Archive: 18/06/2019

Study reveals biology of leptin, the hunger hormone

In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity. Their findings advance knowledge about leptin and weight gain, and also suggest a potential ...

Jun 18, 2019

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Scientists discover a powerful antibody that inhibits multiple strains of norovirus

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health and their colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center ...

Jun 18, 2019

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Henry Ford Cancer Institute treats its first patient with innovative 'living drug' therapy

Henry Ford Cancer Institute has treated its first patient with CAR T-cell therapy, an approach that uses engineered cells from a patient's immune system to destroy cancer. The altered cells remain active for years after the ...

Jun 18, 2019

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Researchers relate amplification of chromosomal region with resistance to chemotherapeutic drug in breast cancer

Researchers at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), with the participation of collaborators from the Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) and the University Institute of Oncology of Asturias (IUOPA), publish ...

Jun 18, 2019

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Researchers describe new functions of protein that play key role in some tumors and rare diseases

Cohesin is a protein complex that is essential for chromosome segregation in dividing cells. Recent evidence suggests that it also plays an important role in 3-D genome architecture, which folds like origami and regulates ...

Jun 18, 2019

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Democrats and Republicans agree: Take politics out of health policymaking

It's no secret that Americans are politically divided, but a new report offers hope that Democrats and Republicans find common ground on at least one issue: the role of "evidence" in developing and shaping health laws. Strong ...

Jun 18, 2019

Cell division at high speed

In malignant tumours, the cells usually proliferate quickly and uncontrollably. A research team from the Biocenter of Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, has discovered that two important ...

Jun 18, 2019

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'Invisible pandemic': WHO offers global plan to fight superbugs

The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global campaign Tuesday to curb the spread of antibiotic resistant germs through safer and more effective use of the life-saving drugs.

Jun 18, 2019

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Italian woman who was Europe's oldest person has died at 116

A 116-year-old Italian woman who authorities say was the oldest person in Europe and the second oldest in the world has died.

Jun 18, 2019

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Study shows healthcare workers often care for patients while ill

Large numbers of healthcare workers risk transmitting respiratory viruses to patients and co-workers by attending work even when they have symptoms, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, ...

Jun 18, 2019

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