News tagged with pathology
Chronic pain is relieved by cell transplantation in lab study (Update)
(Medical Xpress) -- Chronic pain, by definition, is difficult to manage, but a new study by UCSF scientists shows how a cell therapy might one day be used not only to quell some common types of persistent ...
Neuroscience
May 23, 2012 |
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DNA vaccine and duck eggs protect against hantavirus disease
Army scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs. The work appears in a recent edition ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 23, 2012 |
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Hair loss pathology identified in pityriasis versicolor lesions
(HealthDay) -- Patients with pityriasis versicolor (PV) lesions may experience hair thinning and/or loss within the lesion, according to a study published online May 10 in the Journal of the American Academy of ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 23, 2012 |
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Pathological aging brains contain the same amyloid plaques as Alzheimer's disease
Pathological aging (PA) is used to describe the brains of people which have Alzheimer's disease (AD)-like pathology but where the person showed no signs of cognitive impairment whilst they were alive. New research, published ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
May 23, 2012 |
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Scientists unravel role of fusion gene in prostate cancer
Up to half of all prostate cancer cells have a chromosomal rearrangement that results in a new "fusion" gene and formation of its unique protein -- but no one has known how that alteration promotes cancer growth. Now, Weill ...
Cancer
May 22, 2012 |
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Study identifies target for diabetes drug
New research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) points to the naturally produced protein apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) as a potential target for a new diabetes therapeutic.
Diabetes
May 21, 2012 |
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Research shows some people predisposed for recurrent C. difficile infection
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that some patients appear to be more predisposed for recurrent infection from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and that it may advance to a more seriou ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 21, 2012 |
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Distinct molecular subtype of prostate cancer identified
A collaborative expedition into the deep genetics of prostate cancer has uncovered a distinct subtype of the disease, one that appears to account for up to 15 percent of all cases, say researchers at Weill Cornell Medical ...
Genetics
May 20, 2012 |
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Study shows halting an enzyme can slow multiple sclerosis in mice
Researchers studying multiple sclerosis(MS) have long been looking for the specific molecules in the body that cause lesions in myelin, the fatty, insulating cells that sheathe the nerves. Nearly a decade ago, a group at ...
Inflammatory disorders
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Clinical decline in Alzheimer's requires plaque and proteins
According to a new study, the neuron-killing pathology of Alzheimer's disease (AD), which begins before clinical symptoms appear, requires the presence of both amyloid-beta (a-beta) plaque deposits and elevated levels of ...
Neuroscience
Apr 23, 2012 |
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New software opens the door to wider use of 3-D imaging in the study of disease
Researchers have developed a novel, easy-to-use system for three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction and examination of tissues at microscopic resolution, with the potential to significantly enhance the study of normal and disease ...
Medical research
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Austrian scientists challenge the clinical relevance of the term 'basal-like' breast cancer subtype
(Medical Xpress) -- Not all breast cancers are the same. Different types can mean different prognoses for the patient, and a different kind of treatment may be adequate. But how to classify tumors? Are molecular ...
Cancer
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Researchers find critical regulator to tightly control deadly pulmonary fibrosis
An international team of researchers led by Georgia State University scientists have found a key component in the pathological process of pulmonary fibrosis, a fatal disease for which there is currently no cure.
Immunology
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Researchers find new way to assess communication of people with severe disabilities
(Medical Xpress) -- A team of researchers led by University of Kansas scientist Nancy Brady has developed a new way to assess the communication capability of individuals with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Protein found to regulate spread of pancreatic cancer cells
Researchers at Queen Mary, University of London have identified a new protein that makes pancreatic cancer cells less 'sticky' and therefore less able to attach to and invade other tissue.
Cancer
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek πάθος, pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and -λογία, -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling. Pathologies is synonymous with diseases. The suffix "path" is used to indicate a disease, e.g. psychopath.
Pathology addresses 4 components of disease: cause/etiology, mechanisms of development (pathogenesis), structural alterations of cells (morphologic changes), and the consequences of changes (clinical manifestations).
Pathology is further separated into divisions, based on either the system being studied (e.g. veterinary pathology and animal disease) or the focus of the examination (e.g. forensic pathology and determining the cause of death).
For more information about Pathology, read the full article at
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