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Giving lithium to those who need it

Lithium is a 'gold standard' drug for treating bipolar disorder, however not everyone responds in the same way. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Mood & Anxiety Disorders finds that t ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experimental drug could help reduce brain damage, improve motor skills after stroke

(Medical Xpress)—A University of Arizona professor is overseeing the manufacture of an experimental drug that could help reduce brain damage after a stroke.

Medical research created Sep 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

MicroRNA derails protein that blocks insulin production

(Medical Xpress)—Work by Michigan Technological University biologist Xiaoqing Tang is yielding new insights into how a tiny snippet of genetic material can promote healthy insulin production in mice.

Medical research created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hopes that new substance will induce cancer cell suicide

(Medical Xpress)—The p53 gene plays a key role in the prevention of cancer, by blocking cell growth and triggering programmed cell death or apoptosis. If, however, p53 has mutated and become defective, the cancer cells ...

Cancer created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find cause of chemotherapy resistance in melanoma

Researchers with UC Irvine's Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a major reason why melanoma is largely resistant to chemotherapy.

Cancer created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell death mystery yields new suspect for cancer drug development

A mysterious form of cell death, coded in proteins and enzymes, led to a discovery by UNC researchers uncovering a prime suspect for new cancer drug development.

Cancer created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Metastatic 'switch' could lead to cancer therapies

(Medical Xpress)—What kills cancer patients often isn't the primary tumor; it's when the tumor metastasizes—or spreads the cancer to other areas of the body.

Cancer created Sep 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Molecule shows effectiveness against drug-resistant myeloma

A molecule that targets the cell's machinery for breaking down unneeded proteins can kill multiple myeloma cancer cells resistant to the frontline drug Velcade, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found.

Cancer created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Congenital disease linked to adipocyte development

(HealthDay)—Some patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL), who lack adipocytes and develop severe insulin resistance, have a defect in adipocyte development that can be partially reversed, ...

Diabetes created Sep 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune cell death safeguards against autoimmune disease

Researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered that a pair of molecules work together to kill so-called 'self-reactive' immune cells that are programmed to attack the body's own organs. ...

Immunology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More white blood cells in cardiac patients with depression

(Medical Xpress)—Cardiac patients suffering from depression are at greater risk for new cardiac events or cardiac death than patients without depression. It is still unclear which underlying mechanisms play a role in this ...

Cardiology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

pH-sensitive liposomal cisplatin improves peritoneal carcinomatosis treatment without side-effects

Scientists at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation and Federal University of Minas Gerais, led by Dr. Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho and Dr. Mônica Cristina de Oliveira, have developed and characterized a circulating and pH-sensitive ...

Medical research created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alzheimer's cure may be a matter of size

(Medical Xpress) -- Size really does matter according to scientists looking for ways to cure Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers elucidate cause of death of photoreceptor cells in retinitis pigmentosa

Research conducted at the Angiogenesis Laboratory at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, has for the first time, identified the mode of death of cone photoreceptor cells in an animal model of retinitis pigmentosa (RP).

Ophthalmology created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Therapy combining exercise and neuroprotective agent shows promise for stroke victims

In a study published in the current issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience scientists report that a therapy combining exercise with the neurovascular protective agent S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) ...

Neuroscience created Aug 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0