Researchers suggest novel prevention of recurrent ear infections
Eliminating bacteria's DNA and boosting antimicrobial proteins that already exist may help prevent middle ear infections from reoccurring. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study that examined how ...
Medical research
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Finding the origins of infant leukaemia
Leukaemia arises as a result of genetic or epigenetic alterations in blood cells, leading to an aberrant accumulation of undifferentiated blasts. Understanding the molecular pathogenesis and aetiology of ...
Cancer
Oct 15, 2012 |
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Rapidly progressive alopecia shows favorable prognosis
(HealthDay)—Patients with rapidly progressive alopecia areata (RPAA) tend to show favorable prognosis regardless of treatment selected, according to research published online Sept. 24 in the Journal of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 09, 2012 |
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Dysphagia not tied to post-anterior cervical op swelling
(HealthDay)—Although significant soft-tissue swelling can occur after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) procedures, the width of the prevertebral soft-tissue swelling on radiographic analysis ...
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Oct 07, 2012 |
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Researchers determine how inflammatory cells function, setting stage for future remedies
A research team led by investigators at New York University and NYU School of Medicine has determined how cells that cause inflammatory ailments, such as Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, differentiate from ...
Inflammatory disorders
Sep 26, 2012 |
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Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia pathogenesis studied
(HealthDay)—Protease-activated receptor 2 (PAR-2), which is activated by cowhage, may play a role in central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia (CCCA), the most common cause of scarring hair loss in African-American ...
Cancer
Sep 21, 2012 |
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Recent findings hold new implications for the pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy
An important breakthrough could help in the fight against myotonic dystrophy. The discovery, recently published in the prestigious scientific journal Cell, results from an international collaboration between researchers at the ...
Medical research
Sep 12, 2012 |
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Zebra fish point the way towards new therapies for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Leuven scientists (VIB/KU Leuven) are using zebrafish as a model in their search for genes that play a role in the mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). As a result, they have identified a molecule that could ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 27, 2012 |
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Adrenoleukodystrophy unravelled
The European X-ALD project undertook an initiative to understand the mechanisms responsible for the pathogenesis of adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The gene therapy approach for treating ALD developed during the ...
Genetics
Jul 30, 2012 |
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Scientists identify likely predictors of hepatitis C severity: viral evolution and host protein levels
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified several factors in people infected with the hepatitis C virus that may predict whether the unusually rapid progression of disease from initial ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Child food allergy prevalence linked to urban/rural status
(HealthDay) -- The prevalence of childhood food allergy is associated with urban/rural status, even after adjusting for confounding variables, according to a study published online May 17 in Clinical Pediatrics.
Pediatrics
Jun 15, 2012 |
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Key gene found responsible for chronic inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer
Researchers at NYU School of Medicine have, for the first time, identified a single gene that simultaneously controls inflammation, accelerated aging and cancer.
Genetics
May 24, 2012 |
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Recapitulation of the entire hepatitis C virus life in engineered mouse cell lines
A US study presented today at The International Liver CongressTM 2012 demonstrates that the entire HCV lifecycle can be recapitulated in murine cells, implying that HCV permissive mouse models could soon be developed.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Novel technology allows for noninvasive imaging of prostate cancer
Use of a novel, noninvasive imaging tool allowed researchers to measure free prostate-specific antigen in prostate cancer models and to visualize bone metastasis in a tumor-specific manner, according to results published ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Potential biomarkers linked to UTI-related pregnancy complications identified
Investigators in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a mouse model in which a mother's urinary tract infection negatively affects the offspring, an occurrence anecdotally observed in humans. ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Mar 22, 2012 |
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