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Study advances use of stem cells in personalized medicine

Johns Hopkins researchers report concrete steps in the use of human stem cells to test how diseased cells respond to drugs. Their success highlights a pathway toward faster, cheaper drug development for some genetic illnesses, ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sweat glands play major role in healing human wounds, research shows

Turns out the same glands that make you sweat are responsible for another job vital to your health: they help heal wounds.

Medical research created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rituximab shows promise for clinical problems tied to antiphospholipid antibodies

Rituximab, a drug used to treat cancer and arthritis, may help patients with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPLs) who suffer from aPL-related clinical problems that do not respond to anticoagulation, such as cardiac disease ...

Arthritis & Rheumatism created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Skin cells reveal DNA's genetic mosaic

(Medical Xpress)—The prevailing wisdom has been that every cell in the body contains identical DNA. However, a new study of stem cells derived from the skin has found that genetic variations are widespread ...

Genetics created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Skin cancer bill to skyrocket by 2015, Australian study finds

Taxpayers will be spending over $700m annually to treat Australia's most common skin cancers by the year 2015, with over-65s making up the bulk of patients, a new study has found.

Cancer created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dermatitis could be suppressed as it develops

Excessive immune reactions against the body's own skin cells can lead to painful and even chronic dermatitis. An international team of researchers at the MedUni Vienna, the MedUni Graz and the Salk Institute ...

Immunology created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blackberry vs. iPhone—There is a winner, for your health

The Blackberry vs. iPhone battle has been ongoing since Apple's 2007 phone debut, with no end in sight. That is until today. According to a study being presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of ...

Health created Nov 09, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Three-in-one 'supermolecule' could detect cancer early, help destroy tumours and monitor treatment

The same protein could potentially be targeted to detect precancerous breast cells; deliver radiotherapy to destroy tumours; and monitor the effectiveness of treatment, according to a Cancer Research UK study ...

Cancer created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify unexpected bottleneck in the spread of herpes simplex virus

New research suggests that just one or two individual herpes virus particles attack a skin cell in the first stage of an outbreak, resulting in a bottleneck in which the infection may be vulnerable to medical ...

Medical research created Nov 05, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Routine blood test predicts prognosis in aggressive skin cancer

A routine blood test may help predict survival in patients with an aggressive form of skin cancer known as Merkel cell carcinoma, according to new findings by Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers. The results will be presented ...

Cancer created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Recent findings may help to fight melanoma's resistance to chemotherapy

Blocking the action of a particular protein in our skin could improve the treatment of skin cancers, according to a study published in Oncogene yesterday by Philippe Roux, a researcher at the University of Montreal's Instit ...

Cancer created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Neutrons help explain why antibiotics prescribed for chemotherapy cause kidney failure

Neutron scattering experiments have provided new insights into the origin of the side effects of an antifungal drug prescribed all over the world. The analysis conducted by scientists at King's College London ...

Medical research created Oct 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop world's first human heart cell model

Researchers at the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) have successfully created a human heart cell model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), an inherited heart muscle disorder which puts one at ...

Medical research created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study how patterns, timing of sunlight exposure contribute to skin cancers

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France have studied the patterns and timing of sunlight exposure and how each ...

Cancer created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify mutation that causes skin hyperproliferation

Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms and soles of affected people. This skin disorder is related, albeit in a much milder form, to ...

Genetics created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0