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Mild blast injury causes molecular changes in brain akin to Alzheimer, team says

A multicenter study led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows that mild traumatic brain injury after blast exposure produces inflammation, oxidative stress and gene activation patterns akin ...

Neuroscience created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

System provides clear brain scans of awake, unrestrained mice

Setting a mouse free to roam might alarm most people, but not so for nuclear imaging researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Johns Hopkins ...

Neuroscience created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Incorporating physical activity in curriculum can boost academic performance, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Every teacher knows elementary students have energy to burn, but given the increased focus on meeting specific test scores and the challenges of the school day it's not easy to fit in enough time for physical ...

Health created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows how vitamin E can help prevent cancer

Researchers have identified an elusive anti-cancer property of vitamin E that has long been presumed to exist, but difficult to find.

Cancer created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Key to tuberculosis cure could lie underwater

The search for a cure for deadly infectious diseases has led Brian Murphy deep underwater. Murphy, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry and pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is collecting actinomycete ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Marine compound discovery shows promise of improved drug treatment for COPD patients

(Medical Xpress)—Pharmacy researchers at the University of Florida have isolated a new marine compound they believe may lead to improved drug therapies for pulmonary diseases by inhibiting their progression rather than ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel designed molecules could stop colon cancer metastasis

A Basque research consortium has managed to stop the development of colon cancer and its liver metastasis in an experimental model using mice. This breakthrough, which could open new avenues for the future treatment of these ...

Cancer created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New hope for addicts

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to quickly grasp what a University of Mississippi professor's research could mean to the millions of people addicted to hardcore narcotics such as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and morphine.

Addiction created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

When will genomic research translate into clinical care—and at what cost?

Genomic research is widely expected to transform medicine, but progress has been slower than expected. While critics argue that the genomics "promise" has been broken – and that money might be better spent elsewhere—proponents ...

Genetics created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study paves way to design drugs aimed at multiple protein targets at once

An international research collaboration led by scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the University of Dundee, in the U.K., have developed a way to efficiently and effectively ...

Medical research created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Older and younger chronic leukemia patients may need different therapy

Doctors should use different therapies when treating older and younger patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, according to a new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur ...

Cancer created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two-faced drugs fight hidden killers

(Medical Xpress)—An outbreak of fungal meningitis recently resulted in one of the worst public health disasters in recent U.S. history. Thirty-two people died and more than 400 became ill after the New ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop novel treatment for prostate cancer

(Medical Xpress)—The work of a team of Wake Forest researchers developing a novel drug for prostate cancer treatment is featured on the cover of the Nov. 26 issue of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Cancer created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Engineering a photo-switch for nerve cells in the eye and brain

(Medical Xpress)—Chemists and vision scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have designed a light-sensitive molecule that can stimulate a neural response in cells of the retina and brain—a ...

Medical research created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New malaria drug requires just one dose and appears twice as effective as existing regimen

Scientists are reporting development of a new malaria drug that, in laboratory tests, has been twice as effective as the best current medicine against this global scourge and may fight off the disease with ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0