Archive: 07/09/2017

Team finds that telomere length can have a direct correlation to heart failure in humans

Each cell in the average human body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, with four telomeres on each pair. Telomeres cover the end of the chromosome, protecting it from deterioration or fusion with adjacent chromosomes, much ...

Sep 7, 2017

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Human skin cells transformed directly into motor neurons

Scientists working to develop new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases have been stymied by the inability to grow human motor neurons in the lab. Motor neurons drive muscle contractions, and their damage underlies devastating ...

Sep 7, 2017

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Seven steps to keep your brain healthy from childhood to old age

A healthy lifestyle benefits your brain as much as the rest of your body—and may lessen the risk of cognitive decline (a loss of the ability to think well) as you age, according to a new advisory from the American Heart ...

Sep 7, 2017

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Cancer immunotherapy may get a boost by disabling specific T cells

Cancer immunotherapy drugs only work for a minority of patients, but a generic drug now used to increase blood flow may be able to improve those odds, a study by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers suggests.

Sep 7, 2017

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Immunotherapy combination safe and 62 percent effective in metastatic melanoma patients

Immunotherapy is a promising approach in the treatment of metastatic melanoma, an aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer; but for most patients, immunotherapy drugs so far have failed to live up to their promise and provide ...

Sep 7, 2017

Human papillomavirus 16 infections may pose variable cancer risk

Human papillomavirus 16 accounts for about half of all cervical cancers, but researchers reporting September 7 in the journal Cell have found that not all infections are equal. An analysis of the HPV16 genome from 5,570 human ...

Sep 7, 2017

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3-D organoids and RNA sequencing reveal the crosstalk driving lung cell formation

To stay healthy, our lungs have to maintain two key populations of cells: the alveolar epithelial cells, which make up the little sacs where gas exchange takes place, and bronchiolar epithelial cells (also known as airway ...

Sep 7, 2017

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Mediterranean-style diet may eliminate need for reflux medications

A plant-based, Mediterranean-style diet has been shown to provide the same medical benefits for treating laryngopharyngeal reflux as popular reflux medications. This is according to a study published today in JAMA Otolaryngology ...

Sep 7, 2017

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Top New York court rules against physician-assisted suicide

New York's ban on assisted suicide stands after the state's highest court rejected arguments from terminally ill patients who want the right to seek life-ending drugs from a doctor.

Sep 7, 2017

Fifty-fifty split best for children of divorce

Preschool children in joint physical custody have less psychological symptoms than those who live mostly or only with one parent after a separation. In a new study of 3,656 children in Sweden, researchers from Uppsala University, ...

Sep 7, 2017

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