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3D-printed airway models serve as low-cost bronchoscopy teaching models

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, found that 3D-printed tracheobronchial tree models compared favorably against other more standard models in training pulmonary physicians to perform bronchoscopy.

20 Oct 2015

Scientists reveal link between depression and paraventricular thalamus

Scientists from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have shown that a mouse strain with a mutation that leads to dysfunction of mitochondria--the "powerhouses" that provide energy to cells--spontaneously undergo periodic episodes of depression-like behavior that resemble those in human. Through this research, published in Molecular Psychiatry, the scientists uncovered a link between depression and the paraventricular thalamus, a region of the brain not previously tied to depression.

20 Oct 2015

Study shows how synapses organization is controlled

Our ability to learn, move, and sense our world comes from the neurons in our brain. This information moves through our brain between neurons that are linked together by tens of trillions of tiny structures called synapses.

20 Oct 2015

Stanford scientists identify a progenitor cell type that could repair damaged arteries

By tracking a single cell in a growing heart, scientists from Stanford University have discovered a cell type that could repair damaged arteries.

20 Oct 2015

Consuming high-fat diet may lead to anxiety and depression, cause measurable changes in the brain

A new study in mice reveals that increased body weight and high blood sugar as a result of consuming a high-fat diet may cause anxiety and depressive symptoms and measurable changes in the brain.

20 Oct 2015

New research seeks to improve understanding of how breast cancer starts

Dr Michalak was awarded a highly competitive, four-year career development fellowship from the National Breast Cancer Foundation for her research into breast stem cells. The funding is helping to further her research, which seeks to improve our understanding of how breast cancer starts.

20 Oct 2015

Research finding points towards developing effective malaria vaccine

In a recent breakthrough to combat malaria, a collaboration of Indian and American scientists have identified a malarial parasite protein that can be used to develop antibodies when displayed on novel nanoparticles. This approach has the potential to prevent the parasite from multiplying in the human host and also inhibits transmission through mosquitoes. The finding points towards developing a powerful malaria vaccine in the hope of eradicating this debilitating and often fatal disease.

20 Oct 2015

Biomedical scientists discover mechanism by which secreted proteins age

Physiological processes in the body are in large part determined by the composition of secreted proteins found in the circulatory systems, including the blood. Each of the hundreds of proteins in the blood has a specific life span that determines its unique range of abundance. In fact, measurements of their quantities and activities contribute to many clinical diagnoses.

20 Oct 2015

Study identifies specific protein that can be early indicator of end-stage renal disease

Mayo Clinic researchers in Rochester, Minnesota, collaborated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center on a recent study, "Troponin T as a Predictor of End-Stage Renal Disease and All-Cause Death in African-American and Whites From Hypertensive Families." For the first time, this study identified the presence of a specific protein in the blood used to look for heart damage.

20 Oct 2015

Discovery may lead to new anti-metastasis therapies for advanced-stage brain cancer patients

It's no surprise that people enjoy warm places like Hawaii but may suffer in hostile locales such as Antarctica. A tumor suppressor gene called PTEN is similar in that it is affected by the microenvironments of certain bodily organs to which it travels.

20 Oct 2015

Low levels of stem cell factor associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

New research indicates that low levels of a growth factor called stem cell factor (SCF)--which is thought to be important for blood vessel repair--are linked with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.

20 Oct 2015

New MRI study shows heart ages differently in men and women

A federally funded analysis of MRI scans of the aging hearts of nearly 3,000 adults shows significant differences in the way male and female hearts change over time.

20 Oct 2015

NAM announces election of three new members from UC San Diego School of Medicine

The National Academy of Medicine announced today the election of three new members from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine: Napoleone Ferrara, MD; Christopher K. Glass, MD, PhD; and Roberto Malinow, MD, PhD. Election to NAM is considered among the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

20 Oct 2015

TSRI researchers find way to change leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have found a way to change leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells. The surprise finding could lead to a powerful new therapy for leukemia and possibly other cancers.

20 Oct 2015

New genetic discovery could lead to better treatment for X-linked diseases

Think back to middle school biology class, when you learned that boys have an X and a Y chromosome inside each cell, and girls have two X's.

20 Oct 2015

Sigma-Aldrich, Sanger Institute partner to manufacture and distribute arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library

Sigma-Aldrich Corporation today announced it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute to manufacture and distribute the Sanger Institute's arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library. The library will be the first of its kind, providing researchers with a collection of individual clones designed to knock out every known human and mouse protein-coding gene using the CRISPR system.

20 Oct 2015

Sequenom enters into clinical collaboration with CU School of Medicine

Sequenom, Inc., a life sciences company committed to enabling healthier lives through the development of innovative products and services, today announced that it has entered into a clinical collaboration with the University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine.

19 Oct 2015

Study could lead to better understanding of metabolic processes behind type 2 diabetes

Scientists in Sweden have discovered that human intestinal flora regulates the levels of the body's main antioxidant, glutathione, which fights a host of diseases. The findings could lead to new probiotic-delivering foods, and a better understanding of the metabolic processes behind diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

19 Oct 2015

Researchers associate neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with left-sided stroke

Researchers at Kessler Foundation and Rutgers University correlated neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with subacute left hemispheric stroke. Their findings add to our knowledge of the neural mechanisms of reading and may be useful in the development of reading interventions that address specific neurological deficits.

19 Oct 2015

Premature babies face increased risk of mental illness due to weakened connections in brain networks

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, new research shows.

19 Oct 2015

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3D-printed airway models serve as low-cost bronchoscopy teaching models

Scientists reveal link between depression and paraventricular thalamus

Study shows how synapses organization is controlled

Stanford scientists identify a progenitor cell type that could repair damaged arteries

Consuming high-fat diet may lead to anxiety and depression, cause measurable changes in the brain

New research seeks to improve understanding of how breast cancer starts

Research finding points towards developing effective malaria vaccine

Biomedical scientists discover mechanism by which secreted proteins age

Study identifies specific protein that can be early indicator of end-stage renal disease

Discovery may lead to new anti-metastasis therapies for advanced-stage brain cancer patients

Low levels of stem cell factor associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

New MRI study shows heart ages differently in men and women

NAM announces election of three new members from UC San Diego School of Medicine

TSRI researchers find way to change leukemia cells into leukemia-killing immune cells

New genetic discovery could lead to better treatment for X-linked diseases

Sigma-Aldrich, Sanger Institute partner to manufacture and distribute arrayed lentiviral CRISPR library

Sequenom enters into clinical collaboration with CU School of Medicine

Study could lead to better understanding of metabolic processes behind type 2 diabetes

Researchers associate neuroimaging data with reading deficits in patients with left-sided stroke

Premature babies face increased risk of mental illness due to weakened connections in brain networks

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