News tagged with molecular medicine

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Producing new neurones under all circumstances: A challenge that is just a mouse away

Improving neurone production in elderly persons presenting with a decline in cognition is a major challenge facing an ageing society and the emergence of neuro-degenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. INSERM and ...

Medical research created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lift weights to lower blood sugar? White muscle helps keep blood glucose levels under control

Researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have challenged a long-held belief that whitening of skeletal muscle in diabetes is harmful.

Medical research created Apr 07, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify edema inhibitor

Researchers of the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and the Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology (FMP) in Berlin-Buch, Germany, have now detected a substance that can prevent the accumulation of fluid ...

Medical research created Apr 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough cancer-killing treatment has no side-effects, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The scientific crusade against cancer recently ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (19) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Scientists tie dietary influences to changes in gene expression and physiology

Sometimes you just can't resist a tiny piece of chocolate cake. Even the most health-conscious eaters find themselves indulging in junk foods from time to time. New research by scientists at the University of Massachusetts ...

Medical research created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify a potential new therapeutic target for E. coli infections

(Medical Xpress)—A new study by researchers at the Center for Modeling Immunity to Enteric Pathogens at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute provides novel insight into how an emerging strain of the diarrhea-ca ...

Medical research created Mar 28, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental drug may work against hepatitis C

(HealthDay)—An experimental therapy for hepatitis C—a "silent killer" linked to liver cancer and cirrhosis—has shown promise in tamping down virus levels in early trials.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New cancer detection and brain imaging techniques presented

A non-invasive imaging technique which may help in the earlier detection of cancer is among the innovative research being presented at BioPIC 2013, a BioPhotonics and Imaging Conference, taking place in Castleknock Hotel ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New insights into the development of the heart

Viewed from the outside, our body looks completely symmetrical. However, most internal organs – including the heart – are formed asymmetrically. The right side of the heart is responsible for pulmonary circulation; the ...

Medical research created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sequencing tracks animal-to-human transmission of bacterial pathogens

Researchers have used whole genome sequencing to reveal if drug-resistant bacteria are transmitted from animals to humans in two disease outbreaks that occurred on different farms in Denmark. The results, which are published ...

Genetics created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Baffling blood problem explained: 60-year-old health mystery solved

In the early 1950's, a 66-year-old woman, sick with colon cancer, received a blood transfusion. Then, unexpectedly, she suffered a severe rejection of the transfused blood. Reporting on her case, the French ...

Medical research created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pre-clinical research shows promising treatment for diabetic wounds using stem cells

Pre-clinical research has generated some very promising findings using adult stem cells for the treatment of diabetic wounds. The research carried out by scientists at the National University of Ireland Galway, ...

Diabetes created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When bone-eating cells gain the upper hand

Advanced osteoporosis is often the most severe sequela, or resulting condition, of plasma cell cancer (multiple myeloma). Abnormally functioning stem cells are a key causal factor.

Medical research created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New app lets med students study real human heart on iPad

(Medical Xpress)—Medical students at the University of Arizona are using a new study tool this semester that lets them interact with a real human heart at home – courtesy of their iPads.

Other created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brain injury may be autoimmune phenomenon, like multiple sclerosis, research finds

Most scientists are starting to agree that repeat, sub-concussive hits to the head are dangerous and linked to neurological disorders later in life. A new collaborative study, though, attempted to find out why – and discovered ...

Immunology created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast