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Cancer cell metabolism kills

Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is the main energy source for all forms of work inside our cells. Scientists from the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found that even a short-term shortage of ATP supply ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Antidepressants alone are not enough

We should reconsider how we use antidepressants more effectively. The latest studies have shown that antidepressants restore the capacity of certain areas of the brain to repair abnormal neural pathways. According to neuroscientist ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Low HDL-cholesterol—Not quantity, but quality

Many of the genes regulating the inflammation and immune response of the body are also associated with low HDL-cholesterol levels in the circulation, tells the recent study conducted at the University of ...

Cardiology created Apr 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists find clues to some inherited heart diseases

(Medical Xpress)—Cornell researchers have uncovered the basic cell biology that helps explain heart defects found in diseases known as laminopathies, a group of some 15 genetic disorders that include forms ...

Medical research created May 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Long memories in brain activity explain streaks in individual behaviour

(Medical Xpress)—Even with a constant task, human performance fluctuates in time-scales from seconds to minutes in a fractal manner. In a recent study a Finnish research group found that the individual variability in the ...

Neuroscience created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New cerebellar ataxia gene identified in dogs

Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Folkhälsan Research Center, Finland, have identified the genetic cause of early-onset progressive cerebellar degeneration the Finnish Hound dog breed. The study, led ...

Genetics created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The same genetic defect causes Pompe disease in both humans and dogs

Pompe disease, a severe glycogen storage disease appearing in Lapphunds is caused by a genetic defect in acid α-glucosidase gene. The same genetic mutation also causes the equivalent disease in humans. Based ...

Genetics created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vitamin C is beneficial against the common cold

(Medical Xpress)—According to an updated Cochrane review on vitamin C and the common cold, vitamin C seems to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress.

Health created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mom's high blood pressure in pregnancy could affect child's IQ in old age

New research from the University of Helsinki, Finland, suggests that a mother's high blood pressure during pregnancy may have an effect on her child's thinking skills all the way into old age. The study is published in the ...

Neuroscience created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast