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Researchers discover potential target genes to halt thyroid cancer progression

Thyroid cancer is a disease with good cure rates in most cases. In 5% of patients, however, the tumor becomes refractory to the available therapies and may spread all over the body, causing death.

19 Jan 2018

Research shows how Zika virus damages placenta to cause malformations in babies

Though the Zika virus is widely known for a recent outbreak that caused children to be born with microencephaly, or having a small head, and other malformations, scientists have struggled to explain how the virus affects a baby as it grows in the womb.

19 Jan 2018

Scientists identify protein biomarkers to track patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is an extremely rare fatal genetic disorder which causes sufferers to age prematurely.

19 Jan 2018

Next generation genomic sequencing can help detect pathogens after joint replacement

Joint replacement surgery carries the risk of developing an infection in the replaced joint, which can lead to a so-called revision or re-do of the joint replacement.

19 Jan 2018

Scientists methodically identify genes related to blood feeding and non-biting mosquitoes

Researchers have taken the first step on a path that eventually could result in female mosquitoes that no longer bite and spread diseases.

19 Jan 2018

Researchers create cavitation bubbles to remove dental plaque

Whether through an accident or a disease, teeth loss can cause many inconveniences. Dental implants such as crowns, however, have allowed people to overcome most of these and live a better quality of life.

19 Jan 2018

Researchers develop new mathematical tool to solve genetics challenge

Researchers developed a new mathematical tool to validate and improve methods used by medical professionals to interpret results from clinical genetic tests. The work was published this month in Genetics in Medicine.

19 Jan 2018

Study reveals key role of macrophages in systemic sclerosis

A new international study has made an important discovery about the key role of macrophages, a type of immune cell, in systemic sclerosis (SSc), a chronic autoimmune disease which currently has no cure.

19 Jan 2018

Researchers propose new regulation mechanism linked to action of SirT6 on chromatin

Researchers from the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, led by Dr. Àlex Vaquero, have proposed a new regulation mechanism of the NF-κB pathway, which is associated with accelerated cellular aging, based on the analysis of the function of the SirT6 protein.

19 Jan 2018

Reminders can improve immunization rates

Rates of immunization against infectious diseases in children and adults are improving, but under-vaccination remains a problem that results in vaccine-preventable deaths and illnesses. In Europe, 11,316 cases of measles were reported during 2012, and an estimated four to 50 million symptomatic cases of flu occur each year.

19 Jan 2018

Toothpaste ingredient could be employed as anti-malarial drug against drug-resistant parasites

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to one of the currently-used drugs.

19 Jan 2018

Children born with Down's syndrome have superior genome that compensates for disability

Down's syndrome - also known as trisomy 21 - is a genetic disorder caused by an additional third chromosome 21. Although this genetic abnormality is found in one out of 700 births, only 20% of foetuses with trisomy 21 reach full term.

19 Jan 2018

Research reveals role of nanophenomenon in stimulating bone-repair process

Researchers at the Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia have resolved one of the great unknowns in bone self-repair: how the cells responsible for forming new bone tissue are called into action.

19 Jan 2018

Research shows how travel choices affect children's well-being and achievement in school

Traveling to school is just not about getting from home to school. A new doctoral thesis from Karlstad University shows how the choice of mode of transport and activities during the trip affects children's well-being and achievement in school.

19 Jan 2018

Performance enhancing benefits of caffeine more apparent for infrequent tea, coffee drinkers

A study led by sports scientists at Dublin City University has found that the performance enhancing benefits of caffeine are more apparent in athletes who do not drink caffeine-rich drinks such as tea, coffee, and energy drinks on a daily basis.

19 Jan 2018

Statins appear to reduce risk of repeated surgery in patients who undergo vitrectomy

According to a Finnish study, statin medication seems to reduce the risk of repeated surgery in patients who undergo a vitrectomy to treat a detached retina. The researchers believe that statins might prevent the formation of scar tissue inside the eye.

19 Jan 2018

Study provides more evidence for link between increased cancer risk and advanced gum disease

Data collected during a long-term health study provides additional evidence for a link between increased risk of cancer in individuals with advanced gum disease, according to a new collaborative study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and Tufts University School of Medicine and Cancer Center.

19 Jan 2018

Study reveals key mechanism of how cancer metastasis happens

Cancer metastasis, the migration of cells from a primary tumor to form distant tumors in the body, can be triggered by a chronic leakage of DNA within tumor cells, according to a team led by Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers.

19 Jan 2018

Flu may pass to others through exhaled breath, study shows

It is easier to spread the influenza virus (flu) than previously thought, according to a new University of Maryland-led study released today.

19 Jan 2018

New review explores effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia

The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology has written a review of scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia.

19 Jan 2018

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Researchers discover potential target genes to halt thyroid cancer progression

Research shows how Zika virus damages placenta to cause malformations in babies

Scientists identify protein biomarkers to track patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Next generation genomic sequencing can help detect pathogens after joint replacement

Scientists methodically identify genes related to blood feeding and non-biting mosquitoes

Researchers create cavitation bubbles to remove dental plaque

Researchers develop new mathematical tool to solve genetics challenge

Study reveals key role of macrophages in systemic sclerosis

Researchers propose new regulation mechanism linked to action of SirT6 on chromatin

Reminders can improve immunization rates

Toothpaste ingredient could be employed as anti-malarial drug against drug-resistant parasites

Children born with Down's syndrome have superior genome that compensates for disability

Research reveals role of nanophenomenon in stimulating bone-repair process

Research shows how travel choices affect children's well-being and achievement in school

Performance enhancing benefits of caffeine more apparent for infrequent tea, coffee drinkers

Statins appear to reduce risk of repeated surgery in patients who undergo vitrectomy

Study provides more evidence for link between increased cancer risk and advanced gum disease

Study reveals key mechanism of how cancer metastasis happens

Flu may pass to others through exhaled breath, study shows

New review explores effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia

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