News tagged with clinical sciences
Protein synthesis blocker may hold key to reducing effects of traumatic events
Reducing fear and stress following a traumatic event could be as simple as providing a protein synthesis blocker to the brain, report a team of researchers from McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, McGill University, ...
Neuroscience
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Researchers uncover toxic interaction in neurons that leads to dementia and ALS
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have uncovered a toxic cellular process by which a protein that maintains the health of neurons becomes deficient and can lead to dementia. The findings shed new light on the link between ...
Medical research
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Study proposes isotope analysis for earlier detection of bone loss
Are your bones getting stronger or weaker? Right now, it's hard to know. Scientists at Arizona State University and NASA are taking on this medical challenge by developing and applying a technique that originated ...
Medical research
May 28, 2012 |
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Short fasting cycles work as well as chemotherapy in mice
Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting.
Cancer
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Weakened malaria parasites form basis of new vaccine strategy
Using live but weakened malaria parasites as the basis of a vaccine represents a potentially encouraging anti-malaria strategy, according to results of follow-up animal studies performed after the conclusion of a recent clinical ...
Medical research
Sep 08, 2011 |
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One-two punch could be key in treating blindness
Researchers have discovered that using two kinds of therapy in tandem may be a knockout combo against inherited disorders that cause blindness. While their study focused on man's best friend, the treatment ...
Ophthalmology
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Mystery bleeding disorders could be unraveled by new research efforts
(Medical Xpress)—Platelet disorders are heavily underdiagnosed, little understood and cannot be cured. University of Birmingham researchers and the Birmingham Platelet Group are running a UK-wide clinical trial 'Genotyping ...
Medical research
Feb 11, 2013 |
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New study sheds light on the complexity of gene therapy for congenital blindness
Independent clinical trials, including one conducted at the Scheie Eye Institute at the Perelman School of Medicine, have reported safety and efficacy for Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA), a congenital form of blindness caused ...
Genetics
Jan 22, 2013 |
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Study shows early cognitive problems among those who eventually get Alzheimer's
People who study or treat Alzheimer's disease and its earliest clinical stage, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), have focused attention on the obvious short-term memory problems. But a new study suggests that people on the ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Dec 28, 2012 |
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Offering a reward can improve visual awareness in stroke patients
Stroke patients who have difficulty paying attention to part of their visual field may perform better when offered a reward, a study by Imperial College London and Brunel University researchers has found.
Neuroscience
Nov 26, 2012 |
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Bioprinting has promising future
Writing in the journal Science, Professor Derby of The School of Materials, looks at how the concept of using printer technology to build structures in which to grow cells, is helping to regenerate tissue.
Medical research
Nov 15, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new technique for detecting bone loss
Airing for the first time last night on KAET's "ASU Discovers," the work of scientists at ASU including Ariel Anbar, a professor in ASU's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the School of Earth ...
Medical research
Oct 25, 2012 |
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Computers less helpful on college drinking
Computer-delivered and face-to-face interventions both can help curb problematic college drinking for a little while, but only in-person encounters produce results that last beyond a few months, according to a new analysis ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Angry? Sad? Ashamed? Depressed people can't tell difference, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Clinically depressed people have a hard time telling the difference between negative emotions such as anger and guilt, a new University of Michigan study found.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 10, 2012 |
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Feeling guilty versus feeling angry—who can tell the difference?
When you rear-end the car in front of you at a stoplight, you may feel a mix of different emotions such as anger, anxiety, and guilt. The person whose car you rear-ended may feel angered and frustrated by your carelessness, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 24, 2012 |
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