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Splicing factor SRSF6 promotes hyperplasia of sensitized skin

Normally, tissue injury triggers a mechanism in cells that tries to repair damaged tissue and restore the skin to a normal, or homeostatic state. Errors in this process can give rise to various problems, such as chronic inflammation, which is a known cause of certain cancers.

21 Jan 2014

Scientists discover novel mechanism that influences GAS virulence at early steps of necrotizing fasciitis

How does Streptococcus pyogenes, or Group A streptococcus (GAS) — a bacterial pathogen that can colonize humans without causing symptoms or can lead to mild infections — also cause life-threatening diseases such as necrotizing fasciitis (commonly known as flesh-eating disease) and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome?

21 Jan 2014

Researchers identify molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters brain's reward circuits, causes addiction

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters the brain's reward circuits and causes addiction.

21 Jan 2014

First antigen test for human bocavirus type 1 now available on ArcDia's mariPOC test platform

ArcDia Ltd. ArcDia International Ltd today announced that the first antigen test for human bocavirus type 1 is now commercially available on ArcDia's mariPOC test platform.

21 Jan 2014

Development of physical aggression in toddlers strongly linked with genetic factors

The development of physical aggression in toddlers is strongly associated genetic factors and to a lesser degree with the environment, according to a new study led by Eric Lacourse of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital. Lacourse's worked with the parents of identical and non-identical twins to evaluate and compare their behaviour, environment and genetics.

20 Jan 2014

Patients with MS could stave off disease symptoms by increasing vitamin D intake

For patients in the early stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), low levels of vitamin D were found to strongly predict disease severity and hasten its progression, according to a new study led by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) investigators in collaboration with Bayer HealthCare.

20 Jan 2014

Nomogram predicts overdiagnosis in prostate cancer screening

US researchers have developed a nomogram which they say can be used to predict whether prostate cancer has been overdiagnosed in individual patients diagnosed following prostate-specific antigen screening.

20 Jan 2014

Sleeping position influences glaucoma visual loss

Researchers from South Korea suggest that patients with glaucoma should avoid sleeping on one side, after showing that it may be associated with greater visual field loss in the lower-positioned eye.

20 Jan 2014

Clinical rule stratifies CAP patients’ cardiac risk

Researchers have generated and validated a clinical rule that accurately stratifies patients hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia according to their risk for cardiac complications.

20 Jan 2014

New Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology launched by Hamilton Robotics and Coastal Genomics

At the annual Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) meeting Hamilton Robotics has announced a partnership with Coastal Genomics to launch the new Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology. The new automated workstation provides a faster and more economical automated solution to agarose gel selection of DNA fragments, generating high-quality material for downstream use in next-generation sequencing (NGS), cloning and gene synthesis applications.

20 Jan 2014

New technology may provide solution to high risk of repeat heart attacks, say scientists

Up to 30 percent of heart attack patients suffer a new heart attack because cardiologists are unable to control inflammation inside heart arteries — the process that leads to clots rupturing and causing myocardial infarction or stroke.

20 Jan 2014

Broader public health strategies needed to tackle childhood obesity, say health researchers

Public health researchers from The University of Manchester have found single dietary interventions are not effective at increasing fruit and vegetable consumption among overweight children and will not halt the global epidemic in childhood obesity.

From The University of Manchester 20 Jan 2014

Most HealthCare.gov customers said to have had coverage before

Insurers and others say at least two-thirds of the 2.2 million people who signed up for policies had bought their own coverage before or were enrolled in plans through work, The Wall Street Journal reports.

20 Jan 2014

Sapio Sciences announces release of Exemplar NGS LIMS system

Sapio Sciences is pleased to announce the release of Exemplar NGS LIMS. Sapio's NGS LIMS system will track multiple next-generation sequencing platform workflows from request through processing and analysis.

20 Jan 2014

Erosive GERD treatments: an interview with Professor Joaquim Moraes-Filho, University of São Paulo Medical School

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) is a condition that develops when the reflux of stomach contents causes troublesome symptoms and/or complications.

20 Jan 2014

Norris Cotton Cancer Center research estimates impact of R rating for movie smoking

The connection between smoking in films and its influence on adolescent behavior is well established by research and its impact was listed today in consumer materials accompanying the Surgeon General's Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress

20 Jan 2014

Novo Nordisk to use Trialbee's services for e-recruitment of patients for clinical studies

Trialbee has developed a web based platform and methodology which enable the Novo Nordisk to perform fast and effective patient recruitment to specific clinical trials. Trialbee helps reduce the time required for recruitment resulting in important efficiency gains for the pharmaceutical company.

20 Jan 2014

Feds file record number of health care fraud cases last year

Federal prosecutors filed a record number of health care fraud cases last fiscal year, perhaps reflecting the greater emphasis the government has placed on combatting the crime costing taxpayers billions of dollars per year.

20 Jan 2014

RBCC's partner Nano3D Biosciences develops new 3D bioprinting system

Rainbow Coral Corp. is well-positioned to capitalize on the revolution in medicine being spurred on by 3D printing technology thanks to the innovative BiO Assay, a new 3D bioprinting system developed by RBCC's joint venture partner, Nano3D Biosciences (n3D).

20 Jan 2014

Researchers develop 3 hypoallergenic variants of Pru p 3 protein

A research conducted by the Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (UPM-INIA) and led by Araceli Díaz Perales has studied the allergy to peach, the most common food allergy, and the Pru p 3 protein. As a result of this research work, they have developed three hypoallergenic variants of this protein. All can be good candidates for the usage of specific immunotherapy for peach allergy and also can be used as a vaccine.

20 Jan 2014

Research News and Research

Splicing factor SRSF6 promotes hyperplasia of sensitized skin

Scientists discover novel mechanism that influences GAS virulence at early steps of necrotizing fasciitis

Researchers identify molecular mechanism by which cocaine alters brain's reward circuits, causes addiction

First antigen test for human bocavirus type 1 now available on ArcDia's mariPOC test platform

Development of physical aggression in toddlers strongly linked with genetic factors

Patients with MS could stave off disease symptoms by increasing vitamin D intake

Nomogram predicts overdiagnosis in prostate cancer screening

Sleeping position influences glaucoma visual loss

Clinical rule stratifies CAP patients’ cardiac risk

New Microlab® NIMBUS® Select workstation with Ranger Technology launched by Hamilton Robotics and Coastal Genomics

New technology may provide solution to high risk of repeat heart attacks, say scientists

Broader public health strategies needed to tackle childhood obesity, say health researchers

Most HealthCare.gov customers said to have had coverage before

Sapio Sciences announces release of Exemplar NGS LIMS system

Erosive GERD treatments: an interview with Professor Joaquim Moraes-Filho, University of São Paulo Medical School

Norris Cotton Cancer Center research estimates impact of R rating for movie smoking

Novo Nordisk to use Trialbee's services for e-recruitment of patients for clinical studies

Feds file record number of health care fraud cases last year

RBCC's partner Nano3D Biosciences develops new 3D bioprinting system

Researchers develop 3 hypoallergenic variants of Pru p 3 protein

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