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Temple researchers win NIH grant to study HIV-related neuroinflammation in context of opioid addiction

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Temple research team a 5-year, $3.27 million grant to study neuroinflammation following HIV-infection in the context of opioid addiction.

16 Oct 2019

People with osteoarthritis at higher risk of social isolation

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative disease of the joints, often leading to disability. In older adults with osteoarthritis, they may have problems with mobility, walking, and even doing simple activities due to severe pain, reduced flexibility, and joint swelling.

16 Oct 2019

Pollution tied to silent miscarriage among pregnant women

Miscarriage happens when an embryo or fetus dies before the 20th week of pregnancy. In some cases, pregnant women experience silent miscarriage, also known as missed abortion. It happens when the fetus failed to develop or has died.

16 Oct 2019

Study: Socioeconomics influences mosquito-borne disease risk in Baltimore

Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more mosquitoes, but they are larger-bodied, indicating that they could be more efficient at transmitting diseases. So reports a Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies-led study, published in the Journal of Medical Entomology, investigating how socioeconomics influences mosquito-borne disease risk in Baltimore, Maryland.

16 Oct 2019

Brain's neural activity plays a role in human aging, life span

The brain's neural activity - long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy - also plays a role in human aging and life span, according to research led by scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

16 Oct 2019

Study represents a major step in seeking alternative cancer treatments for non-responders

Research led by VHIO's Alena Gros signposts a new, less invasive approach to identify killer T lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal tumors with low mutational burden who are refractory to approved immune-based treatments.

16 Oct 2019

UCLA research identifies potential strategy that may halt Huntington's disease

A new study examining the role that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes play in Huntington's disease has identified a potential strategy that may halt the disease and repair some of the damage it causes.

16 Oct 2019

Study aims to find whether lifestyle changes may counteract a person's genetic risk for dementia

A new study at Rush University Medical Center aims to determine whether a combination of lifestyle changes can protect memory and thinking skills in people at risk of developing dementia.

16 Oct 2019

Study reveals new and surprising function of adenine nucleotide translocator

Mutations in the gene that encodes a protein called adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT) cause a variety of conditions, such as heart disease and weakness of the eye muscles, but the underlying mechanism of how these mutations trigger disease has been unclear.

16 Oct 2019

Researchers identify circuit that links cigarette smoking and risk of developing diabetes

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a circuit in rats that links cigarette smoking and the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study featured on the cover of the October 17 issue of Nature.

16 Oct 2019

Bolivian forager-farmers known for healthy cardiovascular systems are split over what makes a good life

A small Bolivian society of indigenous forager-farmers, known for astonishingly healthy cardiovascular systems, is seeing a split in beliefs about what makes a good life.

16 Oct 2019

UA researcher focuses on preventing health-care-associated infections

On any given day in the United States, about 1 in 31 hospital patients has at least one health-care-associated infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

16 Oct 2019

ALS patients with commonly inherited genetic variation may experience more severe symptoms

A discovery made several years ago in a lab researching asthma at Wake Forest School of Medicine may now have implications for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease with no known cure and only two FDA-approved drugs to treat its progression and severity.

16 Oct 2019

Young blood may hold the key to treating age-related diseases

In what sounds like a scene from a science fiction movie, researchers in 2005 stitched together old and young mice so they shared a circulatory system.

16 Oct 2019

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve self-reported symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy against cancer in the pelvic region, a study shows. After 30-40 sessions in a hyperbaric chamber, many patients experienced reductions in bleeding, urinary incontinence, and pain alike.

16 Oct 2019

Spectrum Health, MSU researchers aim to find new or better treatments for "orphan diseases"

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a Michigan State University researcher a $2.1 million, five-year grant to search vast databases of existing drugs.

16 Oct 2019

Competitive people more likely to give in to drug consumption

Hostile and competitive people are more likely to give in to drug consumption, according to a study published by a research group at the University of Cordoba.

16 Oct 2019

Epigenetic changes can lead to development of GISTs, other cancers

Most cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), a type of soft-tissue cancer (sarcoma), are caused by mutations in genes that can be effectively targeted with drugs that inhibit the activity of rogue cancer-promoting enzymes.

16 Oct 2019

Researchers identify neural pathways that underlie hunger-induced changes in taste preferences

Why does everything taste better when we're hungry? According to new findings from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan, not only does food taste sweeter when our stomachs are rumbling, but bitter food also becomes less difficult to eat--and both effects are moderated by a neural circuit in the hypothalamus.

16 Oct 2019

Scientists harness the power of immune system to test novel cancer treatment

The field of immunotherapy has revolutionized the way people with incurable cancers are treated, saving the lives of many people whose disease would have otherwise been seen as a death sentence. Despite its success in treating people with deadly forms of leukemia and lymphoma, there are still many people who do not benefit from the treatment or eventually experience a relapse of their cancer.

16 Oct 2019

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Temple researchers win NIH grant to study HIV-related neuroinflammation in context of opioid addiction

People with osteoarthritis at higher risk of social isolation

Pollution tied to silent miscarriage among pregnant women

Study: Socioeconomics influences mosquito-borne disease risk in Baltimore

Brain's neural activity plays a role in human aging, life span

Study represents a major step in seeking alternative cancer treatments for non-responders

UCLA research identifies potential strategy that may halt Huntington's disease

Study aims to find whether lifestyle changes may counteract a person's genetic risk for dementia

Study reveals new and surprising function of adenine nucleotide translocator

Researchers identify circuit that links cigarette smoking and risk of developing diabetes

Bolivian forager-farmers known for healthy cardiovascular systems are split over what makes a good life

UA researcher focuses on preventing health-care-associated infections

ALS patients with commonly inherited genetic variation may experience more severe symptoms

Young blood may hold the key to treating age-related diseases

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can relieve symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy

Spectrum Health, MSU researchers aim to find new or better treatments for "orphan diseases"

Competitive people more likely to give in to drug consumption

Epigenetic changes can lead to development of GISTs, other cancers

Researchers identify neural pathways that underlie hunger-induced changes in taste preferences

Scientists harness the power of immune system to test novel cancer treatment

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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