Archive: 07/05/2019

Key step in transformation of B cells to antibody-secreting cells described

Immunologist Frances Lund, Ph.D., and colleagues have detailed the role of a key controlling factor in the transformation of B cells into antibody-secreting cells, the cells that produce antibodies to fight invading pathogens ...

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Why visual stimulation may work against Alzheimer's

Several years ago, MIT neuroscientists showed that they could dramatically reduce the amyloid plaques seen Alzheimer's disease in mice simply by exposing the animals to light flickering at a specific frequency.

May 7, 2019

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Damaged lungs regenerated in study

A new technique to rehabilitate lungs that are too damaged to be considered for transplant could benefit an increasing population of patients with end-stage lung disease.

May 7, 2019

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Neurons that encode sweetness identified in mice

Researchers from the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan have identified the neurons responsible for relaying sweet taste signals to the gustatory thalamus and cortex in mice. While the peripheral taste ...

May 7, 2019

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Stem cells make more 'cargo' packets to carry cellular aging therapies

Johns Hopkins scientists report that adult cells reprogrammed to become primitive stem cells, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), make tiny "cargo packets" able to deliver potentially restorative or repairing proteins, ...

May 7, 2019

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Alternative treatment for epileptic seizures in children identified

A new study published in The Lancet, involving researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust, has identified a 'user friendly' treatment for the most common life-threatening neurological ...

May 7, 2019

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Health professionals wary of medicinal cannabis misuse and adverse effects

A Queensland University of Technology analysis of studies gauging attitudes to medicinal cannabis has found that while health professionals are broadly supportive, they feel they lack clinical and legislative knowledge, and ...

May 7, 2019

Obesity reprograms immune cells in breasts to promote tumor formation

Smoking has long been the biggest cause of cancer in the United States, but obesity, now the second leading cause, has been gaining ground. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago finds that women with breast ...

May 7, 2019

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Apalutamide in prostate cancer: indication of considerable added benefit

Do adult men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have a high risk of developing metastases benefit from treatment with apalutamide—or would they do better to simply continue their conventional androgen ...

May 7, 2019

Novel artificial intelligence method predicts future risk of breast cancer

Researchers from two major institutions have developed a new tool with advanced artificial intelligence (AI) methods to predict a woman's future risk of breast cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.

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