New drug protects neurons in Parkinson's patients
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have identified a compound that boosts levels of a survival factor in neurons threatened by Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Alzheimer's cure may be a matter of size
(Medical Xpress) -- Size really does matter according to scientists looking for ways to cure Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Aug 22, 2012 |
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New recruits in the fight against disease
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have discovered the structure and operating procedures of a powerful anti-bacterial killing machine that could become an alternative to antibiotics.
Medical research
Jul 23, 2012 |
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Beneficial bacteria may help ward off infection
(Medical Xpress) -- While many bacteria exist as aggressive pathogens, causing diseases ranging from tuberculosis and cholera, to plague, diphtheria and toxic shock syndrome, others play a less malevolent ...
Medical research
Jul 20, 2012 |
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New health issues tied to low-level lead exposure
Despite dramatic progress in reducing Americans' exposure to lead over the past 25 years, a growing body of research finds that children and adults still face health risks from even very low levels of the toxic metal in their ...
Health
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Proposed drug may reverse Huntington's disease symptoms
With a single drug treatment, researchers at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine can silence the mutated gene responsible for Huntington's ...
Neuroscience
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Vaccine trial for Alzheimer's clears key hurdle
A vaccine which revives a promising but long-abandoned path to thwart Alzheimer's disease has cleared a key safety hurdle in human trials, researchers say.
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Cancer treatment discovery opens tumours to immune cells
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research (WAIMR) have made exciting progress in their quest to help patients fight cancer using the body's own immune system.The ...
Cancer
May 28, 2012 |
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Thioridazine kills cancer stem cells in human while avoiding toxic side-effects of conventional cancer treatments
A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the human while avoiding the toxic side-effects of conventional cancer treatments.
Cancer
May 24, 2012 |
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Whole genome sequencing of rare olfactory neuroblastoma
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare have conducted whole genome sequencing (WGS) of a rare nasal tract cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma ...
Genetics
May 23, 2012 |
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'Orphan' sleep drug may be potent cancer-fighting agent
An inexpensive "orphan drug" used to treat sleep disorders appears to be a potent inhibitor of cancer cells, according to a new study led by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Their novel approach, using ...
Cancer
May 21, 2012 |
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Gene-modified stem cell transplant protects patients from toxic side effects of chemotherapy
For the first time, scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have transplanted brain cancer patients' own gene-modified blood stem cells in order to protect their bone marrow against the toxic side effects of ...
Cancer
May 09, 2012 |
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Researchers create molecule that blocks pathway leading to Alzheimer's disease
UC Davis researchers have found novel compounds that disrupt the formation of amyloid, the clumps of protein in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease believed to be important in causing the disease's characteristic ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Study first to show transgenerational effect of antibiotics
In a paper published today in Nature's open access journal Scientific Reports, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer ...
Medical research
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Immunotherapy for elderly cancer patients finds new promise in drug combination
Cancer is much more likely in the elderly than the young, and their bodies often are less prepared to fight the disease and the often-toxic side effects of treatment.
Cancer
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