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Scientists provide fundamental insights into odor localization mechanism

Scientists at NERF have provided fundamental insights into the mechanism of smell localization. This marks an important step in unraveling the entire neural odor localization mechanism, which is highly valuable to the study of memory diseases such as Alzheimer's.

22 May 2017

Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses: three viruses in one mosquito

The study published in Nature Communications on May 19 found that Aedes aegypti, the primary mosquito that carries the Zika virus, might also transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses with one bite.

22 May 2017

UAB professor receives $1.5 million grant to explore links between circadian fluctuations and glaucoma

Brian Samuels, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Ophthalmology, has received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Eye Institute to explore the links between circadian fluctuations and glaucoma. This is Samuels' first R01 grant.

22 May 2017

Finding a cure for ALS

ALS is a neurodegenerative disease in which motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. As ALS progresses, neurons are unable to send impulses to muscles, making voluntary muscle movement difficult, including standing, walking and sitting, as well as speaking and swallowing.

22 May 2017

Study identifies two T cell biomarkers that may predict survival trajectory of IPF patients

Two T cell biomarkers appear to predict the survival trajectory of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a lung disease that has a varied, but ultimately devastating, impact on patients, according to new research presented at the ATS 2017 International Conference.

22 May 2017

Study opens door to possibility that nutritional intervention could prevent Alzheimer's disease

The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to triple in the coming decades and no cure has been found. Recently, interest in dietary approaches for prevention of cognitive decline has increased.

22 May 2017

Researchers urge caution in treating injured young athletes with cell-based therapies

Physicians, parents and coaches should be cautious when considering treating injured young athletes with platelet rich plasma (PRP), stem cells or other types of regenerative medicine, says a nationally recognized sports medicine clinician and researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth Sports Medicine Institute.

22 May 2017

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

In June 2012, a 60 year-old man with flu-like symptoms walked into a private hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two weeks later, he died from multiple organ failure, becoming the first victim of a mysterious virus that came to be known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS.

19 May 2017

Hormetic cognitive stress from exposure to technology may reduce age-related disease

It appears inevitable that technology is increasingly taking over our lives. However, it seems that it can also help us avoid aging and age-related disease, in a way that has not been described before.

19 May 2017

Researchers identify genetic mutations that predict better prognosis for neuroblastoma patients

The annual mortality rate in childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, or neuroblastoma, is 10 per million between the ages of 0 and 4. The collaborative work between Basque and Valencian researchers has served to identify some genetic mutations that will help to improve the treatment of this disease.

19 May 2017

Crypto parasitic outbreaks related to swimming pools and water playgrounds, in the US, has doubled since 2014

According to preliminary data published today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the outbreak of parasitic infection related to swimming pools and water playgrounds was doubled in 2016 compared with 2014.

19 May 2017

Antibody drug conjugate could hold promise in improving treatment for childhood ALL

Researchers at The University of Manchester have discovered that a protein (5T4) found on the surface of cells contributes to chemotherapy resistance in the most common type of childhood leukaemia.

From The University of Manchester 19 May 2017

Researchers discover how tau disrupts functioning of nerve cells even before forming tangles

Tau proteins are involved in more than twenty neurodegenerative diseases, including various forms of dementia.

19 May 2017

Obese women and men exhibit different brain activity related to overeating, study shows

A new study of obese people suggests that changes in their brains' reward regions make them more prone to overeating, and that women and men exhibit different brain activity related to overeating.

19 May 2017

Researchers find relationship between insulin secretion machinery and calcium channels in diabetes

Researchers from Uppsala University have studied beta cells of type-2 diabetic donors, and find that a mislocalized calcium channel contributes to the failed insulin secretion associated with the disease.

19 May 2017

Light-inducible antimiRs could improve wound healing in diabetes patients

MicroRNAs are interesting target structures for new therapeutic agents. They can be blocked through synthetic antimiRs.

19 May 2017

Researchers discover novel mechanism that causes malignant pleural effusion in lung cancer patients

Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion, when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, in partnership with the German Center for Lung Research, have discovered a novel mechanism that causes this to happen.

19 May 2017

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has discovered the first natural human antibodies that can neutralize and protect animals against all three major disease-causing ebolaviruses.

19 May 2017

New understanding about brain proteins could lead to effective therapies for dementia

A research team from the University of Plymouth, University of Southampton and the Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Vari, Greece, have studied two structurally-similar proteins in the adult brain and have found that they play distinct roles in the development of dementia.

19 May 2017

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists to test effect of Zika virus on glioblastoma

In a revolutionary first, Cancer Research UK-funded scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumor cells, potentially leading to new treatments for one of the hardest to treat cancers.

19 May 2017

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Scientists provide fundamental insights into odor localization mechanism

Chikungunya, dengue, and Zika viruses: three viruses in one mosquito

UAB professor receives $1.5 million grant to explore links between circadian fluctuations and glaucoma

Finding a cure for ALS

Study identifies two T cell biomarkers that may predict survival trajectory of IPF patients

Study opens door to possibility that nutritional intervention could prevent Alzheimer's disease

Researchers urge caution in treating injured young athletes with cell-based therapies

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

Hormetic cognitive stress from exposure to technology may reduce age-related disease

Researchers identify genetic mutations that predict better prognosis for neuroblastoma patients

Crypto parasitic outbreaks related to swimming pools and water playgrounds, in the US, has doubled since 2014

Antibody drug conjugate could hold promise in improving treatment for childhood ALL

Researchers discover how tau disrupts functioning of nerve cells even before forming tangles

Obese women and men exhibit different brain activity related to overeating, study shows

Researchers find relationship between insulin secretion machinery and calcium channels in diabetes

Light-inducible antimiRs could improve wound healing in diabetes patients

Researchers discover novel mechanism that causes malignant pleural effusion in lung cancer patients

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

New understanding about brain proteins could lead to effective therapies for dementia

Cancer Research UK-funded scientists to test effect of Zika virus on glioblastoma

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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