Archive: 01/06/2016

New measurement technique shows link between T-cells and aging

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a correlation between aging and the effectiveness of T-cells, a type of immune cell programmed to fight or kill a threat. ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Genetic approach could help identify side-effects at early stages of drug development

An approach that could reduce the chances of drugs failing during the later stages of clinical trials has been demonstrated by a collaboration between the University of Cambridge and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Nurses cite language barriers to educating parents about 'shaken baby syndrome'

Language is a key obstacle to meeting guidelines for educating parents of newborns about "shaken baby syndrome"—also called abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), reports a study in the Journal of Trauma Nursing, official publication ...

Jun 1, 2016

Researchers identify new 'druggable' target for sporadic Parkinson's disease

Research at the Buck Institute shows the same mechanisms that lead to neuronal cell death in mice genetically fated to develop Parkinson's disease (PD) are involved in the much more common sporadic form of the age-related, ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Scientists trick body's viral response to combat cancer

German researchers on Wednesday presented a Trojan horse method of attacking cancer, sneaking virus impersonators into the human body to unleash an anti-tumour immune offensive.

Jun 1, 2016

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New insights into muscular dystrophy point to potential treatment avenues

The average healthy man is 54 percent muscle by mass, but people with muscular dystrophy, an incurable, genetic condition, have almost no muscle at terminal stages of the disease. New research from The Rockefeller University ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Team IDs gene involved with fracture healing

New identification of a gene involved in the fracture healing process could lead to the development of new therapeutic treatments for difficult-to-heal injuries.

Jun 1, 2016

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Health officials: Tourist contracted dengue in Key West

Florida health officials say a tourist contracted dengue fever while visiting Key West.

Jun 1, 2016

How fear makes us freeze

Andreas Lüthi and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) have identified and characterized the neuronal circuitry in the brain, which controls defensive behavior in threatening situations. ...

Jun 1, 2016

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A new look at caspase 12 research

Inflammasomes are assemblies that are central to inflammatory responses. Dr. Lieselotte Vande Walle, Daniel Jiménez Fernández and colleagues from Prof. Mo Lamkanfi's group (VIB/UGent) shed new light on the function of caspase ...

Jun 1, 2016

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Archive: 01/06/2016

New measurement technique shows link between T-cells and aging

Genetic approach could help identify side-effects at early stages of drug development

Nurses cite language barriers to educating parents about 'shaken baby syndrome'

Researchers identify new 'druggable' target for sporadic Parkinson's disease

Scientists trick body's viral response to combat cancer

New insights into muscular dystrophy point to potential treatment avenues

Team IDs gene involved with fracture healing

Health officials: Tourist contracted dengue in Key West

How fear makes us freeze

A new look at caspase 12 research

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