French patients keep HIV at bay despite stopping drugs (Update)
A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention may lead to a "functional cure" for AIDS, researchers said Thursday.
HIV & AIDS
Mar 14, 2013 |
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Goats' milk with antimicrobial lysozyme speeds recovery from diarrhea
Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating the potential for food products from transgenic ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Shining red mice help Czechs fight bowel cancer, skin disease
Injected with a fluorescent protein to make them glow bright red, laboratory mice are helping Czech scientists better understand the causes behind intestinal cancers and skin diseases while leaving the rodents unscathed.
Medical research
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Protein implicated in lupus promotes disease progression by distinct mechanisms in different immune cells
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) come under attack by their immune system, producing 'autoantibodies' that inflict damage throughout the body. Antibodies normally target foreign proteins, ...
Immunology
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Niacin added to statin therapy increases HDL cholesterol levels but does not improve HDL functionality, research shows
While two large clinical trials recently showed that adding niacin to statin therapy failed to improve clinical outcomes despite a significant increase in HDL-C levels, little is known about exactly why the increased HDL-C ...
Cardiology
Mar 12, 2013 |
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Genomic screening to detect preventable rare diseases in healthy people
Experts from the UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health propose that screening healthy adults for preventable diseases such as colorectal cancer, breast cancer, and several catastrophic ...
Genetics
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Tracking the cell transitions that cause cancer
Researchers think that for cancer to develop, damaged cells have to undergo certain transitions that cause them to spread, or metastasize. Junior Tristan Bepler, a biology and computer science major, is te ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Genes that control nervous system development play a role in gum disease
(Medical Xpress)—By simultaneously investigating millions of gene variants in more than 5,000 individuals, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill reveal that genes that are responsible for nervous ...
Genetics
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Studies advance knowledge of HIV impact on hepatitis C infection and genes that may thwart HCV
Infectious disease experts at Johns Hopkins have found that among people infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV), co-infection with HIV, speeds damage and scarring of liver tissue by almost a decade.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Recon 2 modeling may help tailor treatments for patients with metabolic diseases, cancer
An international team of researchers, including an investigator with the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech, has produced what may be the most comprehensive computer model of human metabolism yet developed.
Medical research
Mar 04, 2013 |
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First evidence that obesity gene is risk factor for melanoma
The gene most strongly linked to obesity and overeating may also increase the risk of malignant melanoma – the most deadly skin cancer, reveals research published in Nature Genetics.
Genetics
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Scientists identify 'clean-up' snafu that kills brain cells in Parkinson's disease
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how the most common genetic mutations in familial Parkinson's disease damage brain cells. The study, which published online today in ...
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Mar 03, 2013 |
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Machine similar to dialysis removes cholesterol from blood
Some patients are genetically prone to such dangerously high levels of cholesterol that no amount of diet, exercise and medications can reduce their cholesterol to safe levels.
Other
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Colour vision link may help myopia research
(Medical Xpress)—A possible link between colour vision and the development of myopia - or near-sightedness - has been discovered by an international group, including a researcher from The University of Western Australia.
Ophthalmology
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Zeroing in on heart disease: Innovative strategy pinpoints genes underlying cardiovascular disease risk
Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers ...
Genetics
Feb 28, 2013 |
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