Archive: 27/10/2015

Drug-device combination opens potential new path to treat stroke

Scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University developing novel nanotherapeutics for clearing obstructed blood vessels have teamed up with researchers at University of Massachusetts' ...

Oct 27, 2015

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Drug for digestive problem can extend survival for many advanced cancer patients

Patients with advanced cancers who took a drug designed to relieve constipation caused by pain killers lived longer and had fewer reports of tumor progression than cancer patients who did not receive the drug, according to ...

Oct 27, 2015

New finding helps explain why many alcohol drinkers also are smokers

Alcohol and nicotine use have long been known to go hand in hand. Previous research shows that more than 85 percent of U.S. adults who are alcohol-dependent also are nicotine-dependent. Now, researchers from the University ...

Oct 27, 2015

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Study reveals brain mechanism for creating durable memories

Rehearsing information immediately after being given it may be all you need to make it a permanent memory, a University of Sussex study suggests.

Oct 27, 2015

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3-D pancreatic cancer organoid may help predict clinical responses, personalize treatments

The development of a new method to grow three-dimensional organoid cultures of pancreatic tumors directly from patients' surgical tissue offers a promising opportunity for testing targeted therapies and drug responses and ...

Oct 27, 2015

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Our head movements convey emotions

When people talk or sing, they often nod, tilt or bow their heads to reinforce verbal messages. But how effective are these head gestures at conveying emotions?

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Study finds complete symptom resolution reduces risk of depression recurrence

People who have had an episode of major depression are at high risk for having another episode. Now, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have found that the risk of recurrence is significantly ...

Oct 27, 2015

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Reduced activity of a brain protein linked to post-traumatic stress disorder

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have reduced activity of the protein serum and glucocorticoid regulated kinase 1 (SGK1) in their prefrontal cortices, and experimentally reducing the protein's activity in ...

Oct 27, 2015

Two studies investigate health impacts of continuous piped water supply

This week's issue of PLOS Medicine features two separate studies, each of which investigates the importance of uninterrupted piped water supplies to health outcomes. In a matched cohort study in Hubli-Dharwad, India, Ayse ...

Oct 27, 2015

Researchers identify an enzyme as a major culprit of autoimmune diseases

Activating an enzyme that sounds an alarm for the body's innate immune system causes two lethal autoimmune diseases in mice, while inhibiting the same enzyme rescues them, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report.

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Archive: 27/10/2015

Drug-device combination opens potential new path to treat stroke

Drug for digestive problem can extend survival for many advanced cancer patients

New finding helps explain why many alcohol drinkers also are smokers

Study reveals brain mechanism for creating durable memories

3-D pancreatic cancer organoid may help predict clinical responses, personalize treatments

Our head movements convey emotions

Study finds complete symptom resolution reduces risk of depression recurrence

Reduced activity of a brain protein linked to post-traumatic stress disorder

Two studies investigate health impacts of continuous piped water supply

Researchers identify an enzyme as a major culprit of autoimmune diseases

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