Mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii parasite show Alzheimer's improvements
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii has some favorable effects on the pathogenesis and progression of a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, reports a Mar. 21 study in the open access journal PLoS ONE.
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Mar 21, 2012 |
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Study may lead to new treatments for prostate cancer
A recent study conducted at Marshall University may eventually help scientists develop new treatments for prostate cancer, the most common malignancy in American men.
Cancer
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Transcriptional barcoding of retinal cells identifies disease target cells
(Medical Xpress) -- By developing a large scale gene expression map for retinal cell types, FMI Neurobiologists have been able to identify the cells in the retina, where the genes causing retinal diseases ...
Neuroscience
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Premature babies harbor fewer, but more dangerous microbe types
One of the most comprehensive studies to date of the microbes that are found in extremely low-birthweight infants found that hard-to-treat Candida fungus is often present, as well as some harmful bacteria and parasites.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2011 |
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New findings contradict dominant theory in Alzheimer's disease
For decades the amyloid hypothesis has dominated the research field in Alzheimer's disease. The theory describes how an increase in secreted beta-amyloid peptides leads to the formation of plaques, toxic clusters of damaged ...
Neuroscience
Oct 28, 2011 |
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Controlling cell death prevents skin inflammation
The outer layer of the skin, called the epidermis, forms a critical physical and immunological wall that serves as the body's first line of defense against potentially harmful microorganisms. Most of the epidermis consists ...
Medical research
Oct 13, 2011 |
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Rare gene variants linked to inflammatory bowel disease
(Medical Xpress) -- An international team of scientists, including researchers from Karolinska Institutet, have identified several rare gene variants that predispose to IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). The study provides ...
Inflammatory disorders
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Cell-specific mechanism-based gene therapy approach to treat retinitis pigmentosa
In a paper published in the October 2011 issue of Experimental Biology and Medicine, a team of researchers at Columbia University Medical Center led by Stephen Tsang, MD, Ph.D have achieved temporary functional preservation of pho ...
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Sep 30, 2011 |
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Promising target in treating and preventing the progression of heart failure identified
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human and pig hearts and discovered that SUMO1, a so-called "chaperone" ...
Cardiology
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Fat around the heart boosts heart-attack risk
Recently, interest in the fat around the heart -so called pericardial fat- is rapidly growing. Even a thin person can have pericardial fat. Several studies suggest that pericardial fat induces inflammation of the artery wall ...
Cardiology
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Virus can cause high blood pressure: Chinese study
High blood pressure could be caused by a common virus, according to a study carried out by a team of Chinese doctors which could lead to better treatment for millions of people around the world.
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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New discovery brings customized tuberculosis therapies based on genotype closer to reality
Are you genetically predisposed to tuberculosis? Scientists may now be able to answer this question and doctors may be able to adjust their therapeutic approach based on what they learn. That's because new research presented ...
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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Roll out treatment as prevention now to stop HIV and AIDS
The Lancet, a leading global medical journal, published an editorial comment today that emphasizes the critical role of expanding access to HIV treatment under a "Treatment as Prevention" strategy to stop the HIV pandemic.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 14, 2011 |
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A mutation in a protein-sorting gene is linked with Parkinson's disease
Parkinson disease (PD) is a devastating incurable disease in which degeneration of dopamine neurons in the brainstem leads to tremors and problems with movement and coordination. An increasing proportion of patients appear ...
Genetics
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Three postulates to help identify the cause of Alzheimer's disease
After more than 100 years following its pathologic description, the cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unknown. To test the validity of present and future proposals related to the probable cause of AD, three postulates, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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