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Study shows new role of zinc in optic nerve injury

For more than two decades, researchers have tried to regenerate the injured optic nerve using different growth factors and/or agents that overcome natural growth inhibition.

3 Jan 2017

Targeting Legumain could be promising strategy for treatment of cancer

Legumain (LGMN), or asparaginyl endopeptidase, is a newly identified lysosomal cysteine protease.

3 Jan 2017

Study provides vital clues into biology of gambling addiction

Gambling addiction activates the same brain pathways as drug and alcohol cravings, suggests new research.

3 Jan 2017

Ardelyx initiates two clinical trials to evaluate new treatment for hyperkalemia

Ardelyx, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on enhancing the treatment of patients with gastrointestinal and cardiorenal diseases, today announced the initiation of a Phase 3 clinical trial and an onset-of-action clinical trial evaluating RDX7675 in patients with hyperkalemia, a potentially life-threatening condition common in patients with cardiorenal disease.

3 Jan 2017

Commercial program that offers diet and exercise leads to greater improvements in metabolic syndrome

If losing weight is on your list of New Year resolutions, be sure to include both diet and exercise.

3 Jan 2017

Researchers develop first non-human primate X-SCID models using genome editing techniques

Researchers affiliated with the Kawasaki INnovation Gateway at SKYFRONT, have successfully generated the first ever non-human primate X-SCID models by using two genome editing techniques. The findings were published in Cell Stem Cell, July 2016.

3 Jan 2017

Researchers develop innovative technology for diagnosing vestibular function disorders

Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences have joined forces developing technology for vestibular system disorders diagnosis and research. This is the first technology, which is portable and using virtual reality.

3 Jan 2017

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month - GRF shares information about sight-stealing disease

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, an important time to spread the word about this sight-stealing disease.

3 Jan 2017

Genes influencing social communication skills linked to genes underlying psychiatric disorders

The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence - the ability to socially engage with other people successfully - during middle childhood to adolescence.

3 Jan 2017

ACP's clinical practice guidelines recommend effective treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes

Physicians should prescribe metformin to patients with type 2 diabetes when medication is needed to improve high blood sugar, the American College of Physicians (ACP) recommends in an evidence-based clinical practice guideline published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.

3 Jan 2017

New imaging technique could revolutionize assessment of eye health and disease

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new imaging technique that could revolutionize how eye health and disease are assessed.

3 Jan 2017

Alcohol abuse linked to increased risk of heart conditions

Alcohol abuse increases the risk of atrial fibrillation, heart attack and congestive heart failure as much as other well-established risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

3 Jan 2017

INS experts publish new consensus on neuromodulation therapy

The International Neuromodulation Society journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface is publishing expert, evidence-based guidance on the safe and efficient use of neuromodulation implants in patient-centered therapy.

2 Jan 2017

Biological Psychiatry special issue highlights role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry presents a special issue, "The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia", dedicated to recent advances in understanding the role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia.

2 Jan 2017

Nanohyperthermia may prove effective as adjuvant cancer treatment with chemotherapy

The mechanical resistance of tumors and collateral damage of standard treatments often hinder efforts to defeat cancers.

2 Jan 2017

200th live donor kidney transplant offers promise of new life for the New Year

In late December in San Antonio, Texas, a 36-year-old mother of three from Jefferson City, Missouri, gave her best friend the most precious gift of all: a healthy kidney and the promise of a new life for the New Year.

31 Dec 2016

Clarity Pointe announces groundbreaking of new memory care community in Tallahassee

Clarity Pointe is excited to announce the groundbreaking of its newest memory care community, Clarity Pointe Tallahassee.

31 Dec 2016

New study finds limited information on role played by primary care providers in care of cancer survivors

For more than a decade, there has been a focus on involving primary care providers in the follow-up care of cancer survivors.

30 Dec 2016

AAV-based gene therapy to treat liver disorders advances into human testing

Liver-directed gene therapy delivered using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to treat diseases such as hemophilia have advanced into human testing.

30 Dec 2016

Study examines how ApoE gene may function differently in infectious environment

You've likely heard about being in the right place at the wrong time, but what about having the right genes in the wrong environment? In other words, could a genetic mutation (or allele) that puts populations at risk for illnesses in one environmental setting manifest itself in positive ways in a different setting?

30 Dec 2016

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Study shows new role of zinc in optic nerve injury

Targeting Legumain could be promising strategy for treatment of cancer

Study provides vital clues into biology of gambling addiction

Ardelyx initiates two clinical trials to evaluate new treatment for hyperkalemia

Commercial program that offers diet and exercise leads to greater improvements in metabolic syndrome

Researchers develop first non-human primate X-SCID models using genome editing techniques

Researchers develop innovative technology for diagnosing vestibular function disorders

January is Glaucoma Awareness Month - GRF shares information about sight-stealing disease

Genes influencing social communication skills linked to genes underlying psychiatric disorders

ACP's clinical practice guidelines recommend effective treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes

New imaging technique could revolutionize assessment of eye health and disease

Alcohol abuse linked to increased risk of heart conditions

INS experts publish new consensus on neuromodulation therapy

Biological Psychiatry special issue highlights role of dopamine signaling in schizophrenia

Nanohyperthermia may prove effective as adjuvant cancer treatment with chemotherapy

200th live donor kidney transplant offers promise of new life for the New Year

Clarity Pointe announces groundbreaking of new memory care community in Tallahassee

New study finds limited information on role played by primary care providers in care of cancer survivors

AAV-based gene therapy to treat liver disorders advances into human testing

Study examines how ApoE gene may function differently in infectious environment

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

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A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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