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Vaccine discovered for hep C

(Medical Xpress) -- A University of Alberta researcher and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Virology has made the discovery of a vaccine that will potentially help combat hepatitis C. Michael Houghton, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (17) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Loneliness, like chronic stress, taxes the immune system

New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 19, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Natural birth -- but not C-section -- triggers brain-boosting proteins

Vaginal birth triggers the expression of a protein in the brains of newborns that improves brain development and function in adulthood, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers, who ...

Neuroscience created Aug 08, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research proposes common link between autism, diabetes

A review of the genetic and biochemical abnormalities associated with autism reveals a possible link between the widely diagnosed neurological disorder and Type 2 diabetes, another medical disorder on the rise in recent decades.

Medical research created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study finds vitamin C can kill drug-resistant TB (w/ video)

In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) bacteria in laboratory culture. The finding ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Genes for learning, remembering, forgetting: Proteins important in embryos found to change the adult brain

Certain genes and proteins that promote growth and development of embryos also play a surprising role in sending chemical signals that help adults learn, remember, forget and perhaps become addicted, University ...

Medical research created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Super tree' maps 20,000 medicinal, related plants

(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Reading, The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Imperial College London published on 10 September in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ...

Medications created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hepatitis C treatment's side effects can now be studied in the lab

(Medical Xpress)—The adverse side effects of certain hepatitis C medications can now be replicated and observed in Petri dishes and test tubes, thanks to a research team led by Craig Cameron, the Paul Berg ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify molecular process in fat cells that influences stress and longevity

As part of their ongoing research investigating the biology of aging, the greatest risk factor for type 2 diabetes and other serious diseases, scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a new factor—microRNA ...

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

One cell does it all: Sensory input to motor output in one worm neuron

Caenorhabditis elegans, with just 302 neurons, has long been considered an ideal model system for the study of the nervous system. New research, however, is suggesting that the worms' "simple" nervous system may be much m ...

Neuroscience created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover how hepatitis C virus reprograms human liver cells

Hepatitis C virus has evolved to invade and hijack the basic machinery of the human liver cell to ensure its survival and spread. Researchers at the University of North have discovered how hepatitis C binds ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First trial of a new hepatitis C vaccine shows promise

(Medical Xpress) -- A new vaccine against the chronic liver disease hepatitis C has shown promising results in a first clinical trial in humans, Oxford University researchers report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mindfulness meditation reduces loneliness, benefits immune system

Many elderly people spend their last years alone. Spouses pass and children scatter. But being lonely is much more than a silent house and a lack of companionship. Over time, loneliness not only takes a toll on the psyche ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Turning back the clock on regeneration in neurons

(Medical Xpress)—When minor wounds heal, the fine nerve endings that sense touch, or control sweating, are usually able to regrow. Like many processes in the body, the ability to regenerate new tissues ...

Neuroscience created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Hepatitis C virus survives by hijacking liver microRNA: study

Viral diseases are still one of the biggest challenges to medical science. Thanks to thousands of years of co-evolution with humans, their ability to harness the biology of their human hosts to survive and thrive makes them ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast