Archive: 30/04/2015

Optimizing treatment protocols when diagnostics are costly

HIV-1 continues to spread globally. While neither a cure, nor an effective vaccine are available, recent focus has been put on 'treatment-for-prevention', which is a method by which treatment is used to reduce the contagiousness ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Boosting the body's natural ability to fight urinary tract infections

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common, and widespread antibiotic resistance has led to urgent calls for new ways to combat them. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Researchers find worm index closely associated with a nation's human development index

With the Millennium Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2000 coming to an end in 2015, and the new Sustainable Development Goals now in the works to establish a set of targets for the future of international ...

Apr 30, 2015

Researchers discover key driver of human aging

A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods of preventing and treating age-related diseases such as cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease, as detailed ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Vitamin D toxicity rare in people who take supplements, researchers report

Over the last decade, numerous studies have shown that many Americans have low vitamin D levels and as a result, vitamin D supplement use has climbed in recent years. Vitamin D has been shown to boost bone health and it may ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Study results promising for hepatitis C patients awaiting or completing liver transplant

A number of new, highly effective oral treatments for various types of hepatitis C have been approved in the past few years. However, two groups who have not benefitted from the new treatments are patients with hepatitis ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Team discovers how aspirin fights cancer

Taking aspirin reduces a person's risk of colorectal cancer, but the molecular mechanisms involved have remained unknown until a recent discovery by The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota.

Apr 30, 2015

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New survey: Percentage of Texans without health insurance drops dramatically

The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31 percent since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released today by the Episcopal Health ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Using new 'chemogenetic' technique, scientists turn neurons 'on' and 'off'

Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have perfected a noninvasive "chemogenetic" technique that allows them to switch off a specific behavior in mice ...

Apr 30, 2015

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Protein in metabolic reprogramming restrains senescent cells from becoming cancerous

In recent years, research has shown that cancerous cells have a different metabolism—essential chemical and nutritional changes needed for supporting the unlimited growth observed in cancer—than normal cells. Now, scientists ...

Apr 30, 2015

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