Archive: 10/03/2017

New research shows promise in disabling cancer's defences

Recent study out of the University of Ottawa opens door for new disease therapies in cancer, ALS, Fragile X Syndrome and others.

Mar 10, 2017

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Scientists develop 3-D tissue culture models to mmic human gut infections

Vaccines and antimicrobials have done more to transform medicine and extend the average human lifespan than any other scientific breakthrough. Yet infectious diseases remain the world's no. 1 leading cause of death of children ...

Mar 10, 2017

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Link found between types of lipid metabolism and species lifespan

An international team of researchers has found a link between types of lipid metabolism in different species and differing lifespans. In their paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, the team describes their study ...

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Can training your working memory make you smarter?

We would all like to boost our cognitive ability beyond the limits set by Mother Nature. So it's no wonder that brain-training programmes – which typically focus on training our working memory – are a multibillion-dollar ...

Mar 10, 2017

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Patients with depression symptoms due to chronic sinus disease are less productive

Depressed patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) are more likely to miss days of work or school than those without depression symptoms, according to the results of a new study led by the Sinus Center at Massachusetts ...

Mar 10, 2017

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Researchers find a gene that causes Opitz C syndrome

Opitz C syndrome is a genetic disease that causes severe disabilities in patients and has been diagnosed in three people in the Iberian Peninsula, and 60 people in the world. A team led by the professors Daniel Grinberg and ...

Mar 10, 2017

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Physical exercise helps during treatment for gastrointestinal cancer

Walking or jogging helps patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer to cope better with the side effects of chemotherapy. This has now been shown by a study conducted by Katrin Stücher in the framework of her doctorate ...

Mar 10, 2017

Malaria treatment soon to be simpler, more flexible, and more efficient?

Malaria infections may soon be treated much more efficiently than they are at present. Researchers at the Universities of Bayreuth and Jerusalem have developed a novel drug release procedure for this purpose. The procedure ...

Mar 10, 2017

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Boosting a baby's health during the 'golden window'

Moms and dads caught in the frenzy of raising little ones probably don't realize it, but the first 1,000 days of their children's lives truly are "golden"—precious, that is, in their implications for future growth and development.

Mar 10, 2017

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Discovery of a new metabolic pathway of a known lipid has implications in cancer, obesity

A collaborative Stony Brook University research team has discovered a novel metabolic pathway of the lipid ceramide, which is involved in cell death. The finding illustrates that ceramide is stored in lipid droplets, a step ...

Mar 10, 2017

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