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Study shows new emerging role of osteopontin in HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and was estimated to be responsible for 745,000 deaths in 2012.

13 Nov 2018

Climate change could pose threat to male fertility

Climate change could pose a threat to male fertility - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

13 Nov 2018

Study identifies unique functional brain networks associated with ASD behaviors in infancy

A new study has identified unique functional brain networks associated with characteristic behaviors of autism spectrum disorder in 12- and 24-month old children at risk for developing ASD. The study is published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.

13 Nov 2018

Angiotensin receptor blockers improve sodium excretion in blacks

Drugs that inhibit a hormone that constricts blood vessels also help improve sodium excretion in blacks who hold onto too much sodium in the face of stress, investigators report.

13 Nov 2018

Transgenic rat model may provide new insights into cerebral amyloid angiopathy

In a report in The American Journal of Pathology investigators describe the generation of a successful novel transgenic rat model that accumulates amyloid specifically in brain blood vessels and strongly mimics many of the associated detrimental changes that are observed in humans - a condition known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy, which is also commonly observed in Alzheimer disease.

13 Nov 2018

Dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing inhibits spectator's blink rate, increases attention

According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes diminish a spectator's blink rate, producing an increase in attention.

13 Nov 2018

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

Think of energy metabolism like a party popper: Ripping something apart releases a bang. Most of your cells rip apart sugar to release the "bang" of energy. Sometimes they rip apart fats, and in a pinch, cells can even metabolize protein.

13 Nov 2018

Small-stature in rainforest populations may be linked to cardiac adaptations

African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that this is an example of convergent adaptation that may also be linked to changes in cardiac development pathways.

13 Nov 2018

Study finds why obesity both fuels cancer growth and helps immunotherapy to kill tumors

A groundbreaking new study by UC Davis researchers has uncovered why obesity both fuels cancer growth and allows blockbuster new immunotherapies to work better against those same tumors.

13 Nov 2018

Beneficial gut microbes metabolize high-fiber diet to improve heart health in mouse model

Diets rich in fiber have long been associated with an array of positive outcomes, chief among them healthy hearts and arteries protected from the ravages of atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fatty plaques linked to heart attacks and strokes.

13 Nov 2018

First fully personalized tissue implant engineered from patient's own materials and cells

In a new study, Tel Aviv University researchers reveal how they invented the first fully personalized tissue implant, engineered from a patient's own materials and cells. The new technology makes it possible to engineer any kind of tissue implant from one small fatty tissue biopsy.

13 Nov 2018

Meditation, music may change biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults

A research team led by Dr. Kim Innes, a professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, has found that a simple meditation or music listening program may alter certain biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer's Disease in older adults who are experiencing memory loss.

13 Nov 2018

Breakthrough research reveals how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by disease-causing bacteria that could have significant implications for future vaccine design.

12 Nov 2018

Maverick immune cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, finds research

Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view of the immune system, reveals new research from the Francis Crick Institute and King's College London.

12 Nov 2018

Growth and spread of deadly eye tumor suppressed in cells, animals

By comparing genetic sequences in the eye tumors of children whose cancers spread with tumors that didn't spread, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report new evidence that a domino effect in cells is responsible for the cancer spreading.

12 Nov 2018

Shortage of specific gene 'silencing' molecules linked with pediatric low-grade gliomas

Experimenting with lab-grown brain cancer cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a shortage of specific tiny molecules that silence certain genes is linked to the development and growth of pediatric brain tumors known as low-grade gliomas.

12 Nov 2018

Researchers discover two proteins essential for development of skeletal muscle

All vertebrates need muscles to function; they are the most abundant tissue in the human body and are integral to movement.

12 Nov 2018

Mild exposure to single blast can induce meaningful pathogenic effects, study shows

As many as 300,000 United States service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001 have suffered traumatic brain injury due to explosions. The vast majority of these blast-induced traumatic brain injuries, or bTBIs, were classified as mild.

12 Nov 2018

Purdue researchers develop translucent base for silicon patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules

Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules directly into cells and expand observational opportunities.

12 Nov 2018

Testing coronary calcium levels can better predict patient's risk for coronary heart disease

A new study presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Session conference found that testing a patient's coronary calcium levels is a better predictor of blocked coronary arteries at risk for a heart attack and the need for revascularization than standard risk-assessment equations used in medical practice today.

12 Nov 2018

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Study shows new emerging role of osteopontin in HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Climate change could pose threat to male fertility

Study identifies unique functional brain networks associated with ASD behaviors in infancy

Angiotensin receptor blockers improve sodium excretion in blacks

Transgenic rat model may provide new insights into cerebral amyloid angiopathy

Dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing inhibits spectator's blink rate, increases attention

Cancer stem cells depend on amino acid metabolism, and it's proving to be their Achilles' heel

Small-stature in rainforest populations may be linked to cardiac adaptations

Study finds why obesity both fuels cancer growth and helps immunotherapy to kill tumors

Beneficial gut microbes metabolize high-fiber diet to improve heart health in mouse model

First fully personalized tissue implant engineered from patient's own materials and cells

Meditation, music may change biomarkers of cellular aging and Alzheimer’s disease in older adults

Breakthrough research reveals how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses

Maverick immune cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, finds research

Growth and spread of deadly eye tumor suppressed in cells, animals

Shortage of specific gene 'silencing' molecules linked with pediatric low-grade gliomas

Researchers discover two proteins essential for development of skeletal muscle

Mild exposure to single blast can induce meaningful pathogenic effects, study shows

Purdue researchers develop translucent base for silicon patches to deliver exact doses of biomolecules

Testing coronary calcium levels can better predict patient's risk for coronary heart disease

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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