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Regular grape consumption may help alleviate pain linked with symptomatic osteoarthritis of knee

New research presented last week at the Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California, suggests that regular grape consumption may help alleviate pain associated with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee, and improve joint flexibility and overall mobility.

12 May 2014

Study of rare childhood neurodegenerative diseases identifies new source of DNA damage

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists studying two rare, inherited childhood neurodegenerative disorders have identified a new, possibly common source of DNA damage that may play a role in other neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and aging.

12 May 2014

Experimental antibody temporarily halts progression of neuroblastoma in children

Tumors shrank or disappeared and disease progression was temporarily halted in 15 children with advanced neuroblastoma enrolled in a safety study of an experimental antibody produced at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

9 May 2014

Comer Children's Hospital offers high-dose radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma

The University of Chicago Medicine Comer Children's Hospital has become the first in Illinois to offer pioneering, targeted, high-dose, intravenous radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma and other difficult-to-treat cancers.

9 May 2014

Recycling patients' red blood cells during heart surgery better than banked blood transfusion

Patients whose own red blood cells are recycled and given back to them during heart surgery have healthier blood cells better able to carry oxygen where it is most needed compared to those who get transfusions of blood stored in a blood bank, according to results of a small study at Johns Hopkins.

9 May 2014

Researchers develop new method for isolating, genome sequencing individual malaria parasite cell

A new method for isolating and genome sequencing an individual malaria parasite cell has been developed by Texas Biomed researchers in San Antonio and their colleagues.

9 May 2014

Shift switches pain sensor from cold-sensitive to hot-sensitive

Ice cream lovers and hot tea drinkers with sensitive teeth could one day have a reason to celebrate a new finding from Duke University researchers. The scientists have found a very small change in a single protein that turns a cold-sensitive receptor into one that senses heat.

9 May 2014

Researchers identify new molecular circuit that controls longevity in yeast and complex organisms

Ancient philosophers looked to alchemy for clues to life everlasting. Today, researchers look to their yeast.

9 May 2014

McGill research finds unexpected link between cell suicide and longevity

What is the secret to aging more slowly and living longer? Not antioxidants, apparently.

9 May 2014

New paper offers new insights into role carcinoma-associated fibroblasts play in tumor biology

A new paper by a team of researchers led by Zachary T. Schafer, Coleman Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, offers important new insights into the role carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) play in tumor biology.

9 May 2014

Study: Anti-inflammatory compound interleukin-10 plays crucial role in regenerative, scarless healing

The powerful anti-inflammatory compound interleukin-10 (IL-10) plays a crucial role in regenerative, scarless healing of fetal skin.

9 May 2014

Findings may open new way to study individual differences in people's visual tracking abilities

When tracking a moving object, the two halves of the human brain operate much like runners successfully passing a baton during a relay race, says a University of Oregon researcher.

9 May 2014

Study provides potential target for cutting off growth of cancer stem cells

A subset of immune cells directly target colon cancers, rather than the immune system, giving the cells the aggressive properties of cancer stem cells.

9 May 2014

Single-cell genomics study confirms that immune cells produce steroids

Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered that some immune cells turn themselves off by producing a steroid.

9 May 2014

Chinese herbal formula protects against hippocampal neurons death via non-classical estrogen pathway

Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are the main pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, as well as the loss of neurons and synapses. recent reports have shown that estrogen exerts neuroprotective effects.

9 May 2014

Researchers discover new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers

Researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have published results from a study Cell Reports that discovers a new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers.

9 May 2014

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

Two new gifts from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to UCLA totaling $4 million will fund research in stem cell science and digestive diseases and support the recruitment of key faculty at two renowned research centers.

9 May 2014

Children with autism experience deficits in immune cell that protects against infection

Children with autism experience deficits in a type of immune cell that protects the body from infection. Called granulocytes, the cells exhibit one-third the capacity to fight infection and protect the body from invasion compared with the same cells in children who are developing normally.

9 May 2014

New study associates sex difference in brain with MS

A newly identified difference between the brains of women and men with multiple sclerosis (MS) may help explain why so many more women than men get the disease, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report.

9 May 2014

Mice study shows specific energy source responsible for performing complex cognitive functions

New research suggests that certain types of brain cells may be "picky eaters," seeming to prefer one specific energy source over others.

9 May 2014

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Regular grape consumption may help alleviate pain linked with symptomatic osteoarthritis of knee

Study of rare childhood neurodegenerative diseases identifies new source of DNA damage

Experimental antibody temporarily halts progression of neuroblastoma in children

Comer Children's Hospital offers high-dose radiation therapy for relapsed neuroblastoma

Recycling patients' red blood cells during heart surgery better than banked blood transfusion

Researchers develop new method for isolating, genome sequencing individual malaria parasite cell

Shift switches pain sensor from cold-sensitive to hot-sensitive

Researchers identify new molecular circuit that controls longevity in yeast and complex organisms

McGill research finds unexpected link between cell suicide and longevity

New paper offers new insights into role carcinoma-associated fibroblasts play in tumor biology

Study: Anti-inflammatory compound interleukin-10 plays crucial role in regenerative, scarless healing

Findings may open new way to study individual differences in people's visual tracking abilities

Study provides potential target for cutting off growth of cancer stem cells

Single-cell genomics study confirms that immune cells produce steroids

Chinese herbal formula protects against hippocampal neurons death via non-classical estrogen pathway

Researchers discover new mechanism that distinguishes normal blood stem cells from blood cancers

Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation gift $4 million to support UCLA research

Children with autism experience deficits in immune cell that protects against infection

New study associates sex difference in brain with MS

Mice study shows specific energy source responsible for performing complex cognitive functions

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