News tagged with laboratory study


Researchers identify potential new HIV vaccine/therapy target

After being infected with simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in a laboratory study, rhesus macaques that had more of a certain type of immune cell in their gut than others had much lower levels of the virus in their blood, ...

HIV & AIDS created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher provides further evidence that slow eating reduces food intake

Two new studies by researchers at the University of Rhode Island are providing additional insights into the role that eating rate plays in the amount of food one consumes. The studies found that men eat significantly faster ...

Health created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vaccine research shows vigilance needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria

Malaria parasites evolving in vaccinated laboratory mice become more virulent, according to research at Penn State University. The mice were injected with a critical component of several candidate human malaria ...

Medical research created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals new molecular target for melanoma treatment

A laboratory study led by UNC medical oncologist Stergios Moschos, MD, demonstrates how a new targeted drug, Elesclomol, blocks oxidative phosphorylation, which appears to play essential role in melanoma that has not been ...

Cancer created Aug 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Looking out for #1 can make you happy, if you have no choice

(Medical Xpress)—We are, at our core, social creatures and we spend considerable time and effort on building and maintaining our relationships with others. As young children, we're taught that "sharing means caring" and, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Resveratrol shows promise to protect hearing, cognition

Resveratrol, a substance found in red grapes and red wine, may have the potential to protect against hearing and cognitive decline, according to a published laboratory study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Medical research created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transmission routes of spreading protein particles

In diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's endogenous proteins accumulate in the brain, eventually leading to the death of nerve cells. These deposits, which consist of abnormally formed proteins, are supposed to migrate ...

Neuroscience created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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