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Researchers find possible genetic basis and mouse model for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

A mutant or damaged gene may be a cause of a severe, mysterious form of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers have found.

9 Feb 2023

EGFR protein plays a decisive role in the penetration of hepatitis E virus into cells

A certain surface protein is crucial to allow the hepatitis E virus to enter cells. Medication can suppress it.

9 Feb 2023

Using cannabis early in pregnancy associated with poor pregnancy outcomes

As more states legalize marijuana for recreational use, researchers are looking into the potential health effects of cannabis use during pregnancy.

9 Feb 2023

New strategies to beat rare tumors of the adrenal gland

Only one in 100,000 people suffer from a pheochromocytoma, a tumor of the adrenal gland. If the tumor has already metastasized, a radioactive compound can be used to detect malignant cells that have spread to other parts of the body, and to irradiate them from the inside.

9 Feb 2023

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

Driving through the industrial outskirts of Sacramento, a stretch of warehouses, wholesale suppliers, truck centers, and auto repair shops northeast of downtown, it's hard to square California's $18 billion investment in homeless services with the roadside misery.

9 Feb 2023

A microbiota-driven mechanism underlies severity of leishmaniasis infection

In a recent study posed to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in Brazil and the United States investigated the probable impact of the skin microbiome microbiota on the outcomes of cutaneous leishmaniasis.

8 Feb 2023

Clustered lifestyle risk factors linked to poor mental health in early adulthood

Health is related to the outcomes of multiple risk factors that affect physical, mental, and social health. There is, however, little research on how lifestyle-related behaviors affect mental health.

8 Feb 2023

‘We ain’t gonna get it’: Why Bernie Sanders says his ‘Medicare for all’ dream must wait

After railing at the injustices of U.S. health care for decades, Sen. Bernie Sanders in January became the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee.

8 Feb 2023

Health policies were a prominent theme in Biden’s State of the Union speech

President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his State of the Union address to a politically divided Congress for the first time, calling for permanent fixes on policy priorities like unaffordable health care costs.

8 Feb 2023

Study evaluates benefits of implementing a pharmacogenetic panel before drug initiation

In a recent study published in The Lancet, researchers performed an implementation study of a 12-gene pharmacogenetic panel across seven European countries to investigate whether a gene-drug interaction guidedinteraction-guided prescribing strategy could prevent its adverse reactions.

8 Feb 2023

Study: Nearly one in eight West Virginia infants had in-utero exposure to opioids, stimulants

Nearly one in eight infants born in West Virginia between 2020 and 2022 had in utero exposure to opioids, stimulants and/or cannabis, according to researchers at West Virginia University Health Sciences.

8 Feb 2023

Expert work group examines and redefines “clinical meaningfulness” in Alzheimer’s

As the Alzheimer's disease scientific community, patients, and families seek to understand the results of clinical trials of new Alzheimer's treatments, the Alzheimer's Association convened an expert work group to discuss an important and timely issue: the "clinical meaningfulness" of results from these studies.

7 Feb 2023

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Researchers find possible genetic basis and mouse model for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

EGFR protein plays a decisive role in the penetration of hepatitis E virus into cells

Using cannabis early in pregnancy associated with poor pregnancy outcomes

New strategies to beat rare tumors of the adrenal gland

‘The country is watching’: California homeless crisis looms as Gov. Newsom eyes political future

A microbiota-driven mechanism underlies severity of leishmaniasis infection

Clustered lifestyle risk factors linked to poor mental health in early adulthood

‘We ain’t gonna get it’: Why Bernie Sanders says his ‘Medicare for all’ dream must wait

Health policies were a prominent theme in Biden’s State of the Union speech

Study evaluates benefits of implementing a pharmacogenetic panel before drug initiation

Study: Nearly one in eight West Virginia infants had in-utero exposure to opioids, stimulants

Expert work group examines and redefines “clinical meaningfulness” in Alzheimer’s

Researchers develop a new method to design peptide antibiotics

Scientists discover new way to reduce progression of diabetic kidney disease

UC researcher aims to develop better treatments for KRAS-mutated pancreatic cancer

Mucoactive drugs block SARS-CoV-2 infection

Novel type of combination therapy shows potential in acute myeloid leukemia

Immunosuppressive drug methotrexate linked to increased risk of three types of skin cancer

USC researchers identify two promising avenues for developing new ALS treatments

Early treatment of diabetes-related eye disease does not improve visual acuity

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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