Study identifies biological mechanism that plays key role in early-onset dementia
Using animal models, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered how a protein deficiency may be linked to frontotemporal dementia (FTD)—a form of early-onset dementia that is similar to Alzheimer's disease. ...
Neuroscience
Oct 08, 2012 |
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Endotrophin links obesity to breast cancer progression
Fat cells (adipocytes) surround breast tumors and contribute to tumor growth by expressing factors that aid oncogenesis. Col6 is a protein that is highly expressed in adipocytes and its expression is further increased in ...
Cancer
Oct 08, 2012 |
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Bitter taste receptors regulate the upper respiratory defense system, research shows
A new study from a team of researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Monell Chemical Senses Center, and the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, reveals that a person's ability to taste ...
Medical research
Oct 08, 2012 |
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CDC: More than 90 people ill with meningitis
(AP)—Health officials say they have now confirmed more than 90 cases of a rare fungal meningitis that has been linked to a steroid commonly used to ease back pain.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 07, 2012 |
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CDC: Meningitis outbreak death toll rises to 7
(AP)—Health officials say the death toll in a rare fungal meningitis outbreak across several states has risen to seven.
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Oct 06, 2012 |
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Abortion rates plummet with free birth control
Providing birth control to women at no cost substantially reduced unplanned pregnancies and cut abortion rates by 62 percent to 78 percent over the national rate, a new study shows.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Oct 04, 2012 |
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New study links caffeinated coffee to vision loss
A new study suggests caffeinated coffee drinkers should limit their intake to reduce their chances of developing vision loss or blindness. According to a scientific paper in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, heavy ...
Ophthalmology
Oct 04, 2012 |
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Rare US fungal meningitis outbreak grows; 5 dead (Update)
(AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 03, 2012 |
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CU Cancer Center opens phase I clinical trial of anti-cancer stem cell agent OMP-54F28
The University of Colorado Cancer Center, together with other participating academic medical centers, recently opened a phase I human clinical trial of the drug OMP-54F28 in patients with advanced solid tumor cancers. OMP-54F28, ...
Cancer
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Statistical method will analyze important, poorly studied areas of human genome
(Medical Xpress)—Each year, more and more pieces of the human genome puzzle fall into place, but large holes still remain. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison hope to fill in many more pieces ...
Genetics
Oct 03, 2012 |
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Cardiac medication may help reduce stiffness caused by certain muscle diseases
Preliminary research finds that for patients with nondystrophic myotonias (NDMs), rare diseases that affect the skeletal muscle and cause functionally limiting stiffness and pain, use of the anti-arrhythmic medication mexiletine ...
Cardiology
Oct 02, 2012 |
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Researchers harness the immune system to improve stem cell transplant outcomes
A novel therapy in the early stages of development at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center shows promise in providing lasting protection against the progression of multiple myeloma following a stem cell transplant ...
Immunology
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Putting a 'HEX' on muscle regeneration
A complex genetic regulatory network mediates the regeneration of adult skeletal muscles. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Bro ...
Medical research
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Eliminating visual clutter helps people with mild cognitive impairment
(Medical Xpress)—A new study from Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto suggests that memory impairments for people diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's disease may be due, in part, to problems in ...
Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2012 |
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Genetically engineering immune systems to fight melanoma: Clinical trial launched
Loyola University Medical Center has launched the first clinical trial in the Midwest of an experimental melanoma treatment that genetically engineers a patient's immune system to fight the deadly cancer.
Cancer
Oct 01, 2012 |
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