http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Stroll through the Harvard Museum of Natural History and gaze up at the whale skeleton looming overhead. Look down at the furry foxes curled up inside their glass display cases. Don't forget the bat with shadowy wings spread like a delicate shawl. They are all mammals, but their body proportions are so distinct one can tell them apart just by glancing at their calcified skeletons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-sizing-bone-growth-cellular-mechanism.html Medical research Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:52:02 EST news282469908 Malaria in pregnancy causes a range of adverse effects, including abortions, stillbirths, premature delivery and low infant birth weight. Many of these effects are thought to derive from a placental inflammatory response resulting from interaction of infected red blood cells with the placental tissue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-placental-blood-malaria-pregnancy.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:00:02 EST news278869785 Biomedical researchers studying aging and cancer are intensely interested in telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes. In a new study, scientists at UC Santa Cruz used a novel technique to reveal structural and mechanical properties of telomeres that could help guide the development of new anti-cancer drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-technique-reveals-dynamics-telomere-dna.html Medical research Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:27:22 EST news277651637 Better targeted treatments for 20 per cent of renal failure patients are on the horizon following a key discovery about the role of white blood cells in kidney inflammation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-team-role-white-blood-cells.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 16 Dec 2012 13:00:25 EST news274883928 Shortly after the Hubble Space Telescope went into orbit in 1990 it was discovered that the craft had blurred vision. Fortunately, Space Shuttle astronauts were able to remedy the problem a few years later with supplemental optics. Now, a team of Italian researchers has performed a similar sight-correcting feat for a microscope imaging technique designed to explore a universe seemingly as vast as Hubble's but at the opposite end of the size spectrum—the neural pathways of the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-microscopy-method-sharper-view-brain.html Neuroscience Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:53:31 EST news264941529 Researchers in France and Sweden have discovered how one of the body's own proteins is involved in generating chronic pain in rats. The results, which also suggest therapeutic interventions to alleviate long-lasting pain, are reported in The EMBO Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-naturally-protein-role-chronic-pain.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:26:56 EST news258715600 (Medical Xpress) -- Research from North Carolina State University demonstrates that a relatively new microscopy technique can be used to improve our understanding of human tissues and other biomedical materials. The study focused specifically on eye tissues, which are damaged by scarring in diabetic patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-technique-human-tissues.html Medical research Thu, 07 Jun 2012 08:48:58 EST news258277523 Researchers have revealed how a molecule called telomerase contributes to the control of the integrity of our genetic code, and when it is involved in the deregulation of the code, its important role in the development of cancer. The University of Montreal scientists involved explain how they were able to achieve their discovery by using cutting edge microscopy techniques to visualize telomerase molecules in real time in living cells in Molecular Cell on December 9, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-capture-cancer-molecules.html Medical research Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:58:12 EST news242571473 Researchers have discovered a method for simultaneously visualizing gene number and protein expression in individual cells. The fluorescence microscopy technique could permit a detailed analysis of the relationship between gene status and expression of the corresponding protein in cells and tissues, and bring a clearer understanding of cancer and other complex diseases, according to researchers who led the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-technique-reveals-gene-protein-simultaneously.html Genetics Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:26:57 EST news235905995