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Scientists reverse Alzheimer's-like memory loss in animal models by blocking EGFR signaling

A team of neuroscientists and chemists from the U.S. and China today publish research suggesting that a class of currently used anti-cancer drugs as well as several previously untested synthetic compounds show effectiveness ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Sep 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pathological thickening of the cardiac wall halted

The heart responds to the increased stress caused by chronically raised blood pressure, for example, by thickening its wall muscle. In the late stage of this condition, a risk of heart failure arises. Scientists from the ...

Cardiology created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify the molecules allowing mice to sniff out the genes of other mice

(Medical Xpress)—It's a theory much discussed in the media – that animals and humans are able to smell certain genes linked to the immune system – which in turn influences their choice of mate. The ...

Medical research created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Removing protein 'garbage' in nerve cells may help control two neurodegenerative diseases

Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center say they have new evidence that challenges scientific dogma involving two fatal neurodegenerative diseases—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and frontotemporal ...

Medical research created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows brain processing similarities between music and movement

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Dartmouth College have devised an experiment that demonstrates how music and movement are processed by the brain in similar ways. They describe their experiment and discuss ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Scientists learn how stem cell implants help heal traumatic brain injury

For years, researchers seeking new therapies for traumatic brain injury have been tantalized by the results of animal experiments with stem cells. In numerous studies, stem cell implantation has substantially improved brain ...

Medical research created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stopping dangerous cell regrowth reduces risk of further heart attacks

"After an arterial injury, the inner layer of cells in the artery begins to regrow. In the long term, this usually causes more harm than good", says Maria Gomez.

Cardiology created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The newest of the new in gene therapy: 'Tag and target and exchange'

A combination of two techniques promises to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of experimental gene therapies, while also reducing potential side effects says a new research report published in the December 2011 issue ...

Genetics created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Possible treatment for serious blood cancer

A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment.

Cancer created May 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop prototype chikungunya vaccine

Wageningen University in the Netherlands has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working vaccine ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lipid researcher, 98, reports on the dietary causes of heart disease

A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart – unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by ...

Cardiology created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

New risk factor identified for high blood pressure during pregnancy

Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and the major cause of death for both mother and child in Europe and the U.S. It affects about one in 20 pregnancies. The main symptoms are high blood pressure and protein ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers discover surprising new roles for a key regulatory enzyme of blood pressure

At the 1st ECRC "Franz-Volhard" Symposium on September 7, 2012 at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin-Buch, Professor Ken Bernstein reported that in mice an excess of ACE led to a much stronger ...

Medical research created Sep 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is too much brain activity connected to Alzheimer's disease?

High baseline levels of neuronal activity in the best connected parts of the brain may play an important role in the development of Alzheimer's disease. This is the main conclusion of a new study appearing in PLoS Computational Bi ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Aug 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists devise new strategy to destroy multiple myeloma

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center are reporting promising results from laboratory and animal experiments involving a new combination therapy for multiple myeloma, the second most common ...

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0