Archive: 09/03/2015

Study of fruit fly 'brain in a jar' reveals mechanics of jet lag

Long the stuff of science fiction, the disembodied "brain in a jar" is providing science fact for UC Irvine researchers, who by studying the whole brains of fruit flies are discovering the inner mechanisms of jet lag.

Mar 9, 2015

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Blood-based genetic biomarkers identify young boys with autism

In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report finding a highly accurate ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Preterm babies continue to receive inhaled nitric oxide

Inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) is a drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration that is commonly used in term and near-term neonates who have severe respiratory failure caused by pulmonary hypertension. Over the last decade ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Most information in drug development is lost

Lots of potentially useful medical information is getting lost. McGill researchers discovered this when they looked into the lack of reporting of information from "stalled drug" trials in cancer, cardiovascular and neurological ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Viagra in combination with new drugs can have anti-cancer, antibacterial, therapeutic effects

Chaperone proteins play an important role in protein folding in human cells and in bacteria and are promising new targets for drugs to treat cancer and Alzheimer's disease and for novel antiviral drugs and antibiotics. How ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Young African American men deserve better from health care, according to researchers

Healthcare spending is at an all-time high in the U.S., yet young African-American men see little benefit, according to Boston Medical Center (BMC) researchers' Viewpoint commentary published in the current issue of the Journal ...

Mar 9, 2015

A real eye-opener: Narcolepsy bears classic autoimmune hallmarks

Narcoleptics suffer from bouts of sleepiness and sleep attacks, which impair their ability to function in daily life. But the precise cause of narcolepsy has long eluded scientists, and the cure for the devastating neurological ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Online health information—keep it simple

Australian health websites are too difficult for many people to read.

Mar 9, 2015

How blood group O protects against malaria

It has long been known that people with blood type O are protected from dying of severe malaria. In a study published in Nature Medicine, a team of Scandinavian scientists explains the mechanisms behind the protection that ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Canadians' preferences for receiving incidental findings from genetic testing

Although many people value receiving information about incidental findings identified from genomic sequencing, not everyone wants to know about genetic conditions regardless of potential health implications, found a study ...

Mar 9, 2015

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Archive: 09/03/2015

Study of fruit fly 'brain in a jar' reveals mechanics of jet lag

Blood-based genetic biomarkers identify young boys with autism

Preterm babies continue to receive inhaled nitric oxide

Most information in drug development is lost

Viagra in combination with new drugs can have anti-cancer, antibacterial, therapeutic effects

Young African American men deserve better from health care, according to researchers

A real eye-opener: Narcolepsy bears classic autoimmune hallmarks

Online health information—keep it simple

How blood group O protects against malaria

Canadians' preferences for receiving incidental findings from genetic testing

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