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New hope for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

New hope for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. A mouse genetic study in PLoS Medicine reports that targeting the P2RX7 gene, a purinoreceptor, may halt the progression of DMD.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers one step closer to finding effective drug for alcohol dependence

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden might be one step closer to finding an effective drug for alcohol dependence. In two separate studies, they show that the so-called dopamine stabilizer OSU6162 can reduce the craving for alcohol in alcohol dependent people and normalises the level of dopamine in the brain reward system of rats that have consumed alcohol over a long period of time.

14 Oct 2015

Thyroid hormone treatment improves cardiac health in female rats with high blood pressure

Thyroid hormones administered to female rats with high blood pressure led to encouraging cardiac improvements, according to a study in the American Journal of Physiology led by NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine researcher Martin Gerdes.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers come up with new design for a better liposome

Using computational modeling, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, the Colorado School of Mines and the University of California, Davis have come up with a design for a better liposome. Their findings, while theoretical, could provide the basis for efficiently constructing new vehicles for nanodrug delivery.

14 Oct 2015

Sense oligonucleotide antidote reverses actions of antisense antithrombotic drug, prevents bleeding

Researchers from Isis Pharmaceuticals (Carlsbad, CA) and Prysis Biotechnologies (Pudong, Shanghai, China) have demonstrated proof-of-concept for using a sense oligonucleotide to undo the effects of an antisense drug, an antithrombotic agent in this novel study.

14 Oct 2015

Diabetic patients who use nurse practitioners for primary care have lower rates of preventable hospitalization

New research from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston indicates that diabetic patients who got their primary care from nurse practitioners did not have an increase in potentially preventable hospital admissions.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers match certain schizophrenia symptoms to features of the brain's anatomy

Using advanced brain imaging, researchers have matched certain behavioral symptoms of schizophrenia to features of the brain's anatomy. The findings, at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, could be a step toward improving diagnosis and treatment of schizophrenia.

14 Oct 2015

Insulin dose not independent risk factor for cardiovascular death

A NIH-sponsored double-blinded, randomized clinical trial entitled Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD study) came to a halt seven years ago after patients receiving more intensive diabetes therapy were found to have a higher mortality rate, compared to the standard therapy.

14 Oct 2015

Head injuries, traumatic experiences and mental illness higher among severe polyinhalant users

Incarcerated youth who have suffered head injuries, traumatic experiences and mental illness diagnoses are more likely to abuse multiple inhalants, according to researchers at Georgia State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

14 Oct 2015

First-ever genomic study shows dengue may survive year-round in southern China

The first-ever comprehensive genomic analysis of the virus that causes dengue fever suggests that it may survive year-round in southern China.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers find significant link between breast cancer and nutrition, explore new preventative treatment

Researchers at Sydney’s Centenary Institute are working on a new treatment aimed at “starving” breast cancer cells, following the discovery of a significant link between breast cancer and nutrition.

14 Oct 2015

Researchers identify new therapeutic target for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Scientists have found what could one day lead to a promising treatment for those with a crippling disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

14 Oct 2015

Introduction of Ebola treatment beds reduces large number of deaths, Ebola cases in Sierra Leone

The introduction of thousands of Ebola treatment beds by the UK and Sierra Leone governments and NGOs prevented an estimated 57,000 Ebola cases and 40,000 deaths in Sierra Leone, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

14 Oct 2015

Clinical study results of VolitionRx's NuQ test for pancreatic cancer published in Clinical Epigenetics

VolitionRx Limited today announced that full results from a completed clinical study of its NuQ blood-based test for early stage pancreatic cancers have been published in the online issue of Clinical Epigenetics, the official journal of the Clinical Epigenetics Society.

14 Oct 2015

VTT examines effectiveness of beauty patch using unique imaging technology

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has analysed the effectiveness of its beauty patch, using a technique for imaging live tissue to demonstrate the patch's beneficial effects on the skin. Preliminary results show that already after two weeks usage the patch together with cosmetic serum adds collagen, which helps skin tissue to stay supple.

14 Oct 2015

New breakthrough may provide key to understanding how to treat Muscular Dystrophy

New research published today in the journal eLife has demonstrated a new method for observing the behaviour of the protein Dystrophin in a living animal cell, in real-time. This breakthrough may provide a key to understanding how to treat the genetic disease, Muscular Dystrophy.

14 Oct 2015

Forces in external environmental and oxidation are greatest threats to DNA, study finds

A study led by Indiana University biologist Patricia Foster and colleagues has found that forces in the external environment and oxidation are the greatest threats to an organism's ability to repair damage to its own DNA.

14 Oct 2015

Antipsychotics initiated frequently and used for long term in Alzheimer's patients

Antipsychotic drugs are initiated in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) more frequently than in the general population – already 2–3 years before the Alzheimer's diagnosis, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. Most commonly, antipsychotics were initiated during the six months following the Alzheimer's diagnosis; however, the incidence of new antipsychotic users was high also later on. The results were published in British Journal of Psychiatry.

14 Oct 2015

Lowering systolic blood pressure can reduce risk of left ventricular hypertrophy

Lowering systolic blood pressure below the currently recommended target can reduce the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the most common complication of high blood pressure, according to new research.

14 Oct 2015

Early physical therapy provides only modest benefits for recent-onset low back pain

Early physical therapy for recent-onset low back pain resulted in statistically significant improvement in disability compared to usual care, but the improvement was modest and did not achieve a difference considered clinically important at the individual patient level, according to a study in the October 13 issue of JAMA.

14 Oct 2015

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New hope for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Researchers one step closer to finding effective drug for alcohol dependence

Thyroid hormone treatment improves cardiac health in female rats with high blood pressure

Researchers come up with new design for a better liposome

Sense oligonucleotide antidote reverses actions of antisense antithrombotic drug, prevents bleeding

Diabetic patients who use nurse practitioners for primary care have lower rates of preventable hospitalization

Researchers match certain schizophrenia symptoms to features of the brain's anatomy

Insulin dose not independent risk factor for cardiovascular death

Head injuries, traumatic experiences and mental illness higher among severe polyinhalant users

First-ever genomic study shows dengue may survive year-round in southern China

Researchers find significant link between breast cancer and nutrition, explore new preventative treatment

Researchers identify new therapeutic target for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Introduction of Ebola treatment beds reduces large number of deaths, Ebola cases in Sierra Leone

Clinical study results of VolitionRx's NuQ test for pancreatic cancer published in Clinical Epigenetics

VTT examines effectiveness of beauty patch using unique imaging technology

New breakthrough may provide key to understanding how to treat Muscular Dystrophy

Forces in external environmental and oxidation are greatest threats to DNA, study finds

Antipsychotics initiated frequently and used for long term in Alzheimer's patients

Lowering systolic blood pressure can reduce risk of left ventricular hypertrophy

Early physical therapy provides only modest benefits for recent-onset low back pain

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