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Scientists identify new toxic entity associated with dementia and motor neuron disease

A new toxic entity associated with genetically inherited forms of dementia and motor neuron disease has been identified by scientists at the UCL Institute of Neurology. The toxin is the result of a genetic mutation that leads to the production of RNA molecules which could be responsible for the diseases. The findings are published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica.

31 Oct 2013

Meclizine drug has the potential to treat certain infectious diseases and cancer

Meclizine, an over-the-counter drug used for decades to treat nausea and motion sickness, has the potential for new uses to treat certain infectious diseases and some forms of cancer, according to Dr. Vishal M. Gohil, Texas A&M AgriLife Research biochemist.

31 Oct 2013

Wiley expands partnership with EMBO

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., today announced that it will provide editorial production, global marketing and distribution services for The EMBO Journal, EMBO reports and Molecular Systems Biology. This expanded partnership with EMBO adds three leading scientific journals alongside EMBO Molecular Medicine, which Wiley has published since 2009.

30 Oct 2013

Reduce tobacco consumption, reduce childhood asthma

A scientific study recently published on International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research states that tobacco consumption must be decreased by 15% in Spain, particularly at home, in order to reduce the number of childhood asthma cases.

30 Oct 2013

Fat recycling system may provide target for future diabetes therapies

The pancreas is a large organ that wraps around our gut, and produces the exact amount of insulin our bodies need when we eat - except when we start to develop diabetes, and insulin production slows down. Sydney scientists describe how a fat recycling system within pancreatic 'beta cells' determines the amount of insulin they secrete, and so may provide a target for future diabetes therapies.

30 Oct 2013

Blood levels of microRNAs may serve as diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer, but more research needed

A new analysis has found that the presence of short segments of genetic material (known as microRNA) within papillary thyroid cancer tumors suggests a likelihood of recurrence after patients undergo surgery.

29 Oct 2013

UCR, CRF initiate PROSPECT II trial to identify plaques that may lead to coronary events

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) of New York, NY and the Uppsala Clinical Research Center (UCR) of Uppsala, Sweden announced today the initiation of the PROSPECT (Providing Regional Observations to Study Predictors of Events in the Coronary Tree) II trial and the PROSPECT ABSORB sub study.

29 Oct 2013

Scientist wins first Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes

Imagine how different the lives of so many would be if diabetes were cured and the billions of dollars in annual health care costs that could be saved.

29 Oct 2013

NHMRC awards over $6M for Griffith University research projects

Griffith University research projects have been awarded just over $6m in research funding by the prestigious National Health and Medical Research Council.

28 Oct 2013

Biolinerx Inks In-License Agreement With Israeli Institutions For Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

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24 Oct 2013

New Centre for Stratified Medicine opened in Ireland

The University of Ulster has opened a new Centre for Stratified Medicine. The only Centre of its kind in Ireland, £11.5m research facility in Derry~Londonderry puts the University at the forefront of medical research into chronic degenerative diseases.

24 Oct 2013

Biolinerx In-Licenses Type 1 Diabetes Treatment With Israel Institutions

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23 Oct 2013

NeuRA, Kidsafe release new guidelines that provide road safety for children

On National Kidsafe Day, parents and carers of children are being urged to consider whether they are buckling up properly before hitting the road.

22 Oct 2013

Medmira Wins Additional $1.9M Army Contract

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21 Oct 2013

New collaborative project aims to discover genes underlying rare genetic diseases

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21 Oct 2013

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

Medical scientists from two of Israel's premier universities will join University of Michigan colleagues Oct. 18-21 in Ann Arbor for what has become the university's largest ever joint medical science symposium with Israel.

18 Oct 2013

New study paves way for patient-specific regenerative therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases

A source of gut stem cells that can repair a type of inflammatory bowel disease when transplanted into mice has been identified by researchers at the Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at the University of Cambridge and at BRIC, the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

18 Oct 2013

Combination of heat, doxorubicin drug and nanotech system may improve ovarian cancer treatment

The combination of heat, chemotherapeutic drugs and an innovative delivery system based on nanotechnology may significantly improve the treatment of ovarian cancer while reducing side effects from toxic drugs, researchers at Oregon State University report in a new study.

18 Oct 2013

Common practice of using BMI to prioritize bariatric surgery patients needs to change: Research

Most people who receive bariatric surgery in Canada, and around the world, are obese women, even though their male counterparts are more at risk, especially if those men are smokers and have diabetes. These findings are demonstrated in newly published medical research from the University of Alberta

17 Oct 2013

Genetics professor turns accidental discovery into a way to study TBI

Faced with news of suicides and brain damage in former professional football players, geneticist Barry Ganetzky bemoaned the lack of model systems for studying the insidious and often delayed consequences linked to head injuries.

16 Oct 2013

Medical Research News and Research

Scientists identify new toxic entity associated with dementia and motor neuron disease

Meclizine drug has the potential to treat certain infectious diseases and cancer

Wiley expands partnership with EMBO

Reduce tobacco consumption, reduce childhood asthma

Fat recycling system may provide target for future diabetes therapies

Blood levels of microRNAs may serve as diagnostic tool for thyroid cancer, but more research needed

UCR, CRF initiate PROSPECT II trial to identify plaques that may lead to coronary events

Scientist wins first Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes

NHMRC awards over $6M for Griffith University research projects

Biolinerx Inks In-License Agreement With Israeli Institutions For Type 1 Diabetes Treatment

New Centre for Stratified Medicine opened in Ireland

Biolinerx In-Licenses Type 1 Diabetes Treatment With Israel Institutions

NeuRA, Kidsafe release new guidelines that provide road safety for children

Medmira Wins Additional $1.9M Army Contract

New collaborative project aims to discover genes underlying rare genetic diseases

Israeli medical scientists to join U-M colleagues for medical science symposium

New study paves way for patient-specific regenerative therapies for inflammatory bowel diseases

Combination of heat, doxorubicin drug and nanotech system may improve ovarian cancer treatment

Common practice of using BMI to prioritize bariatric surgery patients needs to change: Research

Genetics professor turns accidental discovery into a way to study TBI

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