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NETRF awards six new research grants to improve treatments for neuroendocrine tumors

The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation today awarded six new research grants totaling $1.85 million to leading academic institutions around the world.

5 Mar 2018

Unique progenitor cells in the pancreas have potential to develop glucose-responsive beta cells

Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have confirmed the existence of progenitor cells within the human pancreas that can be stimulated to develop into glucose-responsive beta cells.

28 Feb 2018

Pancreatic progenitor cells could be used to treat diabetes, suggests study

Researchers have confirmed the existence of progenitor cells in the pancreas that can be stimulated to turn into glucose-responsive beta cells.

28 Feb 2018

Scientists discover new treatment approach to curb severe myocarditis

The outcome of viral myocarditis is closely associated with the immune response of the affected individual. An inhibitor of the immunoproteasome, a protein degradation complex in immunocompetent cells, reduces the extent of the inflammation and thus also the damage to the heart during myocarditis.

22 Feb 2018

Brain's quality control process holds clues to obesity's roots

Deep in the middle of our heads lies a tiny nub of nerve cells that play a key role in how hungry we feel, how much we eat, and how much weight we gain. Around the clock, they produce a "grandfather" form of several hormones that help us regulate these crucial functions.

20 Feb 2018

New NK cell-based immunotherapy effective against several types of leukemia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have explored NK cell-based immunotherapy on patients with treatment-resistant leukemia. The study, which is published in the scientific journal Clinical Cancer Research, shows that the new therapy is effective against several types of leukemia.

15 Feb 2018

Using CRISPR To Produce Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

An interview with Dr. Sheng Ding about using a modified version of the CRISPR-Cas9 system to produce induced pluripotent stem cells.

9 Feb 2018

Cholesterol and other lipids in the blood play role in many diseases

Lipids are fatty molecules that play important signaling and storage roles in the body, but having an excess of some lipids, like cholesterol, is a risk factor for many metabolic diseases.

8 Feb 2018

Houston Methodist researchers have new explanation for why airways close during asthma attacks

Houston Methodist researchers have a new explanation for what causes the lungs' airways to close during asthma attacks.

31 Jan 2018

Researchers take first step in generating artificial adrenal gland

In a new study, published in Cell Reports, researchers from the William Harvey Research Institute at Queen Mary University of London used cells derived from urine to take the first step in generating an artificial adrenal gland.

30 Jan 2018

New biomaterials-based system improves T-cell production

T cells play a key role in the body's immune response against pathogens. As a new class of therapeutic approaches, T cells are being harnessed to fight cancer, promising more precise, longer-lasting mitigation than traditional, chemical-based approaches.

18 Jan 2018

Potential male birth control pill could be developed from arrow poison

Women have many options for oral contraceptives that are safe, effective and reversible, but despite decades of research, men have none.

18 Jan 2018

Scientists identify six new gene regions that may help treat type 1 diabetes

Six novel chromosomal regions identified by scientists leading a large, prospective study of children at risk for type 1 diabetes will enable the discovery of more genes that cause the disease and more targets for treating or even preventing it.

17 Jan 2018

Penn scientists identify new therapeutic target for treatment of melanoma

Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a new therapeutic target for the treatment of melanoma.

16 Jan 2018

Study reveals new diabetes gene in families with rare blood sugar conditions

A study of families with rare blood sugar conditions has revealed a new gene thought to be critical in the regulation of insulin, the key hormone in diabetes.

16 Jan 2018

Chronic exposure to arsenic may increase risk of diabetes, study reveals

A new study reports that chronic exposure to arsenic interferes with insulin secretion in the pancreas, which may increase the risk of diabetes.

10 Jan 2018

Scientists discover mechanism that amplifies autoimmune reaction in early stage islet autoimmunity

Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München have discovered a mechanism that amplifies the autoimmune reaction in an early stage of pancreatic islet autoimmunity prior to the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes.

4 Jan 2018

Study opens up new avenues for stopping calcific aortic valve disease

The diminutive size of our aortic valve -- just shy of a quarter -- belies its essential role in pushing oxygen-rich blood from the heart into the aorta, our body's largest vessel, and from there to all other organs. Yet for decades, researchers have focused less on damaged valves than on atherosclerosis, the gradual hardening of the blood vessels themselves.

26 Dec 2017

Two studies show how cells adapt to stressors by reprogramming internal signaling networks

In a pair of publications, researchers have shown how cells adapt to stressors--like water loss--by reprogramming their internal signaling networks.

20 Dec 2017

A woman who can sniff out Parkinson’s disease helps develop diagnostic tests for the disease

Joy Milne is a 67 year old retired nurse from Perth with smelling superpowers. She can smell and detect presence of Parkinson’s disease as has been seen under test conditions. This has led to the understanding of the disease better and helped develop new diagnostic tests to detect Parkinson’s disease early.

18 Dec 2017