DALLAS, Texas, June 21 (TNSawa) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release: Japanese biochemist and molecular biologist Noboru Mizushima, M.D., Ph.D., has been named the inaugural recipient of the Beth Levine, M.D. Prize in Autophagy Research from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Mizushima is an internationally recognized scientist who has made significant strides in unraveling the complex processes of mammalian autophagy, a fundamental cellular   more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, June 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with type 2 inflammation saw rapid and sustained improvements in their disease after treatment with the monoclonal antibody dupilumab, according to a yearlong, Phase 3 clinical trial reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. These improvements -- as measured by a significantly lower annualized rate of acute exacerbations, significantly better lung   more

BIRMINGHAM, England, June 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Birmingham issued the following news: * * * Professor Arri Coomarasamy recognised for research into miscarriage and severe bleeding in childbirth * * * Women around the world are less likely to miscarry or die during childbirth thanks to research led by Professor Arri Coomarasamy, who has been awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours. An expert in Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine from the University of Birmingham, Professo  more