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Insights into an abnormally edited RNA molecule may yield new weapons against a hard-to-kill cancer

Diagnosis of the brain cancer glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is particularly bad news for patients due to limited available medical options and poor outcomes. Even treatments that can eliminate other malignancies, ...

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Biocompatible patch heals infants with birth defects (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress)—A painstaking effort to create a biocompatible patch to heal infant hearts is paying off at Rice University and Texas Children's Hospital.

Medical research created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Did wild birds cause the 2010 deadly West Nile virus outbreak in Greece?

In 2010, 35 people in Greece died from a West Nile virus (WNV) outbreak, with a further 262 laboratory-confirmed human cases. A new article published in BioMedCentral's open access journal Virology Journal examines whethe ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2 years out, patients receiving stem cell therapy show sustained heart function improvement

Marked sustained improvement in all patients with zero adverse effects. For a phase I clinical trial, these results are the Holy Grail. Yet researchers from the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital today ...

Cardiology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clot-busting enzymes are working two jobs

The body's blood clot-busting enzymes are much busier than previously imagined, with new research showing that they also dispose of every cell that dies prematurely from disease or trauma.

Medical research created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene linked to pancreatic cancer growth, study finds

A mutant protein found in nearly all pancreatic cancers plays a role not only in the cancer's development but in its continued growth, according to a new study from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...

Cancer created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High rates of disability and health care use for older Americans with cirrhosis

New research shows that older Americans with cirrhosis have significantly worse health status and greater functional disability compared to those without this potentially deadly disease. In fact, findings now published in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers use maggots to heal diabetic wounds

(Medical Xpress) -- At the recent Interscience Conference on Anti-Microbial Agents and Chemotherapy, Dr. Lawrence Eron from the University of Hawaii presented his results on the use of maggots to heal diabetic ...

Medical research created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

'Blueprint' for blocking MMP may unlock new treatments for deadly blood infection

Researchers studying the life threatening infectious disease sepsis have discovered how the infection can lead to a fatal inflammatory response through blood vessel cells. The research, which is published in EMBO Molecular Me ...

Medical research created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast