http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Thanks to a rare bacteria that grows only on rocks in the Swiss Alps, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the Pasteur Institute in France have been the first to identify how alcohol might affect key brain proteins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-rare-alpine-bacteria-alcohol-key.html Medical research Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:11:40 EST news286114290 University of Michigan research sheds new light on why certain people are more likely to suffer from rheumatoid arthritis – paving the way to explore new treatments for both arthritis and other autoimmune diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-uncover-gene-role-rheumatoid-arthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:06:58 EST news278248007 (Medical Xpress)—The work of a team of Wake Forest researchers developing a novel drug for prostate cancer treatment is featured on the cover of the Nov. 26 issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-treatment-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:42:07 EST news273397310 (Medical Xpress) -- Among viruses, human papilloma virus (HPV) stands out: with more than 180 distinct isotypes or variations catalogued to date, it presents an extremely difficult target for broad-range treatments. And while the HPV vaccine provides protection against the most common HPV infections, it only covers four of the 180-plus isotypes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-broad-range-hpv-therapeutics-emerges.html Cancer Tue, 22 May 2012 06:18:34 EST news256886305 The human genome encodes 243 voltage-gated ion channels. Mutations in calcium channels can cause severe inherited diseases such as migraine, night blindness, autism spectrum disorders and Timothy syndrome, which leads to severe cardiovascular disorders. Katrin Depil and Anna Stary-Weinzinger together with colleagues from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna analyzed changes in molecular organization of calcium channels caused by Timothy syndrome mutations. Recently, they published their current research results in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-timothy-syndrome-mutations-insights-l-calcium.html Medical research Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:20:03 EST news229860333