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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

Noninvasive dTMS technique helps obese people lose weight by changing gut microbiota composition

A new study finds that a noninvasive electromagnetic brain stimulation technique helps obese people lose weight, partly by changing the composition of their intestinal bacteria—the so-called gut microbiota.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers find no connection between serotonin gene, stress and depression

New research findings often garner great attention. But when other scientists follow up and fail to replicate the findings? Not so much.

4 Apr 2017

Common antibiotic can disrupt formation of negative associations in the brain, research reveals

The common antibiotic doxycycline can disrupt the formation of negative associations in the brain, according to new research from UCL and the University of Zurich.

4 Apr 2017

Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, shows research

Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, according to research presented at the Endocrine Society's 99th annual meeting, ENDO 2017, in Orlando, Fla.

4 Apr 2017

Rubber-like fibers may help combat spinal cord injuries

Implantable fibers have been an enormous boon to brain research, allowing scientists to stimulate specific targets in the brain and monitor electrical responses.

4 Apr 2017

Pitt scientists identify neural pathway that regulates coordinated hand movements

Picking up a slice of pizza or sending a text message: Scientists long believed that the brain signals for those and related movements originated from motor areas in the frontal lobe of brain, which control voluntary movement.

4 Apr 2017

Meningitis bacterium appears to be adapting to urogenital environment, DNA analysis shows

Neisseria meningitidis, a bacterium usually associated with meningitis and sepsis, is the cause of a recent cluster of sexually transmitted infections in Columbus, Ohio and in other US cities. The bacterium appears to be adapting to a urogenital environment, an analysis of the organism's DNA shows.

4 Apr 2017

Researchers identify biomarker for likely aggressive, early-stage breast cancers

The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars are spent on unnecessary surgeries and radiation to treat women with low-risk 'in situ' lesions, an estimated 85% of which would never progress to invasive cancers.

4 Apr 2017

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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

Noninvasive dTMS technique helps obese people lose weight by changing gut microbiota composition

Researchers find no connection between serotonin gene, stress and depression

Common antibiotic can disrupt formation of negative associations in the brain, research reveals

Traumatic brain injuries affect the body's stress axis differently in female and male mice, shows research

Rubber-like fibers may help combat spinal cord injuries

Pitt scientists identify neural pathway that regulates coordinated hand movements

Meningitis bacterium appears to be adapting to urogenital environment, DNA analysis shows

Researchers identify biomarker for likely aggressive, early-stage breast cancers

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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