 clinical trial.
Strong earthquake shakes Japan's northeastern coast
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a strong earthquake has hit off the coast of northeastern Japan, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas.
Dutch get their skates on in Amsterdam before the thaw
Dozens of skaters took to the frozen surface of Amsterdam's historic Prinsengracht canal Saturday as the deep freeze gripping Europe briefly made it possible to skate on a small section of the canal for the first time since 2018.
When you can’t quit a crush
Falling head over heels in love is one thing, but if it becomes all-consuming you may be in ‘limerance’A few years ago I was at my university’s library, frantically refreshing a dating app. Under my crush’s photo there was a location setting that told me how far she was from me. “One mile away!” I felt a surge of adrenaline and my mind started racing.I was a promoter for a gay...
Covid: case of South African variant prompts surge testing in Hampshire
Local authorities say transmission risk from single case found in village of Bramley ‘very low’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA case of the South African variant of coronavirus has been identified in the village of Bramley, near Basingstoke in Hampshire, leading to surge testing in the area next week.Simon Bryant, the director of public health at Hampshire county...
How should we address Charles Darwin's complicated legacy?
The Descent of Man, 150 years old this month, is a work of humanist brilliance – yet its errors, particularly on gender, now make for uncomfortable reading“Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.” That sentence is the sole reference to human evolution in Charles Darwin’s masterwork On the Origin of Species, which in 1859 set down the theory that explains how life on...
Boris Johnson 'optimistic' about easing some England lockdown measures
Prime minister says priority is to reopen schools on 8 March once 15m in priority groups vaccinatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has said he is optimistic about announcing the easing of some lockdown measures soon as the government nears its target of offering vaccines to 15 million people in priority groups.Speaking on Saturday at a visit to the...
No end to Covid pandemic without equal access to vaccine, experts say
Disease researchers argue vaccine stockpiling in wealthier countries will only prolong the crisis Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDeveloping new Covid-19 vaccines will fail to end the pandemic unless all countries receive doses in a fast and fair manner, disease experts have warned.The authors of an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal said vaccine...
Covid: experts warn of huge UK wave if restrictions lifted too soon
Despite success of vaccine programme, scientists ‘genuinely worried’ about potential surge in casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageExperts have urged caution over the easing of lockdown restrictions, warning that relaxing measures too early could lead to another surge in cases and threaten the NHS with collapse.Steven Riley, a member of the Spi-M modelling group...
Why a failure to vaccinate the world will put us all at risk
Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer currently works remotely from Colombia. As an epidemiologist, she has been watching from afar as her colleagues back at the University of California, San Francisco, have started receiving vaccines available to lab workers.
The situation is very different where she now lives. Colombia is suffering a massive covid-19 outbreak and is still waiting to see the first...
He started a covid-19 vaccine company. Then he hosted a superspreader event.
On Sunday, January 24, with Southern California’s intensive-care units (ICUs) at full capacity, a shuttle bus made its way from the beachfront Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica to the office of the XPrize Foundation in Culver City, carrying business executives from as far away as Israel, Hawaii, and Vancouver. They were on their…
Tradition meets technology for new ice tracking in Tuktoyaktuk
Check the ice and weather conditions from the comforts of your own home in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., with new technology that incorporates traditional...
Image: Hubble takes portrait of nebula
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, a beautifully captured example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield).
InSight is meeting the challenge of winter on dusty Mars
As dust collects on the solar panels and winter comes to Elysium Planitia, the team is following a plan to reduce science operations in order to keep the lander safe.
Edinburgh aims to become sanctuary for swifts as numbers decline
A project in Edinburgh is aiming to boost numbers after a drastic decline in the bird's population.
Victoria's coronavirus lockdown sabotages terminally ill Australian man's flight home
John Jobber’s flight home, after being stuck in Ireland, will not be accepted due to lockdown restrictionsFollow today’s live coronavirus coverageEpidemiologists back Victoria’s lockdown but say evidence not yet in on ‘shorter incubation’Patient diagnosed with Covid-19 dies in New Zealand hospitalTerminally ill Australian man John Jobber is running out of time to make it back from...
Cabozantinib most effective treatment for metastatic papillary kidney cancer
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 metastatic papillary kidney cancer - findings expected to change medical practice.
Immunotherapy -- targeted drug combination improves survival in advanced kidney cancer
Patients with advanced kidney cancer, who received a targeted drug combined with a checkpoint-blocker immunotherapy agent had longer survival than patients treated with the standard targeted drug, said an investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reporting results from a phase 3 clinical trial.