Archive: 26/03/2018

Mitochondrial disease patients face difficult road to diagnosis

A new study documents the prolonged and difficult path patients face before they are diagnosed with mitochondrial diseases, a group of rare, debilitating genetic disorders. The study was led by researchers at Columbia University ...

Mar 26, 2018

New targeted therapy schedule could keep melanoma at bay

Skin melanoma, a particularly insidious cancer, accounts for the vast majority skin cancer deaths and is one of the most common cancers in people under 30. Treatment for advanced melanoma has seen success with targeted therapies ...

Mar 26, 2018

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In laboratory, scientist turns off chemo pain

In a recent paper published in the journal Pain, Saint Louis University researchers describe their success in an animal model in turning off the excruciating pain that often accompanies a colorectal cancer drug.

Mar 26, 2018

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Prenatal choline intake increases grey and white matter in piglets

Choline intake during pregnancy can influence infant metabolism and brain development, according to a series of studies from the University of Illinois. Although the role of choline in neurodevelopment has been studied before ...

Mar 26, 2018

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Portable device detects severe stroke in seconds with 92 percent accuracy

A new device worn like a visor can detect emergent large-vessel occlusion in patients with suspected stroke with 92 percent accuracy, report clinical investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Mount ...

Mar 26, 2018

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As antibiotics fail, global consumption of antibiotics skyrockets, further driving drug resistance

Despite the threat of a global health crisis in antibiotic resistance, worldwide use of antibiotics in humans soared 39 percent between 2000 and 2015, fueled by dramatic increases in low-income and middle-income countries ...

Mar 26, 2018

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How to make a good impression when saying hello

You can hear the perfect hello. And now you can see it, too. Researchers from the CNRS, the ENS, and Aix-Marseille University have established an experimental method that unveils the filter—that is, mental representation—we ...

Mar 26, 2018

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Combination breast cancer therapy targets tumor cells and the blood vessels that feed them

Each day, normal human cell tissues express a protein known as p53 that wages war against potential malignancies. However, between 30 and 40 percent of human breast cancers express a defective (mutant) form of p53 that helps ...

Mar 26, 2018

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Frequent, public drug users may be good candidates for overdose-treatment training

In response to America's opioid crisis, public health departments and community organizations across the country have started to train opioid users to reverse overdoses in other users with the opioid-blocker naloxone. The ...

Mar 26, 2018

Why does sleep become disrupted in old age?

The brain maintains its ability to generate local neural oscillations during sleep throughout the lifespan, according to a study of young and old mice published in JNeurosci. The research indicates that age-related disruptions ...

Mar 26, 2018

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