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Growing new arteries, bypassing blocked ones

Scientific collaborators from Yale School of Medicine and University College London (UCL) have uncovered the molecular pathway by which new arteries may form after heart attacks, strokes and other acute illnesses bypassing ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers use human vaccine to cure prostate cancer in mice

University of Leeds researchers, funded by Cancer Research UK, have used a library of DNA to create a vaccine that could be used to treat cancer, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

Medical research created Jun 19, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study identifies key shift in the brain that creates drive to overeat

A team of American and Italian neuroscientists has identified a cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity. The findings could explain the body's tendency to maintain undesirable weight levels, rather than an ideal ...

Medical research created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cells grow fully functional new teeth

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from Japan recently published a paper in PLoS One describing their successful growth and transplantation of new teeth created from the stem cells of mice.

Medical research created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (23) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Scientists provide detailed view of brain protein structure: Results may help improve drugs for neurological disorders

Researchers have published the first highly detailed description of how neurotensin, a neuropeptide hormone which modulates nerve cell activity in the brain, interacts with its receptor. Their results suggest that neuropeptide ...

Medical research created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toward 'universal' vaccine: Scientists describe antibodies that protect against large variety of flu viruses

A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and Crucell Vaccine Institute in the Netherlands describes three human antibodies that provide broad protection against Influenza B virus strains. ...

Medical research created Aug 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heart muscle cell grafts suppress arrhythmias after heart attacks in animal study

Researchers have made a major advance in efforts to regenerate damaged hearts.

Medical research created Aug 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brain-activated muscle stimulation restores monkeys' hand movement after paralysis

An artificial connection between the brain and muscles can restore complex hand movements in monkeys following paralysis, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Medical research created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune system discoveries earn Nobel in medicine (Update)

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries about the immune system that opened new avenues for the treatment and prevention of infectious illnesses and cancer.

Medical research created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Scientists isolate egg-producing stem cells from adult human ovaries

For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal egg cells or ...

Medical research created Feb 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neurons grown from skin cells may hold clues to autism

Potential clues to how autism miswires the brain are emerging from a study of a rare, purely genetic form of the disorders that affects fewer than 20 people worldwide. Using cutting-edge "disease-in a-dish" ...

Medical research created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

At last, a reason why stress causes DNA damage

For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage.

Medical research created Aug 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

FlexLeg wants to put injured back in action (w/ Video)

A company called FlexLeg has a motto -- "mobility redefined" -- that may just as well say “crutches redefined.” The three-person team at FlexLeg is offering a hands-free device to serve as a substitute ...

Medical research created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Knowing origin of broadly neutralizing antibodies could aid universal flu vaccine design

National Institutes of Health scientists have identified how a kind of immature immune cell responds to a part of influenza virus and have traced the path those cells take to generate antibodies that can neutralize a wide ...

Medical research created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find retrotransposons cause genetic changes in brain cells over time

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers in Scotland have discovered that retrotransposons, a type of gene that inserts itself into other parts of the human genome, are able to continue inserting copies of themselves ...

Medical research created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report