http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An international research consortium led by CIC bioGUNE has discovered the involvement of a gene in the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Although the gene concerned (SLC2A1) had never previously been linked to liver disease, it appears to be involved in the development of this disorder. NAFLD is currently one of the leading causes of chronic liver disease in the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-discovery-gene-involved-fatty-liver.html Genetics Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:57:42 EST news286005454 Nearly half of the world's population is at risk of infection by the dengue virus, yet there is no specific treatment for the disease. Now a therapy to protect people from the virus could finally be a step closer, thanks to a team at MIT. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-advances-therapy-dengue-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:18:40 EST news284656447 UConn researchers are at the forefront of new discoveries and understanding about the smallest molecules in the body that can have a momentous impact on human health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-dna-sequencing-landscape-science-biology.html Genetics Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:21:37 EST news283504887 The European Union on Thursday pledged 144 million euros of fresh funding for research on rare diseases that currently affect some 30 million Europeans, the majority of them children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-eu-mn-euro-rare-disease.html Genetics Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:50:01 EST news281247852 In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report that the practice of using an arbitrary Estimated Fetal Weight (EFW) less than the 10th centile may not be an efficient practice for defining true Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-tightening-criteria-definition-intrauterine-growth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:09:37 EST news279799766 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have investigated the safety, efficacy and the maximum tolerated dose of pomalidomide for patients with multiple myeloma who have disease relapsed after treatments with other drugs, such as bortezomib and lenalidomide. This phase I clinical trial enrolled 38 patients, and pomalidomide provided a minimal or better response for 42 percent of the patients, a partial response or better for 21 percent, and a complete response for 3 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-survival-multiple-myeloma-relapse.html Cancer Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:00:10 EST news278222362 An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists have never seen before. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bas-congo-genetic-sleuthing-uncovers-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:02:03 EST news267984105 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists can now turn on or off the enzymes responsible for processing starchy foods into sugars in the human digestive system, a finding they believe will allow them to better control those processes in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-scientists-sugars-diabetes-obesity.html Medical research Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:26:31 EST news267863091 Patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) at experienced medical centers had significant improvement in valve function as well as low mortality and stroke rates at 30 days, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 61st Annual Scientific Session. The Scientific Session, the premier cardiovascular medical meeting, brings cardiovascular professionals together to further advances in the field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tavi-mortality-function-days.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:09:13 EST news251971746 (Medical Xpress) -- National Jewish Health researchers and their colleagues in the COPDGene research consortium report that a computerized form of radiology, known as quantitative CT, can offer valuable prognostic information for patients and doctors beyond the standard breathing tests most commonly used to evaluate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-quantitative-ct-copd-patitients-exacerbations.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:30:01 EST news244801026 Ineffective group dynamics within research groups and research collaborations contribute to the unrealistic picture of the data generated in scientific research, according to Judith Rosmalen and Albertine Oldehinkel from the University of Groningen in The Netherlands. In an Essay published in this week's PLoS Medicine, these researchers say: "We feel it is time for scientists to also critically evaluate their own role, and acknowledge that group dynamics within research groups and collaborations might contribute to the persistence of problematic scientific practices." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ineffective-group-dynamics-role-poor.html Other Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:10 EST news243016672