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New research takes closer look at the brain’s suspension system in TBIs

Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact mechanisms linking force and neurological injury remain unclear. Researchers know that the membranes separating the skull from the brain play a key role in absorbing shock and preventing damage caused during a head impact, but the details remain largely mysterious.

5 Apr 2017

Low-dose penicillin in early life changes behaviour and balance of gut microbes

In a landmark study, researchers at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and McMaster University have found that providing clinical (low) doses of penicillin to pregnant mice and their offspring results in long-term behavioural changes.

4 Apr 2017

Vitamin D deficiency linked to early markers of cardiovascular disease in overweight, obese children

In overweight and obese children and adolescents, vitamin D deficiency is associated with early markers of cardiovascular disease, a new study reports. The research results will be presented Sunday, April 2, at ENDO 2017, the annual scientific meeting of the Endocrine Society, in Orlando.

4 Apr 2017

Scientists find new drug target to improve cardiac output in heart failure patients

Researchers led by Julian E. Stelzer, PhD, associate professor in the department of physiology and biophysics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, have found a new target for drug developers seeking straightforward ways to improve cardiac output in heart failure patients.

4 Apr 2017

Short-term fasting during chemotherapy may counteract side effects of common cancer drugs

A short-term fast appears to counteract increases in blood sugar caused by common cancer drugs and protect healthy cells in mice from becoming too vulnerable to chemotherapy, according to new research from the University of Southern California.

4 Apr 2017

OSU scientists find way to fight solid tumors using new cancer-drug delivery system

A new cancer-drug delivery system shows the ability to exploit the oxygen-poor areas of solid tumors that make the growths resistant to standard chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers discover possible new route to regenerating function lost in diabetes

In people with type I diabetes, insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas die and are not replaced. Without these cells, the body loses the ability to control blood glucose.

4 Apr 2017

Organoids in cell culture dish offer new insights into development of the brain

A new method could push research into developmental brain disorders an important step forward. This is shown by a recent study at the University of Bonn in which the researchers investigated the development of a rare congenital brain defect.

4 Apr 2017

New microfluidic technique may provide patients with less painful test for multiple myeloma

Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which are white blood cells produced in bone marrow that churn out antibodies to help fight infection. When plasma cells become cancerous, they produce abnormal proteins, and the cells can build up in bone marrow, ultimately seeping into the bloodstream.

4 Apr 2017

Unique metabolic ‘signature’ in urine may help predict development of diabetes in obese teenagers

Researchers have discovered a unique metabolic "signature" in the urine of diabetic, obese black teenagers that they say may become a way to predict the development of type 2 diabetes in people at risk.

4 Apr 2017

Switching off glucocorticoid signaling in bone could protect against diet-induced metabolic disturbances

A high-calorie diet, even without a high amount of fat, causes bone loss, and both high-calorie and high-fat diets induce excessive fat gain and insulin resistance, a new study conducted in mice finds.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers identify mechanism to recover aging of Progeria patients

DGIST's research team has identified a mechanism that can recover the aging of patients with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome. DGIST announced that the Chair Professor Park SangChul of New Biology and the research team led by Professor Lee YoungSam has discovered a drug that can improve the aging of HGPS patients and identified the mechanism of aging recovery by using the drug.

4 Apr 2017

Genetic screening and counseling likely to benefit childhood cancer survivors, study suggests

Twelve percent of childhood cancer survivors carry germline mutations that put them or their children at increased risk of developing cancer, according to a landmark study presented today at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

4 Apr 2017

Study provides missing link for sex-dependent effects of mild brain blast injury

The brains of men and women are wired differently, and when it comes to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), women are more likely to develop subsequent neuropsychiatric disorders, like anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

4 Apr 2017

Study reveals link between rare NKPD1 gene and depressive symptoms

A study of people from an isolated village in the Netherlands reveals a link between rare variants in the gene NKPD1 and depressive symptoms.

4 Apr 2017

Study reveals potential new approach to treat posttraumatic stress disorder

A potential new approach to treat posttraumatic stress disorder: After taking the antibiotic doxycycline, study participants remembered an unpleasant event considerably less, as experiments conducted by a team of researchers from the University Psychiatric Hospital and the University of Zurich reveal.

4 Apr 2017

Scientists identify new gene that drives drug resistance in breast cancer

SCIENTISTS in Salford, UK, have identified a gene which is 'revving the engine of cancer' against the world's most common breast cancer drug.

4 Apr 2017

CEO for Medical City Children's hospital announced

William (Bill) Lee has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Medical City Children’s Hospital effective May 1.

4 Apr 2017

Pharmaceuticalization of today’s sleep

The pharmaceuticalisation of sleep, put simply, refers to the ways in which sleep becomes a site for manipulation or augmentation through pharmaceutical use. There are different ways in which sleep can be pharmaceuticalised – for example we can use pharmaceuticals to induce sleep, to consolidate broken sleep, or to prevent or delay sleep.

4 Apr 2017

High levels of thyroid hormone linked to more weight loss after bariatric surgery

Patients who have higher levels of the thyroid hormone triiodothyronine (T3) lose more weight after bariatric surgery, new research from Portugal reports.

4 Apr 2017

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New research takes closer look at the brain’s suspension system in TBIs

Low-dose penicillin in early life changes behaviour and balance of gut microbes

Vitamin D deficiency linked to early markers of cardiovascular disease in overweight, obese children

Scientists find new drug target to improve cardiac output in heart failure patients

Short-term fasting during chemotherapy may counteract side effects of common cancer drugs

OSU scientists find way to fight solid tumors using new cancer-drug delivery system

Researchers discover possible new route to regenerating function lost in diabetes

Organoids in cell culture dish offer new insights into development of the brain

New microfluidic technique may provide patients with less painful test for multiple myeloma

Unique metabolic ‘signature’ in urine may help predict development of diabetes in obese teenagers

Switching off glucocorticoid signaling in bone could protect against diet-induced metabolic disturbances

Researchers identify mechanism to recover aging of Progeria patients

Genetic screening and counseling likely to benefit childhood cancer survivors, study suggests

Study provides missing link for sex-dependent effects of mild brain blast injury

Study reveals link between rare NKPD1 gene and depressive symptoms

Study reveals potential new approach to treat posttraumatic stress disorder

Scientists identify new gene that drives drug resistance in breast cancer

CEO for Medical City Children's hospital announced

Pharmaceuticalization of today’s sleep

High levels of thyroid hormone linked to more weight loss after bariatric surgery

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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