Archive: 07/12/2016

Diabetes drug slows experimental Parkinson's progression, human trials to begin next year

A new investigational drug originally developed for type 2 diabetes is being readied for human clinical trials in search of the world's first treatment to impede the progression of Parkinson's disease following publication ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Team designs molecule that could be first antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC have engineered a protein that reverses carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in mice, a discovery that could potentially lead to the creation of the first ...

Dec 7, 2016

Chemical mosquito controls ineffective in Zika fight

Some existing methods for controlling Zika-carrying mosquitos are not effective and may even be counter-productive, according to research by scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA).

Dec 7, 2016

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Personalized cancer vaccine is associated with promising outcomes for patients with AML

A personalized cancer vaccine markedly improved outcomes for patients suffering from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a potentially lethal blood cancer, in a clinical trial led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Intimate and social relationships important for older adults in assisted living, study finds

Intimate and social relationships remain important for older adults residing in assisted-living facilities, according to a recent study.

Dec 7, 2016

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Stem cell-based test predicts leukemia patients' response to therapy to tailor treatment

Leukemia researchers at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have developed a 17-gene signature derived from leukemia stem cells that can predict at diagnosis if patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) will respond to standard ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Unique visual stimulation may be new treatment for Alzheimer's

Using LED lights flickering at a specific frequency, MIT researchers have shown that they can substantially reduce the beta amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease, in the visual cortex of mice.

Dec 7, 2016

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Study identifies cells responsible for initiating and promoting metastasis in several types of human tumors

A study headed by Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), and published today in Nature identifies metastasis-initiating cells through a specific marker, namely ...

Dec 7, 2016

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Don't bet big on health law changes when mulling coverage

Why worry about buying health insurance when President-elect Donald Trump plans to dump the requirement that most Americans get coverage?

Dec 7, 2016

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Disruption of the body's internal clock causes disruption of metabolic processes

Chronobiologists from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that the body's carbon monoxide metabolism is closely linked to the body's circadian (internal) clock. Carbon monoxide, a toxic gas found in exhaust ...

Dec 7, 2016

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