Medical research

Investigating the role of a protein in hearing loss

The fast motor kinetics of prestin, a protein found in the inner ear, is essential for hearing high-frequency sounds, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Medications

Hair regrowth seen in alopecia with methotrexate + prednisone

For patients with recalcitrant alopecia areata totalis or universalis, methotrexate combined with prednisone yields complete hair regrowth in about 31 percent of patients, according to a study published online March 8 in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mug-size hair mass snipped from Czech with rare syndrome

A Czech hospital said Tuesday its surgeons removed a mass of hair the size of a beer mug from the stomach of a girl who suffers from an extremely rare hair eating disorder.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Mechanisms underlying autoimmunity in Down syndrome revealed

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York have identified which parts of the immune system go awry and contribute to autoimmune diseases in individuals with Down syndrome. The findings published ...

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