Archive: 28/04/2016
Genetic risk factors of disparate diseases share similar biological underpinnings
The discovery of shared biological properties among independent variants of DNA sequences offers the opportunity to broaden understanding of the biological basis of disease and identify new therapeutic targets, according ...
Apr 28, 2016
Gene therapy halts pulmonary hypertension progression in large animal pre-clinical study
Scientists have used a novel gene therapy to halt the progression of pulmonary hypertension, a form of high blood pressure in the lung blood vessels that is linked to heart failure, according to a study led by Roger J. Hajjar, ...
Apr 28, 2016
WSU researcher improves mental health evaluations
Washington State University researchers have developed a new assessment tool to gauge the risk that someone with a mental illness will commit a crime. It could also speed up long-delayed competency evaluations for people ...
Apr 28, 2016
Growing number of patients who might benefit from liver transplant removed from wait list
The sickest liver transplant candidates should be first in line when a donor liver becomes available, but transplant centers are increasingly removing these individuals from the waiting list, considering them "too sick to ...
Apr 28, 2016