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MAPK pathway mediates normal kidney development, reveals study

The prevalence of kidney diseases is growing rapidly due to an aging population and an increased incidence of diseases like diabetes.

14 Sep 2018

Study: Testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease progression in COPD patients

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The paper is currently available in Chronic Respiratory Disease.

14 Sep 2018

New technology rapidly assesses antibiotics by using bacteria in bear saliva

If you're looking into the mouth of a brown bear, one of the world's top predators, your chances of survival probably aren't good. But a team of Rutgers and other scientists has discovered a technology that rapidly assesses potentially lifesaving antibiotics by using bacteria in saliva from an East Siberian brown bear.

14 Sep 2018

Study: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are immunologically disparate at birth

Neonatal concentrations of eight detectable inflammatory markers were significantly different in children later diagnosed with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) compared with controls.

14 Sep 2018

New discovery overturns centuries of thought about nature of kidney stones

A geologist, a microscopist and a doctor walk into a lab and, with their colleagues from across the nation, make a discovery that overturns centuries of thought about the nature and composition of kidney stones.

14 Sep 2018

New project aims to increase patient willingness to take life-saving oral drugs

A new collaboration grant to scientists from Discovery BioMed, Inc. and the Monell Center will support development of next-generation screening technologies to enable identification of bitter taste blockers.

14 Sep 2018

Study: aPKC inhibitors may provide new therapeutic option for blinding eye diseases

Many eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, exhibit increased permeability of blood vessels in the macular (central) portion of the retina leading to abnormal fluid accumulation and vision loss.

14 Sep 2018

'Clinical Early Warning Scores' to predict future deterioration of patients

Doctors and nurses are always grateful when they are given advance notice that a patient is about to seriously deteriorate (or 'crash', to use today's clinical vernacular).

14 Sep 2018

Twice-a-year MRI more effective than mammograms for women with genetic breast cancer risk

Getting magnetic resonance imaging scans twice a year instead of one annual mammogram is far more effective at detecting early breast cancers in young women with a high-risk genetic profile than mammograms alone, according to a research team based at the University of Chicago Medicine and the University of Washington, Seattle.

14 Sep 2018

Scientists get unprecedented view of brain development through high-resolution genomic map

Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a massive database of the changes in gene activity of individual cells in the cerebellum during embryonic development and immediately after birth.

14 Sep 2018

Obesity changes airway muscle function, raises asthma risk

New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology--Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology.

14 Sep 2018

Computer avatars play role in diagnosis of dementia

Diagnosis of dementia was made via cognitive function tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination and medical imaging systems at hospitals, a fairly large system for the purpose.

14 Sep 2018

New statement provides detailed overview of how to diagnose, treat resistant hypertension

Resistant hypertension affects 12 percent to15 percent of patients treated for high blood pressure according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association.

14 Sep 2018

New NIH grant may help design safer heart pumps

Blood pumps are increasingly a bridge-to-transplant for patients with end-stage heart disease or heart failure, but blood clots and strokes can put patients in peril before they receive a donor heart.

14 Sep 2018

New imaging center opens at the University of California San Diego

The Nikon Imaging Center, a collaborative microscopy center that provides local researchers with access to the latest imaging technologies, opened September 13, 2018 at the University of California San Diego.

14 Sep 2018

US Department of Defense offers three-year grant for UIC study on prostate cancer

A new three-year grant totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense will fund University of Illinois at Chicago research on the gene SELENOF and its role in the development of prostate cancer among black men.

14 Sep 2018

Medicare incurs more than $1.2 billion over prostate cancer care in older men

Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center estimate that screening for and treating prostate cancer in men aged 70 years or older, which is not recommended by national guidelines, cost Medicare more than $1.2 billion over a three year period for each group of men diagnosed in the United States each year.

14 Sep 2018

UK-India project to develop innovative diagnostics to curb antimicrobial resistance

A £3 million interdisciplinary research project is to address the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in India. The project will develop innovative diagnostics to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the biggest threats to global public health.

14 Sep 2018

Beauty products contain mixed chemicals that may harm women's hormones

As we go about our daily lives, we are exposed to many different chemicals that could have negative effects on our hormones.

14 Sep 2018

New clinical trial initiated on experimental vaccine to stop the spread of glioblastoma

Rush University Medical Center is part of a new clinical trial testing whether an experimental vaccine can help patients' immune systems stop the spread of glioblastoma -- an aggressive form of brain cancer with veryhttps://www.rush.edu/news/press-releases/rush-testing-new-brain-cancer-vaccine few current treatment options.

14 Sep 2018

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MAPK pathway mediates normal kidney development, reveals study

Study: Testosterone replacement therapy may slow disease progression in COPD patients

New technology rapidly assesses antibiotics by using bacteria in bear saliva

Study: Children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia are immunologically disparate at birth

New discovery overturns centuries of thought about nature of kidney stones

New project aims to increase patient willingness to take life-saving oral drugs

Study: aPKC inhibitors may provide new therapeutic option for blinding eye diseases

'Clinical Early Warning Scores' to predict future deterioration of patients

Twice-a-year MRI more effective than mammograms for women with genetic breast cancer risk

Scientists get unprecedented view of brain development through high-resolution genomic map

Obesity changes airway muscle function, raises asthma risk

Computer avatars play role in diagnosis of dementia

New statement provides detailed overview of how to diagnose, treat resistant hypertension

New NIH grant may help design safer heart pumps

New imaging center opens at the University of California San Diego

US Department of Defense offers three-year grant for UIC study on prostate cancer

Medicare incurs more than $1.2 billion over prostate cancer care in older men

UK-India project to develop innovative diagnostics to curb antimicrobial resistance

Beauty products contain mixed chemicals that may harm women's hormones

New clinical trial initiated on experimental vaccine to stop the spread of glioblastoma

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