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Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Henry Ford Health System's Department of Neurosurgery was awarded a $600,000 grant by the Department of Defense to study the genetic makeup of gliomas, a type of brain cancer, in hope of identifying new therapies.

19 Sep 2018

Study gives new insights into how cells leverage GPCRs to control inflammation

G-protein-coupled receptors are everywhere in our bodies. They are embedded in our cell membranes, where they act as signal transducers, allowing cells to respond to their external environments.

19 Sep 2018

Penn researchers find common thread linking almost all TNR expansion diseases

In a class of roughly 30 neurological disorders that includes ALS, Huntington's Disease and Fragile X Syndrome, the relevant mutant gene features sections of repeating base pair sequences known as short tandem repeats, or STRs. Healthy people have STRs of normal lengths distributed across their DNA.

19 Sep 2018

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

More than 80 percent of strokes are caused when a blood vessel to the brain becomes blocked, called an ischemic stroke.

19 Sep 2018

FDA takes new steps to address opioid crisis by approving Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration took new steps as part of its broader efforts to address the opioid crisis by approving the final Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.

19 Sep 2018

Excess pregnancy weight gain affects cardiometabolic risk in offspring

Pregnant mothers have been advised to eat for two for centuries. A professional body for midwives now has come up with recommendations that this belief is a myth and pregnant women should be advised how to better manage their body weights.

18 Sep 2018

Research shows enlarged genotype-phenotype correlation for three-base pair deletion in NF1

International collaborative research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., shows that while a three-base pair, in-frame deletion called p.Met992del in the NF1 gene has a mild phenotype for people with the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1, or NF1, the mutation does cause complications.

18 Sep 2018

Novel clinical trial to examine cannabis as potential treatment for essential tremor

Researchers at University of California School of Medicine are preparing to launch a novel clinical trial to examine the safety, efficacy and pharmacological properties of cannabis as a potential treatment for adults with essential tremor.

18 Sep 2018

UNIST to accelerate discovery, development of new medicines for incurable diseases

On August 23, UNIST held a grand opening ceremony of Cellular Responses to Metabolic Stress Research Center in a bid to accelerate the discovery and development of breakthrough medicines for diseases thought to be incurable.

18 Sep 2018

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

UC San Francisco has been awarded a five-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to study the impacts of new and emerging tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products, which heat tobacco without combustion.

18 Sep 2018

Digital games for CVD-related self-management improve exercise capacity and energy expenditure

A scoping review of studies on game interventions for cardiovascular diseaseself-management found that the use of digital games improved exercise capacity and energy expenditure significantly.

18 Sep 2018

Research finds physical connection between the brain's fluid reservoirs and meningeal lymphatics

PureTech Health plc, an advanced biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines for dysfunctions of the Brain-Immune-Gut Axis, today notes the publication of research in Nature Neuroscience that identifies the physical connection between the brain's fluid reservoirs and the meningeal lymphatics, through which immune cells traffic out of the central nervous system.

18 Sep 2018

Purifying Proteins from Mammalian Cell Culture

In many cases mammalian cells are the only option to produce recombinant proteins with correct post-translational modifications, e.g. glycosylation, which are required for proper function of the therapeutic protein.

From Sartorius 18 Sep 2018

Automatic relevance detection in ophthalmic surgery videos

Researchers from the fields of computer science and medicine are collaborating to make better use of microscopic videos that record surgical procedures relating to the eyes for the purpose of teaching, research and documentation.

18 Sep 2018

Researchers study neuronal activity in brain that prevents individuals from doing physical activity

About 30% of adults and 80% of teenagers today do not meet the minimum levels of daily physical activity for staying healthy, as recommended by the World Health Organisation.

18 Sep 2018

Muscle relaxants used during general anesthesia can increase risk of pulmonary complications

Muscle relaxants that are used during general anesthesia increase the risk of pulmonary complications after surgery, according to the European milicenter study POPULAR, in which Karolinska Institutet researchers are involved. The study is published in the journal Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

18 Sep 2018

Day-tripping to the dispensary: Seniors in pain hop aboard the canna-bus

Shirley Avedon, 90, had never been a cannabis user. But carpal tunnel syndrome that sends shooting pains into both of her hands and an aversion to conventional steroid and surgical treatments is prompting her to consider some new options.

18 Sep 2018

Outcome of ACL reconstruction related to the way you move post-surgery

A third of people who undergo ACL reconstruction surgery will have osteoarthritis in their injured knee within 10 years. Within two decades, nearly 50 percent will -- terrible odds for getting a debilitating condition with no known cure.

18 Sep 2018

UNC Health Care extends free access to virtual care service in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence

In the aftermath of Hurricane Florence and continued challenging conditions across much of the state, UNC Health Care has extended its offer of free access to its virtual care service, UNC Urgent Care 24/7

18 Sep 2018

Study: Women exposed to trauma in their lives gave birth to underweight male infants

In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have found significantly lower birth weights in male infants--an average decrease of 38 grams, or approximately 1.3 ounces--born to women who had been exposed to trauma at some point in their lives and who secreted higher levels of cortisol, a hormone related to stress, in late pregnancy.

18 Sep 2018

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Henry Ford Health System receives $600k grant to study genetic makeup of gliomas

Study gives new insights into how cells leverage GPCRs to control inflammation

Penn researchers find common thread linking almost all TNR expansion diseases

UCalgary study could help physicians make better treatment decisions for stroke

FDA takes new steps to address opioid crisis by approving Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy

Excess pregnancy weight gain affects cardiometabolic risk in offspring

Research shows enlarged genotype-phenotype correlation for three-base pair deletion in NF1

Novel clinical trial to examine cannabis as potential treatment for essential tremor

UNIST to accelerate discovery, development of new medicines for incurable diseases

UCSF awarded $20 million grant to study impacts of new, emerging tobacco products

Digital games for CVD-related self-management improve exercise capacity and energy expenditure

Research finds physical connection between the brain's fluid reservoirs and meningeal lymphatics

Purifying Proteins from Mammalian Cell Culture

Automatic relevance detection in ophthalmic surgery videos

Researchers study neuronal activity in brain that prevents individuals from doing physical activity

Muscle relaxants used during general anesthesia can increase risk of pulmonary complications

Day-tripping to the dispensary: Seniors in pain hop aboard the canna-bus

Outcome of ACL reconstruction related to the way you move post-surgery

UNC Health Care extends free access to virtual care service in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence

Study: Women exposed to trauma in their lives gave birth to underweight male infants

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