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A molecular explanation for age-related fertility decline in women

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health have a new theory as to why a woman's fertility declines after her mid-30s. They also suggest an approach that might help slow ...

Medical research created 16 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers abuzz over caffeine as cancer-cell killer

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the University of Alberta are abuzz after using fruit flies to find new ways of taking advantage of caffeine's lethal effects on cancer cells—results that could one day ...

Cancer created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cancer cell metabolism kills

Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is the main energy source for all forms of work inside our cells. Scientists from the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found that even a short-term shortage of ATP supply ...

Cancer created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune cells of the blood might replace dysfunctional brain cells

Blood-circulating immune cells can take over the essential immune surveillance of the brain, this is shown by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research ...

Medical research created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CAMH study confirms genetic link to suicidal behavior

A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health has found evidence that a specific gene is linked to suicidal behaviour, adding to our knowledge of the many complex causes of suicide. This research may help doctors ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientist develops virus that targets HIV

In what represents an important step toward curing HIV, a USC scientist has created a virus that hunts down HIV-infected cells.

HIV & AIDS created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microbubble-delivered combination therapy eradicates prostate cancer in vivo

Cancer researchers are a step closer to finding a cure for advanced prostate cancer after effectively combining an anti-cancer drug with a viral gene therapy in vivo using novel ultrasound-targeted microbubble-destruction ...

Cancer created May 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers decipher manic gene

Flying high, or down in the dumps—individuals suffering from bipolar disorder alternate between depressive and manic episodes. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A promising discovery for breast cancer therapy

(Medical Xpress) -- Could engineered human stem cells hold the key to cancer survival? Scientists at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research ...

Cancer created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Improvements are needed for accuracy in gene-by-environment interaction studies

A new study from McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School and the University of Colorado concludes that genetic research drawing correlations between specific genes, environmental variables and the combined impact they have ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0