Archive: 31/07/2019

Video: Ballet could help to build better robots, treat stroke patients

Northeastern professor Dagmar Sternad is studying ballet dancers to understand how to help people regain their balance in old age.

Jul 31, 2019

Expectant mothers can mitigate the impact of marijuana on baby's brain development

A team of researchers led by members of the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus found that choline, an essential micronutrient, can prevent fetal brain developmental problems that can ...

Jul 31, 2019

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'Promising' antibody therapy extends survival in mice with pancreatic cancer

Scientists have found a way to target and knock out a single protein that they have discovered is widely involved in pancreatic cancer cell growth, survival and invasion.

Jul 31, 2019

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DNA-protective protein could help clinicians better target fast-growing cancer cells

The discovery that an essential protein plays a protective role during cell division, could open the door to better targeted treatment of fast-growing cancer cells.

Jul 31, 2019

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New proof of link between obesity and disease

The University of South Australia's Australian Centre for Precision Health researchers examined links between body mass index (BMI) and more than 925 diseases in 337536 UK volunteers, confirming the link between obesity and ...

Jul 31, 2019

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Stomach-protecting medicines can trigger allergies

Stomach-protecting drugs are widely used. Now, using quantitative prescribing data from Austria, a study conducted by MedUni Vienna in collaboration with the Austrian Social Insurance Institutions, has shown that stomach-protecting ...

Jul 31, 2019

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From urine samples to precision medicine in bladder cancer through 3-D cell culture

A research collaborative led by scientists from institutions in Japan including Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) has developed a new experimental cancer model for dog bladder cancer. Urine samples were ...

Jul 31, 2019

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A paradoxical proinflammatory effect of endocannabinoids in the brain discovered

A new study led by the Neuropharmacology Laboratory (NeuroPhar) at UPF shows that increasing endocannabinoids in the brain may cause inflammation in specific brain areas such as the cerebellum, which is associated with problems ...

Jul 31, 2019

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US to set up plan allowing prescription meds from Canada

The Trump administration said Wednesday it will set up a system allowing Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for the first time, reversing years of opposition from federal health ...

Jul 31, 2019

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Glowing cholesterol helps scientists fight heart disease

A newly developed technique that shows artery clogging fat-and-protein complexes in live fish gave investigators from Carnegie, Johns Hopkins University, and the Mayo Clinic a glimpse of how to study heart disease in action. ...

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