Scientists find key element of lupus, suggesting better drug targets
A team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has identified specific cellular events that appear key to lupus, a debilitating autoimmune disease that afflicts tens of millions of people worldwide. The ...
Medical research
Feb 04, 2013 |
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Islet transplant may slow progression of atherosclerosis
Minimally invasive islet transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes achieves insulin independence and reverses the progression of atherosclerosis in the first few years after transplant, according to a University of ...
Diabetes
Jan 28, 2013 |
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Japan researchers say kidney tissue grown from stem cells (Update)
Researchers in Japan said Wednesday they have succeeded in growing human kidney tissue from stem cells for the first time, in a potential first step towards helping millions who depend on dialysis.
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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Rice-cell cocktail kills cancer cells, leaves normal cells alone
(Medical Xpress)—Juice from rice cells knocked out two kinds of human cancer cells as well or better than the potent anti-cancer drug Taxol in lab tests conducted by a Michigan Technological University ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Kidneys sometimes removed unnecessarily due to misdiagnosis of genetic disorder
Thousands of individuals have had kidneys removed unnecessarily because doctors misdiagnosed their disease.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 10, 2013 |
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New study shows how mitochondrial disease may be prevented
A joint team of scientists from The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Laboratory and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) has developed a technique that may prevent the inheritance of mitochondrial diseases in children. ...
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Dec 19, 2012 |
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Hypertension traced to source in brain
(Medical Xpress)—When the heart works too hard, the brain may be to blame, says new Cornell research that is changing how scientists look at high blood pressure (hypertension). The study, published in the ...
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Dec 18, 2012 |
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Team studies role of white blood cells in kidney failure
Better targeted treatments for 20 per cent of renal failure patients are on the horizon following a key discovery about the role of white blood cells in kidney inflammation.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 16, 2012 |
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Hard-to-treat Myc-driven cancers may be susceptible to drug already used in clinic
Drugs that are used in the clinic to treat some forms of breast and kidney cancer and that work by inhibiting the signaling molecule mTORC1 might have utility in treating some of the more than 15 percent of human cancers ...
Cancer
Dec 14, 2012 |
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New coronavirus has many potential hosts, could pass from animals to humans repeatedly
The SARS epidemic of 2002-2003 was short-lived, but a novel type of human coronavirus that is alarming public health authorities can infect cells from humans and bats alike, a fact that could make the animals a continuing ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 11, 2012 |
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Researchers identify proteins that indicate which kidney tumors are most likely to spread
Researchers at St. Michael's hospital have identified 29 proteins that are likely to be involved in the spread of kidney cancer. The discovery will help physicians recognize which tumours are going to behave more aggressively ...
Cancer
Dec 05, 2012 |
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Kidney tumors have a mind of their own
New research has found there are several different ways that kidney tumours can achieve the same result – namely, grow.
Cancer
Nov 21, 2012 |
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Rituximab shows promise for clinical problems tied to antiphospholipid antibodies
Rituximab, a drug used to treat cancer and arthritis, may help patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) who suffer from aPL-related clinical problems that do not respond to anticoagulation, such as cardiac disease ...
Arthritis & Rheumatism
Nov 20, 2012 |
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Nephron sparing surgery has excellent lasting outcomes
(HealthDay)—For patients with bilateral renal masses, nephron sparing surgery (NSS) results in excellent long-term oncological and functional outcomes and survival rates, according to a study published ...
Surgery
Nov 19, 2012 |
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Black patients with kidney cancer have poorer survival than whites
Among patients with the most common form of kidney cancer, whites consistently have a survival advantage over blacks, regardless of patient and tumor characteristics or surgical treatment. That is the conclusion of a new ...
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