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Clinical trial shows safety, effectiveness of pre-prepared cells to treat drug-resistant viral infections

Patients who receive a hematopoietic stem cell transplant are at risk of developing potentially lethal viral infections. Some of the infections can be treated with available drugs, but they are not always effective and side effects can be significant.

8 Aug 2017

Patients without calcium buildup in arteries have lower heart attack risk, research shows

Patients without calcium buildup in the coronary arteries had significantly lower risk of future heart attack or stroke despite other high risk factors such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or bad cholesterol levels, new research from UT Southwestern cardiologists shows.

8 Aug 2017

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report they have discovered a biochemical process that gives prostate cancer cells the almost unnatural ability to change their shape, squeeze into other organs and take root in other parts of the body.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

For most of us, the flu is just the flu. We suffer through it for several days, and eventually bounce back. But for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological diseases, the flu can trigger a cascade of immune responses that result in a full-blown relapse of the disease.

8 Aug 2017

Scientists take steps to inhibit impact of E. coli on human health

By understanding the functional differences between proteins expressed by two E. coli strains, researchers at Kansas State University are exploring new opportunities to inhibit their impacts to human health.

8 Aug 2017

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

Pregnant women are an important but thus far largely overlooked group vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat linked to climate change, according to new research by Sabrina McCormick, Ph.D., an Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

8 Aug 2017

Human gut microbe may help treat autoimmune diseases, say researchers

Mayo Clinic researchers, along with colleagues at the University of Iowa, report that a human gut microbe discovered at Mayo Clinic may help treat autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis. The findings appear in Cell Reports.

8 Aug 2017

Psychedelic drugs could help mental health patients recover from their symptoms

The altered state of consciousness and temporary lack of ego that results from using psychedelic drugs could help some mental health patients recover from their symptoms, according to academics at the University of Adelaide.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers receive $3.8 million NIH grant to study medical marijuana's impact on opioid use for pain

The National Institutes of Health has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System a five-year, $3.8 million grant for the first long-term study to test whether medical marijuana reduces opioid use among adults with chronic pain, including those with HIV.

8 Aug 2017

Colon cancer rates rising among younger white adults — and falling among blacks

When Crawford Clay discovered blood on his shorts at the end a routine run in the spring of 2014, he did not know the stains were a symptom of a condition that also afflicted his family.

8 Aug 2017

TMDU-led researchers identify protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection

When a virus enters a cell, one of the first steps in the process of infecting that cell is removal of the protein coat that surrounds the virus's genetic material.

8 Aug 2017

Discovery of new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope for new treatments

The discovery of a new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope of using existing cancer drugs to replace the use of opioids in chronic pain treatment, according to scientists at McGill University.

8 Aug 2017

New research finds increase in smoking rates among pregnant women with depression

Smoking is increasing among pregnant women with depression in the United States, according to new research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the City University of New York.

8 Aug 2017

Scientists stop formation of protein clumps linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

Scientists report in a new study that by imitating a natural process of cells, they prevented the formation of protein clumps associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia.

8 Aug 2017

Social media images can be used to identify depression, says study

New research published in the EPJ Data Science, suggests that people, just like signaling their sadness through behavior and body language, can also reflect their depression through images in their social media.

8 Aug 2017

Tiny lab-grown structures that resemble amniotic sac may help in infertility research

The first few weeks after sperm meets egg still hold many mysteries. Among them: what causes the process to fail, leading to many cases of infertility.

8 Aug 2017

Early Start Denver Model for young children with autism results in cost savings

One in every 68 children in the United States has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neuro-developmental disorder that results in difficulty socializing and communicating needs and desires, and often is accompanied by restricted interests or activities.

8 Aug 2017

Biological bypass found safe for patients with coronary artery disease

A new gene therapy that targets the heart and requires only one treatment session has been found safe for patients with coronary artery disease, according to a successful trial carried out in Finland.

8 Aug 2017

Study: Media portrayals of pregnant, postpartum women tend to be unrealistic

Whether it's a pregnant character on a TV show or a photo spread heralding a celebrity's rapid recovery of her pre-pregnancy physique, media portrayals of pregnant and postpartum women tend to be unrealistic, women said in a new study.

8 Aug 2017

Researchers reveal promising results of new noninvasive method of ICP monitoring

Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report preliminary findings that show a noninvasive method of monitoring intracranial pressure (ICP) that could rival the gold standards of invasive intraventricular and intraparenchymal monitoring.

8 Aug 2017

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Clinical trial shows safety, effectiveness of pre-prepared cells to treat drug-resistant viral infections

Patients without calcium buildup in arteries have lower heart attack risk, research shows

Prostate cancer cells gain unnatural ability to change shape and spread

Researchers shed new light on MS relapse during upper respiratory infections

Scientists take steps to inhibit impact of E. coli on human health

Extreme heat exposure may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their babies

Human gut microbe may help treat autoimmune diseases, say researchers

Psychedelic drugs could help mental health patients recover from their symptoms

Researchers receive $3.8 million NIH grant to study medical marijuana's impact on opioid use for pain

Colon cancer rates rising among younger white adults — and falling among blacks

TMDU-led researchers identify protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection

Discovery of new biological pathway involved in pain processing offers hope for new treatments

New research finds increase in smoking rates among pregnant women with depression

Scientists stop formation of protein clumps linked to ALS and frontotemporal dementia

Social media images can be used to identify depression, says study

Tiny lab-grown structures that resemble amniotic sac may help in infertility research

Early Start Denver Model for young children with autism results in cost savings

Biological bypass found safe for patients with coronary artery disease

Study: Media portrayals of pregnant, postpartum women tend to be unrealistic

Researchers reveal promising results of new noninvasive method of ICP monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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