Archive: 25/06/2015

A microRNA may provide therapy against pancreatic cancer

Indiana University cancer researchers found that a particular microRNA may be a potent therapeutic agent against pancreatic cancer. The research was published June 22 in the journal Scientific Reports.

Jun 25, 2015

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Compound in magnolia may combat head and neck cancers

Magnolias are prized for their large, colorful, fragrant flowers. Does the attractive, showy tree also harbor a potent cancer fighter?

Jun 25, 2015

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AASLD updates guidance for use of hepatitis C drugs

The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), in partnership with the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and in collaboration with the International Antiviral Society-USA (IAS-USA), created ...

Jun 25, 2015

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Study highlights 'important safety issue' with widely used MRI contrast agents

New results in animals highlight a major safety concern regarding a class of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agents used in millions of patients each year, according to a paper published online by the journal Investigative ...

Jun 25, 2015

Smartphone app may prevent dangerous freezing of gait in Parkinson's patients

Many patients in the latter stage of Parkinson's disease are at high risk of dangerous, sometimes fatal, falls. One major reason is the disabling symptom referred to as Freezing of Gait (FoG)—brief episodes of an inability ...

Jun 25, 2015

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Glasses that shine green light into the eyes could be the answer to insomnia

When you're having trouble sleeping, light is the last thing you assume you need.

Jun 25, 2015

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Development of new blood vessels not essential to growth of lymph node metastases

While the use of antiangiogenesis drugs that block the growth of new blood vessels can improve the treatment of some cancers, clinical trials of their ability to prevent the development of new metastases have failed. Now ...

Jun 25, 2015

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California vaccine bill clears major legislative hurdle

California's Assembly on Thursday approved a hotly contested bill requiring that nearly all public schoolchildren be vaccinated, clearing one of its last major legislative obstacles before the measure heads to the desk of ...

Jun 25, 2015

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Revisiting the restriction of antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance, and multi-drug resistance, is a major public health threat. A new study publishing in PLOS Computational Biology finds conditions where restricting certain antibiotics may increase the frequency of ...

Jun 25, 2015

Researchers identify stem-like progenitor cell that exclusively forms heart muscle

Future therapies for failing hearts are likely to include stem-like cells and associated growth factors that regenerate heart muscle. Scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have ...

Jun 25, 2015

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