Medical research
Repurposing finds new uses for old medicines
Medicines that have been approved to medicate one ailment are being repurposed to treat others, saving lives and giving fresh hope to millions saddled with disease.
Oct 31, 2022
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Medications
Nature is the world's original pharmacy. Returning to medicine's roots could help fill drug discovery gaps
While humans evolved over a period of approximately 6 million years, breakthroughs in modern medicine as we know it today got going only in the 19th and 20th centuries. So how did humans successfully survive through millions ...
Jul 27, 2022
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Medical research
A synthetic antibiotic may help turn the tide against drug-resistant pathogens
A new antibiotic, synthesized at The Rockefeller University and derived from computer models of bacterial gene products appears to neutralize even drug-resistant bacteria. The compound, named cilagicin, works well in mice ...
May 26, 2022
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Neuroscience
New study shows pathological differences in inherited versus sporadic Alzheimer's disease
Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are making new discoveries about the pathological changes in people who have inherited Alzheimer's disease versus developing the disease sporadically. These findings could ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New prognostic biomarkers and cancer-driving genes found in the dark matter of the cancer genome
A new batch of prognostic cancer biomarkers have been discovered in an area where few have gone looking before. Researchers have unveiled a catalog of 166 prognostic biomarkers, generated by analyzing long non-coding RNAs ...
Nov 15, 2021
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Medical research
Scientists identify role of protein behind rare Norrie disease; and find clues for treating hearing loss
A team of Mass Eye and Ear Scientists led by Albert Edge, Ph.D., working with research fellow Yushi Hayashi, MD, Ph.D., has identified the mechanism that can lead to deafness in the rare syndrome, Norrie disease. The researchers ...
Oct 5, 2021
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Immunology
Discovery of rapid-response signaling platform suggests new path for blocking allergic inflammation
New discoveries about a built-in rapid reaction system that triggers inflammatory responses when people are exposed to allergens, such as insects, mites and fungi, also may hold the keys to helping more people manage their ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Medical research
DOE scientists deploy creativity, speed to disrupt COVID-19
In early 2020, when the novel coronavirus was gaining momentum but had not yet been named a pandemic, computational chemist Marti Head of Oak Ridge National Laboratory—along with scientists and researchers around the globe—abruptly ...
Jun 10, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research adds to evidence that POTS may be an autoimmune disorder
The symptoms of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, can be as varied as they are confounding.
Mar 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 discovery in children may inform development of vaccines, treatments
New discoveries about the immune response made against a particular part of the COVID-19 virus in children who have the rare but dangerous multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, may have important implications ...
Sep 25, 2020
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