News tagged with therapeutic strategies

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Scientists discover that DNA damage occurs as part of normal brain activity

Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that a certain type of DNA damage long thought to be particularly detrimental to brain cells can actually be part of a regular, non-harmful process. The team further ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Mar 24, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Removing molecule speeds relief from depression

Getting rid of a protein increases the birth of new nerve cells and shortens the time it takes for antidepressants to take effect, according to an animal study in the March 7 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The protei ...

Neuroscience created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Protective gene in fat cells may lead to therapeutic for Type 2 diabetes

In a finding that may challenge popular notions of body fat and health, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have shown how fat cells can protect the body against diabetes. The results may lead to a ...

Medical research created Apr 01, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breakthrough in understanding lung cancer vulnerabilities points the way to new targeted therapy

More effective treatments for one of the deadliest forms of cancer are one step closer thanks to groundbreaking research from an international collaborative study.

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug can reverse overgrown hearts to help prevent heart failure

A promising cancer treatment drug can restore function of a heart en route to failure from high blood pressure, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

Medical research created May 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bright future ahead for antibody cancer therapy

Antibodies, once touted as the "magic bullets" of cancer care, are now fulfilling that promise and more advances are on the way, say cancer researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center

Cancer created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell reprogramming to cure leukaemia and lymphoma

Researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona reprogramme lymphoma and leukaemia cells to halt their malignancy. Resulting cells remain benign even when no longer subjected to treatment and reduce ...

Cancer created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cardiac muscle really knows how to relax: Potential cardio-protective mechanism in heart

New insight into the physiology of cardiac muscle may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that exploit an inherent protective state of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press online on April 19th in ...

Cardiology created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Changing the locks: HIV discovery could allow scientists to block virus's entry into cell nucleus

Scientists have found the 'key' that HIV uses to enter our cells' nuclei, allowing it to disable the immune system and cause AIDS The finding, published today in the open access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides a potential new ta ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In new study, common drug reverses common effect of Becker muscular dystrophy

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute researchers have found in an initial clinical trial that a drug typically prescribed for erectile dysfunction or pulmonary hypertension restores blood flow to oxygen-starved muscles in patients ...

Medical research created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Next-generation treatments for Fragile X syndrome

A potential new therapeutic strategy for treating Fragile X syndrome is detailed in a new report appearing in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry, from researchers led by Dr. Lucia Ciranna at University of Catania in Ita ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stem cells transplantation technique has high potential as a novel therapeutic strategy for ED

Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells cultivated on the surface of nanofibrous meshes could be a novel therapeutic strategy against post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction (ED), conclude the authors of a study which is ...

Medical research created Mar 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research shows how immune system peacefully co-exists with 'good' bacteria

The human gut is loaded with commensal bacteria – "good" microbes that, among other functions, help the body digest food. The gastrointestinal tract contains literally trillions of such cells, and yet the ...

Medical research created May 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cell senescence does not stop tumor growth

Since cancer cells grow indefinitely, it is commonly believed that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and potentially be used as a way to treat cancer. A collaboration between a cancer biologist from the ...

Cancer created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When body clock runs down, immune system takes time off

It's been said that timing is everything, and that may be particularly true when it comes to the ability to fight off disease. New research published by Cell Press in the February issue of the journal Immunity shows that t ...

Immunology created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast