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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's drug development

Researchers at the University of Minnesota's Center for Drug Design have developed a synthetic compound that, in a mouse model, successfully prevents the neurodegeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers make breakthrough in arthritis research

Researchers at Western University have made a breakthrough that could lead to a better understanding of a common form of arthritis that, until now, has eluded scientists.

Medical research created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Uncovering a flaw in drug testing for chronic anxiety disorder

Pre-clinical trials—the stage at which medications or therapies are tested on animals like laboratory mice—is a crucial part of drug development. It's only then that scientists can assess benefits and side effects before ...

Medical research created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neurons die in Alzheimer's because of faulty cell cycle control before plaques and tangles appear

The two infamous proteins, amyloid-beta (Aβ) and tau, that characterize advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD), start healthy neurons on the road to cell death long before the appearance of the deadly plaques and tangles by working ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Staphylococcus aureus: Why it just gets up your nose

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. au ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Dec 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bacterial imbalance contributes to intestinal inflammation and carcinogenesis

Instability in the composition of gut bacterial communities (dysbiosis) has been linked to common human intestinal disorders, including inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer; however, it is unclear if dysbiosis ...

Inflammatory disorders created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Modified antibodies trigger immune response, point to novel vaccine design strategies

In an approach with the potential to aid therapeutic vaccine development, Whitehead Institute scientists have shown that enzymatically modified antibodies can be used to generate highly targeted, potent responses from cells ...

Medical research created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fusion gene contributes to glioblastoma progression

Fusion genes are common chromosomal aberrations in many cancers, and can be used as prognostic markers and drug targets in clinical practice.

Cancer created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research refutes claim iPSCs are prone to immune response

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Japan have injected induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from mice back into genetically identical mice and report that doing so caused no immune reaction. This contradicts the results ...

Medical research created Jan 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Can we all just get along? Immunological memory learns tolerance

(Medical Xpress)—Immunology researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center are learning more about memory T cells, which are cells that fight infection from a previously encountered antigen.

Immunology created Jan 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Calorie-restricted weight loss restores ghrelin sensitivity

(HealthDay)—In a mouse model, calorie-restricted weight loss reverses the high-fat diet-induced ghrelin resistance that may contribute to rebound weight gain, according to research published online Jan. ...

Health created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify new strategy to fight deadly infection in cystic fibrosis

New research suggests that lowering excessive levels of a protein in immune system cells could be a strategy to clear an infection that is deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).

Medical research created Jan 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How the bacterium that plays role in spread of MRSA colonises the human nose

A collaboration between researchers at the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Department of Microbiology at Trinity College Dublin has identified a mechanism by which the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 28, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Itching for new help for eczema: Recently identified immune cells possible therapeutic target

Researchers have identified a previously unknown critical role for a recently identified immune cell population in the progression of atopic dermatitis. The team found an accumulation of innate lymphoid cells ...

Immunology created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One of the key circuits in regulating genes involved in producing blood stem cells is deciphered

Researchers from the group on stem cells and cancer at IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered one of the gene regulation circuits which would make it possible to generate hematopoietic blood cells, ...

Genetics created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0