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Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance made in the liver, and found in the blood and in all cells of the body. Cholesterol is important for good health and is needed for making cell walls, tissues, hormones, vitamin D, and bile acid.

New screening strategy can help identify individuals with higher probability of developing heart disease

More than 40% of middle-aged adults have silent coronary artery disease. Researchers have developed a new screening questionnaire to help identify individuals at the highest risk for coronary artery disease, according to late-breaking research presented today at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

15 Nov 2020

Polypill plus aspirin and polypill alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk

A single, daily pill combining blood pressure and cholesterol medications, along with the addition of a daily dose of aspirin, reduced cardiovascular disease events in people at risk for heart disease, according to late-breaking research presented today in a late-breaking clinical trial presentation at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2020.

15 Nov 2020

Daily walnut consumption may reduce the risk of heart disease

Findings from a randomized controlled trial recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, indicate that people in their 60s and 70s who regularly consume walnuts may have reduced inflammation, a factor associated with a lower risk of heart disease, compared to those who do not eat walnuts.

10 Nov 2020

Study examines the effects of simple measures on the health of active older adults

The DO-HEALTH study led by Zurich-based geriatrician Professor Heike Bischoff-Ferrari has examined the effects of simple measures on the health of healthy adults aged 70 or older.

10 Nov 2020

HBCUs offer pronounced benefits for African Americans

African Americans who attend Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUs) may be at lower risk for health problems later in adulthood compared to African Americans who attend predominantly white institutions, a new study suggests.

10 Nov 2020

Air pollution accounts for premature deaths from cardiovascular disease

In a current opinion article "Reduction of environmental pollutants for prevention of cardiovascular disease: it's time to act", published in the European Heart Journal this week.

9 Nov 2020

Study: Blocking energy pathway helps reduce graft-versus-host disease

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identified that blocking an alternative energy pathway for T-cells after hematopoietic stem cell transplant helps reduce graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in an animal model of leukemia.

5 Nov 2020

High-intensity interval training may extend lives of older people

Five years of high-intensity interval training increased quality of life, improved fitness and might very well have extended the lives of participants in the Generation 100 study.

5 Nov 2020

People treated with statins have 22% to 25% lower risk of dying from COVID-19

Coronavirus has infected more than 40 million people around the world and has caused more than a million deaths in less than a year.

4 Nov 2020

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor wins $4.5 million for breast cancer research and therapy

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar Award from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP).

30 Oct 2020

High Throughput Identification and Quantification of Breast Cancer With NMR-Based Metabolomics

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among the female population globally, despite the ever-growing technology of early detection.

From Bruker BioSpin Group 30 Oct 2020

Study shows statins can have adverse effects on certain organs

600,000 Danes take medicine containing statins. Statins lower the cholesterol level and thus helps prevent cardiovascular disease and blood clots.

30 Oct 2020

Dietary restriction effective in reducing the odds of developing liver cancer from fatty liver

Liver cancer from too much fat accumulation in the liver has been increasing in many countries including Japan.

29 Oct 2020

Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal resistance and sensitization mechanisms of drugs used in COVID-19

By leveraging nucleotide triphosphate analog-induced cell death, Chinese researchers unveiled genes that affect the import, export, and metabolism of pervasively used antiviral drugs in the treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This exciting study is currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server.

28 Oct 2020

Foods rich in omega-3 EPA & ALA improve outcomes in people who suffered serious heart attack

A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that regular consumption of foods rich in omega-3 eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), found in marine foods like fatty fish, and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), found in plant foods like walnuts, was associated with improved outcomes in individuals who suffered a heart attack, including decreased risk of death.

28 Oct 2020

Scripps Research scientists uncover potential new strategy for treating eye diseases

Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a potential new strategy for treating eye diseases that affect millions of people around the world, often resulting in blindness.

27 Oct 2020

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

To identify new potential therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2, a team of scientists at the New York Genome Center, New York University, and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, performed a genome-scale, loss-of-function CRISPR screen to systematically knockout all genes in the human genome.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers identify molecular connection between meat, dairy diets and cancer risk

An international team of researchers has identified a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood that increase the chances of developing cancer.

22 Oct 2020

Design of an mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles

Now, a new study presented on the preprint server bioRxiv in October 2020 describes the efficient design of an mRNA vaccine against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), based on the use of the viral receptor-binding domain (RBD) mRNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles (LNP).

19 Oct 2020

Statins may lower cancer risk through a pathway unrelated to cholesterol

Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins may reduce cancer risk in humans through a pathway unrelated to cholesterol, says a study published today in eLife.

13 Oct 2020

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Further Reading

New screening strategy can help identify individuals with higher probability of developing heart disease

Polypill plus aspirin and polypill alone reduced cardiovascular disease risk

Daily walnut consumption may reduce the risk of heart disease

Study examines the effects of simple measures on the health of active older adults

HBCUs offer pronounced benefits for African Americans

Air pollution accounts for premature deaths from cardiovascular disease

Study: Blocking energy pathway helps reduce graft-versus-host disease

High-intensity interval training may extend lives of older people

People treated with statins have 22% to 25% lower risk of dying from COVID-19

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor wins $4.5 million for breast cancer research and therapy

High Throughput Identification and Quantification of Breast Cancer With NMR-Based Metabolomics

Study shows statins can have adverse effects on certain organs

Dietary restriction effective in reducing the odds of developing liver cancer from fatty liver

Genome-wide CRISPR screens reveal resistance and sensitization mechanisms of drugs used in COVID-19

Foods rich in omega-3 EPA & ALA improve outcomes in people who suffered serious heart attack

Scripps Research scientists uncover potential new strategy for treating eye diseases

Scientists identify new therapeutic targets for SARS-CoV-2

Researchers identify molecular connection between meat, dairy diets and cancer risk

Design of an mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles

Statins may lower cancer risk through a pathway unrelated to cholesterol

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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