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Study reveals Rx target for HPV, Hep C and related cancers

New discoveries by a team of scientists at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans for the first time reveal the inner workings of a master regulator that controls functions as diverse as the ability of nerve cells to "rewire" ...

Medical research created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies co-factors critical to PTSD development

Research led by Ya-Ping Tang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the action of a specific gene occurring during exposure to adolescent trauma ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research finds protein that prevents light-induced retinal degeneration

Research led by Minghao Jin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Neuroscience at the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has found a protein that protects retinal photoreceptor ...

Neuroscience created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop Rx for deafness, impaired balance in mouse model of Usher syndrome

Jennifer Lentz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Biocommunications and a member of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the lead author of a paper reporting ...

Genetics created Feb 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research discovery provides therapeutic target for ALS

Research led by Dr. Udai Pandey, Assistant Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that the ability of a protein made by a gene called FUS to bind to RNA is essential to the development ...

Genetics created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research identifies new therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease

Research led by Chu Chen, PhD, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified an enzyme called Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) as a new therapeutic target to treat or prevent ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New protein may suppress breast cancer growth

Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has found that a protein discovered by ...

Cancer created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds new drug target for metastatic breast cancer

Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the first to report that two specific tumor suppressor genes work in concert to inhibit the ...

Cancer created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research discoveries shed light on common STI

Research led by David H. Martin, MD, Professor and Chief of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that a common sexually transmitted infection-causing parasite "cultivates" bacteria beneficial ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Apr 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research discovers gene mutation causing rare eye disease

Research conducted by Dr. Jayne S. Weiss, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and colleagues has discovered a new mutation in a gene that causes Schnyder corneal dystrophy (SCD.) ...

Medical research created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study provides new drug target for Her-2 related breast cancer

Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, the Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, details exactly how the Her2 cancer gene ...

Cancer created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smartphones monitor food portions for better nutrition

(Medical Xpress)—Family feasts, office parties and celebrating with friends find many people questioning how to control the amount they indulge in for the holiday season. The answer may be forthcoming, ...

Health created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers call for early diagnosis of flesh-eating infections

Dr. Russell Russo, an Orthopedic Surgeon at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and other researchers stress that orthopedists should have a high index of suspicion for necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating bacterial ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HPV-related head & neck cancers rising, highest in middle-aged white men

Research led by Lauren Cole, a public health graduate student, and Dr. Edward Peters, Associate Professor of Public Health and Director of the Epidemiology Program at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, reports that the ...

Cancer created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research identifies new experimental drug for stroke

Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has found that a synthetic molecule protected the brain in a model of ...

Cardiology created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0