Vicious cycle: Obesity sustained by changes in brain biochemistry
With obesity reaching epidemic levels in some parts of the world, scientists have only begun to understand why it is such a persistent condition. A study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry adds substantially to the st ...
Medical research
May 16, 2013 |
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Wip1 could be new target for cancer treatment
Researchers have uncovered mutations in the phosphatase Wip1 that enable cancer cells to foil the tumor suppressor p53, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology. The results could provide a new ...
Cancer
May 06, 2013 |
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Misregulated genes common to tobacco-related cancers offer potential new prognostic tool
Believe it or not, while researchers have explored which genes are mutated in each type of tobacco-associated cancer, until now no one had thought to look across these types for common genes that might predict patient outcomes. ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Study finds key to calling back-up help when tumor-fighter p53 goes down
Tumor suppression, the family business of the sibling genes p53, p63 and p73, is undermined from within by the split personalities of p63 and p73, which each produce protein forms that not only block the work of the other ...
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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Breakthrough in neuroscience could help re-wire appetite control
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have made a discovery in neuroscience that could offer a long-lasting solution to eating disorders such as obesity.
Neuroscience
Apr 05, 2013 |
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Researchers find novel mechanism regulating replication of insulin-producing beta cells
Bringing scientists a step closer to new treatments for diabetes, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and The Mount Sinai Medical Center have discovered a novel mechanism that regulates the replication ...
Diabetes
Mar 26, 2013 |
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Cell death in retina helps tune our internal clocks
(Medical Xpress)—With every sunrise and sunset, our eyes make note of the light as it waxes and wanes, a process that is critical to aligning our circadian rhythms to match the solar day so we are alert during the day and ...
Neuroscience
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Sodium transporter appears likely target for treating salt-sensitive hypertension
Genetics and demographics likely put you at risk for salt-sensitive hypertension, and scientists are looking for a way to protect you.
Medical research
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Scientists pinpoint molecular signals that make some women prone to miscarriage
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists have identified molecular signals that control whether embryos are accepted by the womb, and that appear to function abnormally in women who have suffered repeated miscarriages.
Medical research
Jan 03, 2013 |
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Neurons die in Alzheimer's because of faulty cell cycle control before plaques and tangles appear
The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long before the appearance of the deadly plaques and tangles by working ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dec 17, 2012 |
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More than 3,000 epigenetic switches control daily liver cycles
(Medical Xpress)—When it's dark, and we start to fall asleep, most of us think we're tired because our bodies need rest. Yet circadian rhythms affect our bodies not just on a global scale, but at the level ...
Genetics
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Research sheds new light on virus associated with developmental delays and deafness; Offers hope for treatment
A new study published online in PLOS ONE reveals that primitive human stem cells are resistant to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), one of the leading prenatal causes of congenital intellectual disability, deafness and deform ...
Medical research
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Fish oils healthier for women's hearts than men's, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—When it comes to matters of a healthy heart women may benefit more from eating oily fish than men, a new study has found.
Health
Oct 12, 2012 |
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New study sheds light on cancer-protective properties of milk
Milk consumption has been linked to improved health, with decreased risks of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and colon cancer. A group of scientists in Sweden found that lactoferricin4-14 (Lfcin4-14), a milk protein with known ...
Cancer
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Mutant parasite could stop malaria in its tracks
(Medical Xpress)—University of Nottingham Malaria experts have found a way of disabling one of the many phosphatase proteins which breathe life into the malaria parasite. The result is a mutant which is ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 21, 2012 |
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