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Technological advances in biosensors could reduce spread of HIV infection

1.8 million people acquire HIV each year, with the World Health Organisation estimating that 1 in 5 people living with HIV do not realize they are infected. Therefore, strategies for faster and earlier diagnosis are as important as ever to limit the spread of HIV.

From IDTechEx Ltd 7 Mar 2018

Individual damaged nerve cells cause neurodegenerative diseases

If the sense of smell disappears, this can indicate a disease such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. However, unlike previously assumed, general degenerations in the nervous system do not play a leading role in the loss of the sense of smell with increasing age, but individual nerve cells or classes of nerves are decisive.

7 Mar 2018

Porvair Sciences launches new ChIP-Seq library preparation kit

Porvair Sciences announces the launch of UniqSeq - a new ChIP-Seq library preparation kit. High-quality library preparation is key to a successful ChIP-Seq experiment. Obtaining complex libraries with good coverage and low bias are just some of the features that depend on high-quality DNA after performing ChIP assays.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 7 Mar 2018

New suggests different approach to eczema treatment

Eczema affects about 17 percent of children in developed countries and is often the gateway to food allergy and asthma, initiating an "atopic march" toward broader allergic sensitization.

6 Mar 2018

Environmental exposures affect genes linked to respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry

Researchers have found strong evidence that environmental exposures, including air pollution, affect gene expressions associated with respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry.

6 Mar 2018

New MIT study shows how the brain tracks moving objects

Catching a bouncing ball or hitting a ball with a racket requires estimating when the ball will arrive. Neuroscientists have long thought that the brain does this by calculating the speed of the moving object. However, a new study from MIT shows that the brain's approach is more complex.

6 Mar 2018

FDA approves new antiretroviral medication for patients with multidrug-resistant HIV

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk), a new type of antiretroviral medication for adult patients living with HIV who have tried multiple HIV medications in the past (heavily treatment-experienced) and whose HIV infections cannot be successfully treated with other currently available therapies (multidrug resistant HIV, or MDR HIV).

6 Mar 2018

As surgery centers boom, patients are paying with their lives

The surgery went fine. Her doctors left for the day. Four hours later, Paulina Tam started gasping for air.

6 Mar 2018

University Hospitals study suggests strong connection between IBD and heart attacks

University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute researchers Muhammad Panhwar, MD, and Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD, recently concluded a study of more than 22 million patients that suggests a strong connection between Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the development of heart disease and heart attacks.

6 Mar 2018

Study finds prevalence of cognitive decline among elderly patients with blood-related cancers

A sizable percentage of elderly patients with blood-related cancers such as leukemia and multiple myeloma are apt to show signs of diminished cognitive functioning, a decline that may impact their survival, a new study by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital indicates.

6 Mar 2018

Pain begins differently for men and women at the cellular level, research says

New research from The University of Texas at Dallas supports the growing consensus that pain begins differently for men and women at the cellular level.

6 Mar 2018

Smart sleep tips to help people prepare for daylight saving time

Sleep keeps the brain working properly. It helps us control our weight, as well as our emotions. It is also plays a role in helping to heal and repair the heart and blood vessels.

6 Mar 2018

Jury’s in: Opioids are not better than other medicines for chronic pain

A few years ago, Renea Molden’s doctors told her they wanted to take her off her opioid pills. It did not sound like good idea to her.

6 Mar 2018

Innovative antibody delivery method could offer effective way to combat Ebola infection

More than 11,000 people died during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2013-16, demonstrating both the deadly nature of the virus and the limitations of the medication used to fight it.

6 Mar 2018

New study identifies the body's 'glucostat'

It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA.

6 Mar 2018

Research identifies new biomarkers for future dementia risk

Sudha Seshadri, M.D., founding director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT Health San Antonio, is co-leader and senior author on research announced March 6 that identifies novel biomarkers of risk for future dementia.

6 Mar 2018

Salk researchers uncover power switch for muscles

If you've ever wondered how strenuous exercise translates into better endurance, researchers at the Salk Institute may have your answer. In a study published in the journal Cell Reports on March 6, 2018, scientists in Ronald Evans' lab have shown that the protein ERRγ (ERR gamma) helps deliver many of the benefits associated with endurance exercise.

6 Mar 2018

Duke scientists pinpoint new therapeutic target for macular degeneration

Duke Researchers have pinpointed a new therapeutic target for macular degeneration, an eye disease that affects over 10 million Americans and is the leading cause of blindness in adults over 60.

6 Mar 2018

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

If you're an immune cell gearing up to fight cancer, you'd better eat your breakfast. The tumor microenvironment is a harsh place, and tumor cells are ready to wear you out.

6 Mar 2018

Physicians create long-awaited baseline measure of pelvic organ prolapse progression

By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually, a team of Baltimore physicians reports the creation of a long-awaited baseline measure of the rate of progression of so-called pelvic organ prolapse.

6 Mar 2018

Medical News

Technological advances in biosensors could reduce spread of HIV infection

Individual damaged nerve cells cause neurodegenerative diseases

Porvair Sciences launches new ChIP-Seq library preparation kit

New suggests different approach to eczema treatment

Environmental exposures affect genes linked to respiratory diseases much more than genetic ancestry

New MIT study shows how the brain tracks moving objects

FDA approves new antiretroviral medication for patients with multidrug-resistant HIV

As surgery centers boom, patients are paying with their lives

University Hospitals study suggests strong connection between IBD and heart attacks

Study finds prevalence of cognitive decline among elderly patients with blood-related cancers

Pain begins differently for men and women at the cellular level, research says

Smart sleep tips to help people prepare for daylight saving time

Jury’s in: Opioids are not better than other medicines for chronic pain

Innovative antibody delivery method could offer effective way to combat Ebola infection

New study identifies the body's 'glucostat'

Research identifies new biomarkers for future dementia risk

Salk researchers uncover power switch for muscles

Duke scientists pinpoint new therapeutic target for macular degeneration

Preventing metabolic exhaustion in immune cells could enhance effects of immunotherapy

Physicians create long-awaited baseline measure of pelvic organ prolapse progression

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