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'Saving appearance responses' particularly common in people with Alzheimer's disease

Dementia, in any form, is a heartbreaking disease that can take away one's thinking and judgement abilities before they pass. To save face, people with dementia often pretend to know answers to questions, even if they really don't.

6 Jun 2018

New cell-based technologies could help improve understanding of muscle-wasting disease

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new cell-based technologies which could help improve understanding of the muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and test potential drugs for the disease.

6 Jun 2018

Depression in type-1 diabetes patients linked with higher levels of inflammatory protein

Depression in type-1 diabetes patients is associated with higher levels of the inflammatory protein galectin-3, according to research published in Endocrine Connections.

6 Jun 2018

Researchers identify less-invasive treatment option for patients with ARDS

The numbers are grim: Of the 200,000 Americans diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome each year, 30 to 50 percent will die.

6 Jun 2018

Regeneron collaborates with Zoetis to research antibody therapies for animals

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Zoetis Inc. today announced a five-year collaboration to research the use of Regeneron's monoclonal antibody therapeutics in animals and discover new veterinary treatments.

6 Jun 2018

Boosting electrical activity in the eye may lead to new treatments for painful dry eye

A boost of electrical activity in the eye's mucous membranes may lead to new treatments for the painful condition known as dry eye.

6 Jun 2018

New approach to improve diagnosis and management of febrile patients

Febrile illness – the manifestation of a high fever – can be problematic for healthcare providers who, in their search to identify the cause, cannot always tell whether a patient is suffering from a bacterial or viral infection.

6 Jun 2018

Microbiotica collaborates with Genentech to develop drugs for IBD

Microbiotica, a leading player in microbiome-based therapeutics spun out of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year strategic collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche Group, to discover, develop and commercialize biomarkers, targets and medicines for inflammatory bowel disease.

6 Jun 2018

The Human Brain Project successfully enters the third phase

"This is a major step and the result of a lot of hard and excellent work by our members and partners all over Europe", says the HBPs Scientific Director, Katrin Amunts, a medical doctor and neuroscientist based at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Full Professor for Brain Research at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in Germany.

6 Jun 2018

Older women undergoing mammography may have increased awareness to other preventive tests

Medicare patients who undergo mammography screening also are more likely to follow up with other recommended preventive services such as cervical cancer screenings or Pap smear, bone mass measurement or a flu vaccine, as compared to unscreened women, according to a new study led by researchers at NYU School of Medicine.

6 Jun 2018

Gas embolotherapy holds great potential for treating cancer

Embolization -- the use of various techniques to cut off the blood vessels that feed tissue growth -- has gained traction over the past few decades to treat cancerous tumors.

6 Jun 2018

Study: Maternal fatty acid balance critical for reducing obesity in children

The balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in the tissues of female mammals, which previous research has suggested can impact the incidence of obesity in their offspring, appears to do so through its effect on the microbial population of the infant's gastrointestinal tract.

6 Jun 2018

Study finds how colon cancer alters its genes to escape the immune system

A UCLA-led study has found how colon cancer alters its genes during development in order to avoid detection by the immune system, creating a specific genetic imprint in the process.

6 Jun 2018

Scientists uncover new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment

Scientists have uncovered a completely new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment - by targeting antenna-like structures on cells.

6 Jun 2018

Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis more likely to die if treated in hospitals caring for few such patients

Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis appear more likely to die if they are treated in a hospital caring for a relatively small number of these patients, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

6 Jun 2018

Researchers develop novel tool to analyze millions of single cells simultaneously

New research led by Holger Heyn at the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico of the Centre for Genomic Regulation, presents a sophisticated computational framework to analyze single-cell gene expression levels, scalable to process millions of individual cells.

From 10x Genomics, Inc. 6 Jun 2018

Zebrafish may hold answers to how tumors develop in childhood muscle cancer

A popular aquarium fish may hold answers to how tumors form in a childhood cancer.

6 Jun 2018

Hitachi awarded contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems for innovative RAPID program in the UK

Hitachi Medical Systems Europe wins the contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems in the UK helping to improve prostate cancer diagnosis as part of the innovative RAPID program at three major hospitals across South West London.

6 Jun 2018

World’s most advanced video camera to develop cures for lethal forms of cancer

The Rosalind Franklin Institute today launched an ambitious new project to build the world’s most advanced real-time high-speed video camera, the key to understanding new techniques that use light and sound to treat some of the most lethal forms of cancer.

6 Jun 2018

Study: Older asthma patients are happier when they have a say in their medical care

It's clear an increasing number of people want a say in their medical care. A new study shows older people with asthma are among those no longer content to say, "Up to you, Doc" and then wait to be told how to move forward with their care.

6 Jun 2018

Research News and Research

'Saving appearance responses' particularly common in people with Alzheimer's disease

New cell-based technologies could help improve understanding of muscle-wasting disease

Depression in type-1 diabetes patients linked with higher levels of inflammatory protein

Researchers identify less-invasive treatment option for patients with ARDS

Regeneron collaborates with Zoetis to research antibody therapies for animals

Boosting electrical activity in the eye may lead to new treatments for painful dry eye

New approach to improve diagnosis and management of febrile patients

Microbiotica collaborates with Genentech to develop drugs for IBD

The Human Brain Project successfully enters the third phase

Older women undergoing mammography may have increased awareness to other preventive tests

Gas embolotherapy holds great potential for treating cancer

Study: Maternal fatty acid balance critical for reducing obesity in children

Study finds how colon cancer alters its genes to escape the immune system

Scientists uncover new way to make cancers sensitive to treatment

Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis more likely to die if treated in hospitals caring for few such patients

Researchers develop novel tool to analyze millions of single cells simultaneously

Zebrafish may hold answers to how tumors develop in childhood muscle cancer

Hitachi awarded contract to supply 6 ultrasound systems for innovative RAPID program in the UK

World’s most advanced video camera to develop cures for lethal forms of cancer

Study: Older asthma patients are happier when they have a say in their medical care

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