Archive: 06/06/2018

New lab technology could reveal treatments for muscle-wasting disease

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new cell-based technologies which could help improve understanding of the muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and test potential drugs for ...

Jun 6, 2018

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Ebola toll in DR Congo rises to 27

Two more people have died of Ebola in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing the toll to 27 in nearly a month, the health ministry said on Wednesday.

Jun 6, 2018

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Are two cancer immunotherapy drugs better than one?

A class of immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors has shown great promise against cancer in some patients. However, researchers' attempts to boost the drugs' efficacy by combining them with other immunotherapies ...

Jun 6, 2018

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As mystery deepens over the cause of Alzheimer's, researchers seek new answers

For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on Alzheimer's disease has been guided by the "amyloid hypothesis."

Jun 6, 2018

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Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks

Judy's first pregnancy was planned, and she was looking forward to having a baby. Yet, halfway through the pregnancy, something changed. She began to feel down and bad about herself. She had less energy and struggled to concentrate. ...

Jun 6, 2018

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The psychosocial toll of our increasingly online lives

Want to book plane tickets? Order a pizza for dinner? Check available university courses? Write a note to your Aunt Sally? Chances are you're going to need a smartphone (or laptop or desktop or smartwatch or Amazon Echo personal ...

Jun 6, 2018

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Neighborhoods can help buffer impacts from childhood poverty

In one of the first studies to examine the effect of both socioeconomic status and neighborhoods on children's health, researchers at San Francisco State University and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found ...

Jun 6, 2018

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Why long-term separation from parents harms kids

As a society, we often wax eloquent about how important it is to nurture, support and protect our children. The sad reality, however, is that all too often major, life-changing decisions are made without any consideration ...

Jun 6, 2018

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Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics

A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria may provide a new way to treat the most common hospital-acquired bacterial infection in the United States, according to ...

Jun 6, 2018

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What would help or hinder patient participation in mitochondrial disease clinical trials?

As clinical trials gear up with the aim of attaining the first FDA-approved treatments for mitochondrial disease, a new study reports for the first time what patients and families say would motivate them for or against participating ...

Jun 6, 2018

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