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Drawing leads to better memory than writing

Older adults who take up drawing could enhance their memory, according to a new study.

6 Dec 2018

New way to trace the transmission histories of rare genetic diseases

There are only 25 people in the whole of Quebec at the moment who have a rare recessive genetic disease called chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia. Now, scientists have begun tracing the origins of these diseases.

6 Dec 2018

Study explores how schools address adolescent self-harming practices

In a survey-based study of 153 secondary schools in England and Wales, staff stated that adolescent self-harm is an important concern, but emotional health and wellbeing is the primary health priority for schools.

6 Dec 2018

Lymph node ratio could predict survival in patients with oral cavity cancer

Five years after diagnosis, only 40 percent of patients with locally-advanced oral cavity cancer will still be alive. The question is who is likely to live and who is likely to die? The answer to this question could not only help patients better predict the course of their disease, but could help doctors choose the most appropriate post-surgical treatments - patients at highest risk could receive the most aggressive combinations of radiation and chemotherapy.

6 Dec 2018

Researchers identify new type of T cell that could play role in cancer, other diseases

Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have identified a new type of T cell called a phospholipid-reactive T cell that is able to recognize phospholipids, the molecules that help form cells' outer membranes.

6 Dec 2018

Elevated hormone flags liver disease in mice with serious genomic disorder

Researchers have discovered that a hormone, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), is extremely elevated in mice with liver disease that mimics the same condition in patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), a serious genomic disorder.

6 Dec 2018

Regular bedtime, sufficient sleep in childhood may be important for healthy body weight in adolescence

Having a regular, age-appropriate bedtime and getting sufficient sleep from early childhood may be important for healthy body weight in adolescence, according to researchers at Penn State.

6 Dec 2018

Study explores why older people read more slowly

One of the most obvious changes that comes with aging is that people start doing things more slowly. Numerous studies have shown that aging also affects language processing.

6 Dec 2018

Subset of immune B cells delays onset of type 1 diabetes in animal model

Researchers have conducted a study showing that a specific subset of immune B cells delays the onset of type 1 diabetes in mice.

6 Dec 2018

Breast cancer treatment more effective when determined by tumor cell count

Research published today shows that circulating tumor cell count may provide an effective indicator of appropriate treatment choice for metastatic breast cancer.

6 Dec 2018

Researchers aim to demystify bladder immunity

We know that the bladder is a poorly understood organ, critical for storing metabolic waste. What we don’t know is how this unique environment impacts bladder immunity to common diseases such as urinary tract infections and bladder cancer.

6 Dec 2018

New EU-funded project provides insight into how the brain develops

The human brain is comprised of billions of different types of cells. These cells are then organized into sophisticated networks, each of which determines a specific function of the brain. But how do the neurons, or nerve cells that form these networks, find the right network? And what happens when they don’t?

6 Dec 2018

Boosting our defenses to fight Klebsiella infections

Although a relatively common infection, some bacteria that causes pneumonia can be particularly deadly. As a case in point, take Klebsiella pneumoniae, which has been included on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) list of infections that desperately need new treatments.

6 Dec 2018

Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have increased risk of schizophrenia later in life

Newborns with Vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, researchers from Aarhus University and the University of Queensland report.

6 Dec 2018

New research supports the need for obesity intervention before pregnancy

New research from the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute supports the need for dietary and lifestyle interventions before overweight and obese women become pregnant.

6 Dec 2018

CHOP celebrates EC approval of first and only gene therapy for patients with inherited retinal disease

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia celebrates a pivotal moment in medicine: approval by the European Commission of LUXTURNA (voretigene neparvovec), the first and only gene therapy for patients with an inherited retinal disease, last month.

6 Dec 2018

UCR postdoctoral researcher wins prestigious NIH fellowship to study neural crest cells

Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has been awarded the prestigious Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of Health.

6 Dec 2018

Protecting powerhouse of cells could provide better way to treat acute kidney injury

For the first time, scientists have described the body's natural mechanism for temporarily protecting the powerhouses of kidney cells when injury or disease means they aren't getting enough blood or oxygen.

6 Dec 2018

New immuno-assay can detect small molecules with 50-fold greater sensitivity

As medical science has come to understand that the human body is controlled on the molecular level by various proteins, hormones, drugs, and other substances, technologies have developed to detect levels of these molecules in order to monitor health and diagnose disease.

6 Dec 2018

Mapping brain microglia

Microglia are known to be important to brain function. The immune cells have been found to protect the brain from injury and infection and are critical during brain development, helping circuits wire properly. They also seem to play a role in disease -- showing up, for example, around brain plaques in people with Alzheimer's.

6 Dec 2018

Research News and Research

Drawing leads to better memory than writing

New way to trace the transmission histories of rare genetic diseases

Study explores how schools address adolescent self-harming practices

Lymph node ratio could predict survival in patients with oral cavity cancer

Researchers identify new type of T cell that could play role in cancer, other diseases

Elevated hormone flags liver disease in mice with serious genomic disorder

Regular bedtime, sufficient sleep in childhood may be important for healthy body weight in adolescence

Study explores why older people read more slowly

Subset of immune B cells delays onset of type 1 diabetes in animal model

Breast cancer treatment more effective when determined by tumor cell count

Researchers aim to demystify bladder immunity

New EU-funded project provides insight into how the brain develops

Boosting our defenses to fight Klebsiella infections

Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have increased risk of schizophrenia later in life

New research supports the need for obesity intervention before pregnancy

CHOP celebrates EC approval of first and only gene therapy for patients with inherited retinal disease

UCR postdoctoral researcher wins prestigious NIH fellowship to study neural crest cells

Protecting powerhouse of cells could provide better way to treat acute kidney injury

New immuno-assay can detect small molecules with 50-fold greater sensitivity

Mapping brain microglia

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