Archive: 08/06/2018

Engineering diseased blood vessels to more accurately test new medications

A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is engineering self-assembling human blood vessels that exhibit the symptoms of common cardiac and vascular conditions, like aneurisms and blockages, work that may ...

Jun 8, 2018

0

0

Most people don't benefit from vaccination, but we still need it to prevent infections

A recent article in The Conversation questioned whether we should all get flu vaccinations, given 99 people would have to go through vaccination for one case of flu to be prevented.

Jun 8, 2018

1

5

Why breakups are so hard and how to cope with them

Despite populist writings that love lasts forever, the divorce statistics across various countries tell us that anywhere between one in 25 to two in three marriages end. If these statistics were to take into account the number ...

Jun 8, 2018

0

6

Gene mutation behind protein that helps regulate cholesterol levels identified

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has identified a gene mutation that is at least partly responsible for regulating cholesterol levels in the bloodstream. In their paper published in the ...

Jun 8, 2018 report

0

283

Gene therapy for myotubular myopathy—early signs of success

Parents cherish developmental milestones, from a newborn's grip of an offered finger; to an infant's holding her head up the first time; to rolling over, creeping, and crawling; then to standing, cruising, and finally walking. ...

Jun 8, 2018

0

1

Scientists show that a key Parkinson's biomarker can be identified in the retina

A study involving scientists from the University of Alicante and the United States notes that the accumulation of a protein known as alpha-synuclein in the retina is a key Parkinson's biomarker that could help detect the ...

Jun 8, 2018

First photoactive drug to fight Parkinson's disease

An international team has designed the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug, MRS7145, to fight Parkinson's disease, according to the new article in Journal of Controlled Release.

Jun 8, 2018

0

82

Congo says new confirmed Ebola case; outbreak marks 1 month

Congo's health ministry says another Ebola case has been confirmed as the pace of new cases slows one month after the outbreak was officially declared.

Jun 8, 2018

Patients unable to resume work after heart attack face depression and financial hardship

More people than ever are able to resume working after a heart attack, but those working less or unable to work reported lower quality of life with increased depression and difficulty affording their medication, according ...

Jun 8, 2018

0

4

Human midcingulate cortex sustains the execution of difficult or boring tasks, study finds

A breakthrough in brain research has promising implications for health and may lead to new answers about depression, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and Parkinson's disease. In a recent study, University of ...

Jun 8, 2018

1

96

page 4 from 7

«
»