Extra chromosome 21 removed from Down syndrome cell line
(Medical Xpress)—University of Washington scientists have succeeded in removing the extra copy of chromosome 21 in cell cultures derived from a person with Down syndrome, a condition in which the body's ...
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Nov 09, 2012 |
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'Lung-on-a-chip' sets stage for next wave of research to replace animal testing
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have mimicked pulmonary edema in a microchip lined by living human cells, as reported today in the journal Science Tr ...
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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Study shows underlying connection between 'good' cholesterol and collagen in heart health
(Medical Xpress)—Arterial stiffening has long been considered a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Keeping arteries soft and supple might reduce disease risk, but the mechanisms of how arteries ...
Cardiology
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Discovery sheds light on Alzheimer's mystery
(Medical Xpress)—In 1906, when Alois Alzheimer discovered the neurodegenerative disease that would later be named for him, he saw amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles inside the brain. Several decades later, ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Oct 22, 2012 |
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The brain's circuit diagram: New method facilitates the mapping of connections between neurons
(Medical Xpress)—The human brain accomplishes its remarkable feats through the interplay of an unimaginable number of neurons that are interconnected in complex networks. A team of scientists has now developed ...
Neuroscience
Oct 18, 2012 |
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Researchers discover new blood vessel-generating cell with therapeutic potential
Researchers at the University of Helsinki believe they have discovered stem cells that play a decisive role in the growth of new blood vessels. If researchers learn to isolate and efficiently produce these ...
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Oct 16, 2012 |
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Protein could be key for drugs that promote bone growth
Georgia Health Sciences University researchers have developed a mouse that errs on the side of making bone rather than fat, which could eventually lead to better drugs to treat inflammatory diseases such ...
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Oct 15, 2012 |
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Impaired protein degradation causes muscle diseases
New insights into certain muscle diseases, the filaminopathies, are reported by an international research team led by Dr. Rudolf Andre Kley of the RUB's University Hospital Bergmannsheil in the journal Brain. The scientists from t ...
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Researchers map molecular details that encourage H1N1 transmission to humans
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus appears to have required certain mutations in order to be transmitted to humans, according to a paper in the September Journal of Virology. The research could prove extremely valuab ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 20, 2012 |
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Purple corn compound may aid in developing future treatments for Type 2 diabetes, kidney disease
Diabetic nephropathy is one of the most serious complications related to diabetes, often leading to end-stage kidney disease. Purple corn grown in Peru and Chile is a relative of blue corn, which is readily available in the ...
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Sep 18, 2012 |
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Researchers identify possible new oncogene and future therapy target
A gene that may possibly belong to an entire new family of oncogenes has been linked by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to the resistance ...
Cancer
Sep 11, 2012 |
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Study: Statins may stem tumor growth
(Medical Xpress)—One of the world's top selling drugs potentially also acts against the growth of new lymphatic vessels, with potential implications for cancer therapy. This surprising finding was brought ...
Cancer
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Study identifies human melanoma stem cells
(Medical Xpress)—Cancer stem cells are defined by three abilities: differentiation, self-renewal and their ability to seed a tumor. These stem cells resist chemotherapy and many researchers posit their ...
Cancer
Aug 23, 2012 |
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Low oxygen boosts stem cell survival in muscular dystrophy therapy
(Medical Xpress) -- Controlling the amount of oxygen that stem cells are exposed to can significantly increase the effectiveness of a procedure meant to combat an often fatal form of muscular dystrophy, according ...
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Aug 21, 2012 |
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'Alzheimer protein' seems to slow down neurotransmitter production
Researchers report how abnormal protein deposits in the brains of Alzheimer's patients disrupt the signaling between nerve cells. They varied the amount of APP protein and related proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease ...
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