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Research consortium receives funding to assess new ways to help severely malnourished children

Almost half of child deaths around the world involve malnutrition, with the highest mortality for severe acute malnutrition (SAM).

15 Dec 2016

Researchers use CVD method to produce biodegradable polymer coatings for implants

Medical implants often carry surface substrates that release ac-tive substances or to which biomolecules or cells can adhere better.

15 Dec 2016

Lifestyle choices and obesity linked to lower life expectancy

For the first time in two decades, the life expectancy of Americans declined slightly, and the overall death rate rose, according to a report from the National Center for Health Statistics.

15 Dec 2016

Vitamin B3 may help treat preeclampsia-affected pregnant women

Scientists in Japan and the US have found that vitamin B3 nicotinamide may help treat pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia by preventing strokes and in some cases, even stimulating the growth of their fetus.

15 Dec 2016

Scientists discover possible way to stop activation of proteins known to cause age-related diseases

Researchers at the University of Surrey, in collaboration with the Universities of Reading and Cologne, and the Royal Berkshire Hospital, have discovered that it is possible to stop the activation of a group of proteins (NADPH Oxidase) known to cause most of the diseases of ageing.

15 Dec 2016

Viral infection during pregnancy affects maternal care and can trigger depression in offspring

A viral infection in a pregnant woman not only affects her subsequent ability to provide maternal care but can also trigger depression in her offspring, which can then even extend into the next generation as a result of changes to genetic mechanisms in the brain.

15 Dec 2016

Researchers pinpoint mechanism underlying astrocyte-mediated recovery of brain tissue after injury

A Kobe University research team has pinpointed the mechanism underlying astrocyte-mediated restoration of brain tissue after an injury. This could lead to new treatments that encourage regeneration by limiting damage to neurons incurred by reduced blood supply or trauma.

15 Dec 2016

Environmentally-friendly pipette system launched by Mettler Toledo

METTLER TOLEDO’S Rainin TerraRacks™ have enabled the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy, to adopt a more environmentally-friendly approach to manual pipetting. Dr Bronislava Matoskova, Molecular Medicine Program Manager, explained: “As well as regular biochemistry and molecular biology studies, we analyze human tissue, blood and serum as part of a molecular medicine research program.

15 Dec 2016

BodyCap’s health-monitoring wearables used by ESA astronauts aboard the ISS

BodyCap, a company specialized in miniaturized wireless monitoring devices, today announces that two of its wearable health monitoring devices are currently being used by European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet aboard the International Space Station, as part of ESA’s EveryWear program, an ambulatory data collection system.

15 Dec 2016

Later high school start times linked to positive outcomes among teens

A review of the scientific literature by a workgroup composed of representatives from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sleep Research Society, and American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine found that later high school start times are associated with positive outcomes among teens, including longer weekday sleep durations and reduced vehicular accident rates.

15 Dec 2016

Common bacterium that causes gum infections may trigger rheumatoid arthritis

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have new evidence that a bacterium known to cause chronic inflammatory gum infections also triggers the inflammatory "autoimmune" response characteristic of chronic, joint-destroying rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

15 Dec 2016

Multifunctional RNA nanoparticles could overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer, study shows

Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have been able to generate multifunctional RNA nanoparticles that could overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer, potentially making existing treatments more effective in these patients.

15 Dec 2016

Childhood diarrhea from pathogens more common than previously thought?

The number of cases of childhood diarrhea, and its mortality toll of 500,000 per year, has not changed. Now, however, we can explain ~90% of the cases to specific pathogens. We can assign responsibility.

15 Dec 2016

New technique uses focused ultrasound to detect cancer biomarkers in the blood

Each year, thousands of Canadian men with prostate cancer undergo biopsies to help their doctors better understand the progression and nature of their disease. It provides vital, sometimes life-saving information, yet cancer researcher John Lewis knows it can be a difficult test to ask of anyone.

15 Dec 2016

Scientists develop first functional biological pacemaker from human stem cells

Scientists from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, have developed the first functional pacemaker cells from human stem cells, paving the way for alternate, biological pacemaker therapy.

15 Dec 2016

New technology that increases Natural Killer cells to stop cancers gets licensed

Our bodies contain Natural Killer (NK) cells - an army that stops cancers and viruses before they can make us sick.

15 Dec 2016

New duo therapy offers hope for 'super blockage' of over-active immune system

A combination of two potential drugs gives hope of a 'super blockage' of an over-active immune system, Leiden researchers report in Nature. The breakthrough came from the crystallisation of a membrane protein.

15 Dec 2016

Japanese researchers discover that 2-aminobutyric acid can effectively raise antioxidant levels

A Japanese research team has become the first in the world to discover that 2-aminobutyric acid (2-AB) is closely involved in the metabolic regulation of the antioxidant glutathione, and that it can effectively raise levels of glutathione in the body when ingested.

15 Dec 2016

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

A new Cochrane Review, summarizing data from 132 trials of automated telephone systems in preventing and managing long-term health conditions, concludes that they probably have the potential to play an important role in the delivery of health care.

15 Dec 2016

Lactate component responsible for anti-tumor effects of plasma medicine, research shows

Physical plasma is one of the four fundamental states of matter, together with solid, liquid, and gas, and can be completely or partially ionized (thermal/hot or non-thermal/cold plasma, respectively).

15 Dec 2016

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Research consortium receives funding to assess new ways to help severely malnourished children

Researchers use CVD method to produce biodegradable polymer coatings for implants

Lifestyle choices and obesity linked to lower life expectancy

Vitamin B3 may help treat preeclampsia-affected pregnant women

Scientists discover possible way to stop activation of proteins known to cause age-related diseases

Viral infection during pregnancy affects maternal care and can trigger depression in offspring

Researchers pinpoint mechanism underlying astrocyte-mediated recovery of brain tissue after injury

Environmentally-friendly pipette system launched by Mettler Toledo

BodyCap’s health-monitoring wearables used by ESA astronauts aboard the ISS

Later high school start times linked to positive outcomes among teens

Common bacterium that causes gum infections may trigger rheumatoid arthritis

Multifunctional RNA nanoparticles could overcome treatment resistance in breast cancer, study shows

Childhood diarrhea from pathogens more common than previously thought?

New technique uses focused ultrasound to detect cancer biomarkers in the blood

Scientists develop first functional biological pacemaker from human stem cells

New technology that increases Natural Killer cells to stop cancers gets licensed

New duo therapy offers hope for 'super blockage' of over-active immune system

Japanese researchers discover that 2-aminobutyric acid can effectively raise antioxidant levels

New review shows how automated telephone systems could play vital role in delivery of health care

Lactate component responsible for anti-tumor effects of plasma medicine, research shows

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