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Genetically engineered virus kills liver cancer
A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday.
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Researchers discover new link between heart disease and red meat
A compound abundant in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks has been found to promote atherosclerosis – or the hardening or clogging of the arteries – according to Cleveland Clinic ...
Cardiology
Apr 07, 2013 |
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Blocking key protein could halt age-related decline in immune system
The older we get, the weaker our immune systems tend to become, leaving us vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancer and eroding our ability to benefit from vaccination. Now Stanford University School of Medicine scientists ...
Medical research
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Scientists succeed in making the spinal cord transparent
(Medical Xpress) -- In the event of the spinal cord injury, the long nerve cell filaments, the axons, may become severed. For quite some time now, scientists have been investigating whether these axons can ...
Medical research
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Scientists report major breakthrough in age-related macular degeneration prevention
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a part of the immune system called the inflammasome is involved in regulating the development of one of the most common forms of blindness, called Age-Related Macular ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 08, 2012 |
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It's not just what you eat, but when you eat it
Fat cells store excess energy and signal these levels to the brain. In a new study this week in Nature Medicine, Georgios Paschos PhD, a research associate in the lab of Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS direct ...
Medical research
Nov 11, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's disease in mice alleviated promising therapeutic approach for humans
Pathological changes typical of Alzheimer's disease were significantly reduced in mice by blockade of an immune system transmitter. A research team from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the University ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Nov 25, 2012 |
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Scientists find new mechanism behind resistance to cancer treatment
Developing resistance to chemotherapy is a nearly universal, ultimately lethal consequence for cancer patients with solid tumors – such as those of the breast, prostate, lung and colon – that have metastasized, ...
Cancer
Aug 05, 2012 |
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Researchers develop implantable, bioengineered rat kidney (w/ video)
Bioengineered rat kidneys developed by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals. In their ...
Medical research
Apr 14, 2013 |
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Researchers unravel molecular roots of Down syndrome
Sanford-Burnham researchers discover that the extra chromosome inherited in Down syndrome impairs learning and memory because it leads to low levels of SNX27 protein in the brain.
Medical research
Mar 24, 2013 |
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Old drug may point the way to new treatments for diabetes and obesity
Researchers at the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute have found that amlexanox, an off-patent drug currently prescribed for the treatment of asthma and other uses, also reverses obesity, diabetes ...
Medical research
Feb 10, 2013 |
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Lift weights to lower blood sugar? White muscle helps keep blood glucose levels under control
Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful.
Medical research
Apr 07, 2013 |
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New theory on genesis of osteoarthritis comes with successful therapy in mice
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have turned their view of osteoarthritis (OA) inside out. Literally. Instead of seeing the painful degenerative disease as a problem primarily of the cartilage that cushions joints, ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
May 19, 2013 |
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Mouse study suggests vitamin E may weaken bones
(HealthDay) -- Vitamin E may stimulate cells that result in bone loss, a new study suggests.
Medical research
Mar 04, 2012 |
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Cancerous tumors deliver pro-metastatic information in secreted vesicles
Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs. But no one has been able to determine the mechanisms of organ specific metastasis, the so-called ...
Cancer
May 29, 2012 |
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