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Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

A mutated gene found in people with intellectual disabilities that could be targeted for treatment has been identified by an international team including University of Queensland researchers.

5 Dec 2019

Using drug-eluting medical devices to fight bacterial infections

Medical practitioners routinely outfit patients with devices ranging from cardiovascular stents, pacemakers, catheters, and therapeutic lenses to orthopedic, breast, dental, and cochlear implants and prostheses.

5 Dec 2019

Time-restricted eating can help treat metabolic syndrome

Metabolic syndrome affects nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population, and increases the risk for type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke. But lifestyle interventions such as adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical exercise are difficult to maintain and, even when combined with medication, are often insufficient to fully manage the disease.

5 Dec 2019

Researchers reveal why granule cells and interneurons process information differently

The dentate gyrus is the "input point" for the hippocampus part of the brain. It transmits information from the short term memory to the long term. It consists of granule cells, which are especially dense in this area of the brain, and interneurons, which are linked up in the central or peripheral nervous system between several nerve cells and have an inhibiting effect on their activity. Both types of cell process information and differentiate closely-related memories.

5 Dec 2019

Coriell scientist awarded grant to explore epigenetic drivers of breast cancer

Shoghag Panjarian, PhD, a research scientist at the Coriell Institute for Medical Research, has been awarded a grant from the W. W. Smith Charitable Trust to support her search for epigenetic factors that contribute to the development and growth of breast cancer.

5 Dec 2019

A woman has developed rare form of lung metal-scarring from vaping

A woman who had been vaping cannabis oil has been diagnosed with rare type of lung scarring usually only seen in metalworkers.

5 Dec 2019

Sight deprivation alters neuronal networks, shifts mice's sensitivity to different frequencies

Scientists have known that depriving adult mice of vision can increase the sensitivity of individual neurons in the part of the brain devoted to hearing.

4 Dec 2019

New model can help study the mechanisms of bone metastasis, tumor immune response

The Research Team reports the establishment of B6Ca P, an allograft tumor line from a Hi-Myc transgenic mouse that had been backcrossed onto C57BL/6J background.

4 Dec 2019

New 'virtual biopsy' allows doctors to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas

Research from doctors at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center finds a new "virtual biopsy" allows them to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas with unprecedented accuracy. This means they can eliminate precancerous cysts and potentially save lives.

4 Dec 2019

Molecular makeup of abnormal proteins in brain diseases shows structural diversity

Parkinson's and multisystem atrophy - both of them neurodegenerative diseases - are associated with the accumulation of alpha-synuclein proteins in the brain.

4 Dec 2019

ADDF announces new awards through its Diagnostics Accelerator initiative

The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation announced six new investments totaling $6 million through its Diagnostics Accelerator initiative.

4 Dec 2019

Future cardiac outcomes can be predicted by cellular repair response to exercise

Future cardiac outcomes can be predicted by signs of cardiac stress that appear in the blood in response to exercise, Emory cardiologists report.

4 Dec 2019

Early adherence step in intestinal transit of Shigella discovered

The bacterial pathogen Shigella, often spread through contaminated food or water, is a leading cause of mortality in both children and older adults in the developing world.

4 Dec 2019

Lung imaging studies of non-identical twins with asthma deepen understanding of the disease

Two lung imaging studies from Western University, including one performed in non-identical twin patients with life-long asthma, have shown that airway defects in the lungs of asthmatic patients are like thumbprints - they have a unique pattern and maintain that pattern over time.

4 Dec 2019

FDA-approved drug repairs gut leakiness associated with ulcerative colitis

A research team led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has found that a drug approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis can repair permeability defects in the gut's epithelium.

4 Dec 2019

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves.

4 Dec 2019

Key brain region found to be smaller in birth control pill users

Researchers studying the brain found that women taking oral contraceptives, commonly known as birth control pills, had significantly smaller hypothalamus volume, compared to women not taking the pill, according to a new study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

4 Dec 2019

Cleveland Clinic to study ecological, evolutionary mechanisms that contribute to lung cancer

Jacob Scott, M.D., Ph.D., a physician researcher from Cleveland Clinic's Department of Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, recently received a $2.8 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how ecological and evolutionary mechanisms contribute to lung cancer development and progression, and how the interplay between these mechanisms may provide novel treatment insights.

4 Dec 2019

Ground breaking discovery could lead to new anti TB drugs

New drugs to treat strains of TB which have become resistant to treatment are now a possibility following a ground breaking discovery from the University of Surrey.

4 Dec 2019

Newly developed cell models can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed two new cell models that can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery. The new cell models are continuously growing retinal pigment epithelial cells, which have many benefits over the models currently used by researchers and pharmaceutical companies. The models were developed by Professor Arto Urtti's Ocular Drug Delivery group at the University of Eastern Finland.

4 Dec 2019

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Study of gene network could lead to new treatment for different neurological disorders

Using drug-eluting medical devices to fight bacterial infections

Time-restricted eating can help treat metabolic syndrome

Researchers reveal why granule cells and interneurons process information differently

Coriell scientist awarded grant to explore epigenetic drivers of breast cancer

A woman has developed rare form of lung metal-scarring from vaping

Sight deprivation alters neuronal networks, shifts mice's sensitivity to different frequencies

New model can help study the mechanisms of bone metastasis, tumor immune response

New 'virtual biopsy' allows doctors to definitively diagnose cysts in the pancreas

Molecular makeup of abnormal proteins in brain diseases shows structural diversity

ADDF announces new awards through its Diagnostics Accelerator initiative

Future cardiac outcomes can be predicted by cellular repair response to exercise

Early adherence step in intestinal transit of Shigella discovered

Lung imaging studies of non-identical twins with asthma deepen understanding of the disease

FDA-approved drug repairs gut leakiness associated with ulcerative colitis

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Key brain region found to be smaller in birth control pill users

Cleveland Clinic to study ecological, evolutionary mechanisms that contribute to lung cancer

Ground breaking discovery could lead to new anti TB drugs

Newly developed cell models can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery

Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic care

Automation in cell-based workflows

Data management challenges in scientific research

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