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Researchers discover new pathway that opens door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Researchers from the University of South Carolina, Duke University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Metabolon Inc. Research Triangle Park have discovered a new pathway in the liver that opens the door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, a condition that affects up to 25 percent of the population and may lead to cirrhosis and eventually liver cancer or failure, and likely other liver diseases.

9 Dec 2016

NIH scientists create Salmonella-infected mouse model to study life-threatening meningitis

National Institutes of Healthscientists have established in mice a way to study potentially life-threatening meningitis caused by Salmonella.

9 Dec 2016

Oral cavity bacterium linked to development and progression of esophageal cancer

A type of bacterium usually found in the human mouth, Fusobacterium nucleatum, has been found to be related to the prognosis of esophageal cancer in Japanese patients by researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan.

9 Dec 2016

Defective ribosomes linked to aggressive form of multiple myeloma

20 to 40 percent of the patients with multiple myeloma - a type of leukaemia - have a defect in the ribosome, the protein factory of the cell.

9 Dec 2016

Study reports influence of air pollution on pulmonary vascular function

Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16 000 patients presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.

9 Dec 2016

Opioid users treated in compulsory drug detention centre more likely to relapse, study shows

People with chronic opioid use disorders are more likely to relapse and do so sooner if they are treated in a compulsory drug detention centre rather than a voluntary drug treatment centre using methadone maintenance therapy, according to the first study comparing the outcome of both approaches published in The Lancet Global Health.

9 Dec 2016

Researchers track severely brain injured woman to reveal biological process of recovery

A severely brain injured woman, who recovered the ability to communicate using her left eye, restored connections and function of the areas of her brain responsible for producing expressive language and responding to human speech, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.

9 Dec 2016

Study provides insights into biology of protein implicated in kidney disease

Investigators have discovered important information about apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1), which can contribute to the development of various forms of kidney disease.

9 Dec 2016

Sneezing elicits blinking response to protect the body from germs, says allergist

The changing weather brings about many things: holiday excitement, a different wardrobe and—perhaps most annoyingly—cold and flu season.

9 Dec 2016

Personalized cancer vaccine improves outcomes for patients with AML, clinical study shows

A personalized cancer vaccine markedly improved outcomes for patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a potentially lethal blood cancer, in a clinical trial led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

9 Dec 2016

Studies show how overactive immune response may contribute to heart disease in psoriasis patients

Psoriasis is well-known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees, and across the body, but people living with psoriasis may also be at an increased risk of heart disease.

9 Dec 2016

LSU expert highlights importance of protection against Zika during winter

Just because temperatures are cooling down as winter approaches, it's no time to let your guard down when it comes to mosquitoes that can carry the Zika virus.

9 Dec 2016

Scientists use unified analysis approach for diagnosing diseases with multiple genetic causes

Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Genetics, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Texas Children's Hospital are combining descriptions of patients' clinical features with their complex genetic information in a unified analysis to obtain more precise diagnoses of complex diseases, particularly those that involve more than one gene causing the condition.

8 Dec 2016

Research reveals opposing role for SNAP23 protein in endocrine and exocrine pancreas

Movement of secretory molecules, such as hormones and digestive enzymes, out of the cell is known as exocytosis. This process is guided by SNARE proteins, which help the fusion of secretory vesicles with the plasma membrane.

8 Dec 2016

Ground-breaking study to explore effectiveness of using pre-hospital blood products

University of Warwick is collaborating with researchers at the NIHR Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre to support a ground-breaking new study to investigate the effectiveness of giving patients blood products immediately after a major injury or trauma - before they reach hospital.

8 Dec 2016

Blood News and Research

Researchers discover new pathway that opens door to treat non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

NIH scientists create Salmonella-infected mouse model to study life-threatening meningitis

Oral cavity bacterium linked to development and progression of esophageal cancer

Defective ribosomes linked to aggressive form of multiple myeloma

Study reports influence of air pollution on pulmonary vascular function

Opioid users treated in compulsory drug detention centre more likely to relapse, study shows

Researchers track severely brain injured woman to reveal biological process of recovery

Study provides insights into biology of protein implicated in kidney disease

Sneezing elicits blinking response to protect the body from germs, says allergist

Personalized cancer vaccine improves outcomes for patients with AML, clinical study shows

Studies show how overactive immune response may contribute to heart disease in psoriasis patients

LSU expert highlights importance of protection against Zika during winter

Scientists use unified analysis approach for diagnosing diseases with multiple genetic causes

Research reveals opposing role for SNAP23 protein in endocrine and exocrine pancreas

Ground-breaking study to explore effectiveness of using pre-hospital blood products

Survey: Only 1 in 3 patients discusses symptoms of hyperglycaemia with nurse or doctor

Research shows alternative strategy to administer antibody-based immunotherapy for bladder cancer

New biomarker in cell-free blood plasma linked to overactive stress system in suicidal individuals

Stem cell-based risk scoring tool could predict AML patient’s response to standard treatment

Empa researchers developing solution to magnetically remove bacteria from blood

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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