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Higher levels of vitamin D decrease pain, improve function in obese patients with osteoarthritis

Got milk? If you are overweight and have osteoarthritis, you may want to bone up on your dairy products that have vitamin D.

31 Mar 2015

Useful tips for physicians to help patients make the right choice on statin drugs

Cholesterol-lowering statins have transformed the treatment of heart disease. But while the decision to use the drugs in patients with a history of heart attacks and strokes is mostly clear-cut, that choice can be a far trickier proposition for the tens of millions of Americans with high cholesterol but no overt disease.

31 Mar 2015

Allen Institute for Brain Science leads international effort to advance analysis of single neurons

The Allen Institute for Brain Science is spearheading a landmark international effort to define and advance the state-of-the-art digital reconstruction and analysis of single neurons. The project launching today, called BigNeuron, aims to create reliable high-throughput and quantitative 3D reconstructions of the thousands of branches that make up individual neurons: a crucial step to ultimately understanding how the brain encodes information.

31 Mar 2015

New study examines impact of social media on mental healthcare, treatment

Tweet it. Snap it. Pin it. Post it...or however else you want to share it with the masses scouring the Internet searching for common ground connectivity.

31 Mar 2015

New bowel cancer screening test demonstrates major increase in participation rates

A large pilot study of a new bowel cancer screening test has demonstrated a major increase in participation rates across population groups.

31 Mar 2015

Two different fat grafting approaches have similar effects in reversing signs of aging skin

Two approaches to fat grafting--injection of fat cells versus fat-derived stem cells--have similar effects in reversing the cellular-level signs of aging skin, reports a study in the April issue of , the official medical journal of the

31 Mar 2015

New approach allows researchers to trap and watch highly motile cells

Optical imaging of highly motile cells or cells in suspension, such as bacterial systems, yeast cells, and immune cells, is a challenging task, in many cases it is just not possible. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), for example, can spread very efficiently from an infected T cell to an uninfected T cell through direct cell-cell contact.

31 Mar 2015

New Johns Hopkins mobile app educates care providers on improving sleep, overall health of patients

Experts from the Johns Hopkins Center for Sleep hope to help patients get a better night’s sleep by providing health care staff members with a basic educational tool on their smartphones.

31 Mar 2015

Six winners share £2 million to develop cutting-edge technology to prevent kidney disease

SIX winners, announced today, will receive a share of over £2 million as part of a Small Business Research Initiative competition aimed at developing cutting-edge technology solutions to help kidney patients.

31 Mar 2015

Scientists develop nanoneedle technique to generate new blood vessels

Scientists have developed tiny 'nanoneedles' that have successfully prompted parts of the body to generate new blood vessels, in a trial in mice.

31 Mar 2015

Compact MRI and multimodality: an interview with Bernard Siow, UCL

CABI is a preclinical imaging laboratory where we have about ten modalities. We started off with MRI and we have a 9.4T high-field system.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 30 Mar 2015

BU lecturer investigates how classroom behaviour affects learning of Dyslexic children

Bournemouth University lecturer Dr Julie Kirkby is investigating the significance of copying and note-taking in the classroom and how it affects the learning of Dyslexic children.

30 Mar 2015

New peer-to-peer networking tool for people suffering from anxiety, depression

Researchers at MIT and Northwestern University have developed a new peer-to-peer networking tool that enables sufferers of anxiety and depression to build online support communities and practice therapeutic techniques.

30 Mar 2015

Study provides insights into climate, social factors that trigger dengue outbreaks

Researchers at Upstate Medical University, in collaboration with a team of international investigators studying dengue fever, have discovered new information on climate drivers of the disease and social risk factors that may be contributing to its spread, according to two scientific papers recently published in BMC Infectious Disease and BMC Public Health, open access, peer-reviewed online journals.

30 Mar 2015

Blueberries may be effective in treatment for PTSD

Up to 8 percent of people in the U.S. suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as the result of witnessing or being the victim of a traumatic event. People with PTSD have been in a situation in which they were at risk of death, serious injury or sexual violence or have seen first-hand loved ones faces such threats. They may experience flashbacks, emotional detachment and jumpiness, among other symptoms that affect their ability to function in everyday life.

30 Mar 2015

Study finds link between neurodegenerative disorders and inflammation

Researchers from McMaster University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York have discovered that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases like ALS also plays an important role in the body's natural antiviral response.

30 Mar 2015

CNIO researchers describe presence of MDH2 gene mutations in hereditary neuroendocrine tumors

Researchers in the Hereditary Endocrine Cancer Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre -- led by Alberto Cascón and Mercedes Robledo -- have described the presence of mutations in the MDH2 gene, in a family with very rare neuroendocrine tumours associated with a high hereditary component: pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas that affect the suprarenal and parathyroid glands (groups of chromaffin cells in the central nervous system), respectively.

30 Mar 2015

Merck Serono, Intrexon partner to develop and commercialize CAR-T cancer therapies

Merck Serono, the biopharmaceutical business of Merck, and Intrexon Corporation, today announced an exclusive strategic collaboration and license agreement to develop and commercialize Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cancer therapies.

30 Mar 2015

Caris Life Sciences study may have potentially significant benefit in patients with uterine cancer

Caris Life Sciences today announced the presentation of a study that found drugs targeting specific pathways may have potentially significant benefit in a select subset of patients with uterine cancer. The study results were highlighted today in an oral presentation in a Plenary Session at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology 2015 Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer in Chicago, Ill.

30 Mar 2015

Investigational S-equol nutritional supplement may alleviate certain menopause symptoms

The investigational S-equol nutritional supplement may be a viable agent to alleviate certain menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes, according to a new peer-reviewed article in the March Journal of Women's Health.

30 Mar 2015

Research News and Research

Higher levels of vitamin D decrease pain, improve function in obese patients with osteoarthritis

Useful tips for physicians to help patients make the right choice on statin drugs

Allen Institute for Brain Science leads international effort to advance analysis of single neurons

New study examines impact of social media on mental healthcare, treatment

New bowel cancer screening test demonstrates major increase in participation rates

Two different fat grafting approaches have similar effects in reversing signs of aging skin

New approach allows researchers to trap and watch highly motile cells

New Johns Hopkins mobile app educates care providers on improving sleep, overall health of patients

Six winners share £2 million to develop cutting-edge technology to prevent kidney disease

Scientists develop nanoneedle technique to generate new blood vessels

Compact MRI and multimodality: an interview with Bernard Siow, UCL

BU lecturer investigates how classroom behaviour affects learning of Dyslexic children

New peer-to-peer networking tool for people suffering from anxiety, depression

Study provides insights into climate, social factors that trigger dengue outbreaks

Blueberries may be effective in treatment for PTSD

Study finds link between neurodegenerative disorders and inflammation

CNIO researchers describe presence of MDH2 gene mutations in hereditary neuroendocrine tumors

Merck Serono, Intrexon partner to develop and commercialize CAR-T cancer therapies

Caris Life Sciences study may have potentially significant benefit in patients with uterine cancer

Investigational S-equol nutritional supplement may alleviate certain menopause symptoms

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