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Better understanding of cells' development has implications in study of inflammatory diseases

Labs around the world, and a core group at Penn, have been studying recently described populations of immune cells called innate lymphoid cells. Some researchers liken them to foot soldiers that protect boundary tissues such as the skin, the lining of the lung, and the lining of the gut from microbial onslaught. They also have shown they play a role in inflammatory disease, when the body's immune system is too active.

15 May 2013

Study highlights the need to address, reduce risk of mortality in women of reproductive age in Bangladesh

While global attention has for decades been focused on reducing maternal mortality, population-based data on other causes of death among women of reproductive age has been virtually non-existent.

15 May 2013

Vijay Tiwari from IMB receives Bruno Speck Award from Swiss Foundation of Haematological Research

Dr Vijay Tiwari, a Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, has been awarded the Bruno Speck Award by the Swiss Foundation of Haematological Research. The award recognises outstanding work by young scientists in the fields of haematology and stem cell research.

15 May 2013

TGen joins Riddell to advance athlete concussion detection and treatment

Head protection plays a vital role in the health and safety of any athlete participating in helmeted sports. In a move that could help revolutionize football player safety, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, and Easton-Bell Sports through its Riddell brand, announced today it would work together on a study designed to advance athlete concussion detection and treatment.

15 May 2013

Synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells to become bone cells

In new research published online May 13, 2013 in Advanced Materials, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are the first to report that synthetic silicate nanoplatelets (also known as layered clay) can induce stem cells to become bone cells without the need of additional bone-inducing factors.

15 May 2013

ALKBH7 protein plays key role in controlling programmed necrosis pathway

When cells suffer too much DNA damage, they are usually forced to undergo programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, cancer cells often ignore these signals, flourishing even after chemotherapy drugs have ravaged their DNA.

15 May 2013

Study finds sharp increase in ICU admissions coming from emergency departments

A study released today by George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services researchers offers an in-depth look at hospitals nationwide and admissions to intensive care units.

15 May 2013

Prenatal exposure to influenza increases risk of bipolar disorder in offspring

Pregnant mothers' exposure to the flu was associated with a nearly fourfold increased risk that their child would develop bipolar disorder in adulthood, in a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

15 May 2013

Lifting weights, doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, say researchers

Forget apples - lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

15 May 2013

Virginia Tech researchers identify leptospirosis as a major health threat in Botswana

The newest public health threat in developing countries may not be a cinematic-quality emerging disease but actually a disease from animals that was identified more than 100 years ago.

15 May 2013

Research: Cheery music aids improve moods, boosts overall happiness

The song, "Get Happy," famously performed by Judy Garland, has encouraged people to improve their mood for decades. Recent research at the University of Missouri discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process.

14 May 2013

LDL cholesterol blood level declines found to have abruptly ended in 2008

Decades of declines in LDL cholesterol blood levels, a key marker of death risk from heart disease, abruptly ended in 2008, and may have stalled since, according to a multi-year, national study published in PLOS ONE.

From Quest Diagnostics 14 May 2013

AGA Research Foundation receives grant for gastroenterology research

Today, the American Gastroenterological Association announced that Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. will provide a $1.5 million unrestricted grant to the AGA Research Foundation endowment.

14 May 2013

Researchers show how cells are driven mainly by water power

Water gives life. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden now show how the cells in our bodies are driven mainly by water power - a discovery that in the long run opens the way for a new strategy in cancer therapy.

14 May 2013

The human brain processes syntactic information in the absence of awareness

Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect and process grammatical errors with no awareness of doing so.

14 May 2013

Research findings have implications for understanding how to slow spread of dengue virus

Researchers have identified the dose of dengue virus in human blood that is required to infect mosquitoes when they bite. Mosquitoes are essential for transmitting the virus between people so the findings have important implications for understanding how to slow the spread of the disease.

14 May 2013

All restaurants need to provide consumers with nutritional content of products, new study suggests

As the restaurant industry prepares to implement new rules requiring chains with 20 or more locations to post calorie content information, the results of a new study suggest that it would be beneficial to public health for all restaurants to provide consumers with the nutritional content of their products.

14 May 2013

Research may help scientists learn anti-aging secrets of sacred lotus

A team of 70 scientists from the U.S., China, Australia and Japan today reports having sequenced and annotated the genome of the "sacred lotus," which is believed to have a powerful genetic system that repairs genetic defects, and may hold secrets about aging successfully.

14 May 2013

Bowel cancer survival in the UK: an interview with Camille Maringe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and second in women, with over 1.2 million cases diagnosed worldwide in 2008.

14 May 2013

Findings could help develop new approaches to treat depression and memory loss in the elderly

Scientists have known for some time that exercise induces neurogenesis in a specific brain region, the hippocampus. However, until this study, the underlying mechanism was not fully understood.

14 May 2013

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Better understanding of cells' development has implications in study of inflammatory diseases

Study highlights the need to address, reduce risk of mortality in women of reproductive age in Bangladesh

Vijay Tiwari from IMB receives Bruno Speck Award from Swiss Foundation of Haematological Research

TGen joins Riddell to advance athlete concussion detection and treatment

Synthetic silicate nanoplatelets can stimulate stem cells to become bone cells

ALKBH7 protein plays key role in controlling programmed necrosis pathway

Study finds sharp increase in ICU admissions coming from emergency departments

Prenatal exposure to influenza increases risk of bipolar disorder in offspring

Lifting weights, doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, say researchers

Virginia Tech researchers identify leptospirosis as a major health threat in Botswana

Research: Cheery music aids improve moods, boosts overall happiness

LDL cholesterol blood level declines found to have abruptly ended in 2008

AGA Research Foundation receives grant for gastroenterology research

Researchers show how cells are driven mainly by water power

The human brain processes syntactic information in the absence of awareness

Research findings have implications for understanding how to slow spread of dengue virus

All restaurants need to provide consumers with nutritional content of products, new study suggests

Research may help scientists learn anti-aging secrets of sacred lotus

Bowel cancer survival in the UK: an interview with Camille Maringe, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Findings could help develop new approaches to treat depression and memory loss in the elderly

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