Diabetes
Study highlights possible knowledge gap over effects of some diabetes drugs
A gap in scientific knowledge about a family of drugs that are used to treat Type 2 diabetes has been highlighted in a new study.
Sep 18, 2015
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
Medical research
Study sheds light on infertility puzzle, could improve in vitro fertilization
We don't know if a sperm actually experiences joy when it finally finds the egg, but it does wiggle excitedly.
Sep 17, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Natural defense against HIV discovered
Researchers at Michigan State University were part of a team to discover a new natural defense against HIV infection.
Sep 16, 2015
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Medical research
Loss of cellular energy leads to neuronal dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease model
A new study from the Gladstone Institutes shows for the first time that impairments in mitochondria—the brain's cellular power plants—can deplete cellular energy levels and cause neuronal dysfunction in a model of neurodegenerative ...
Sep 14, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug resistance in cancer patients linked to oxygen-bearing molecules in body, study finds
Increased levels of certain chemically reactive, oxygen-containing molecules in the body can cause patients to become resistant to cancer drugs such as chemotherapy, according to researchers at Georgia State University.
Sep 14, 2015
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Medical research
Scientists discover cause of and potential treatment for muscle weakness and loss due to aging
As we grow older, we lose strength and muscle mass. However, the cause of age-related muscle weakness and atrophy has remained a mystery.
Sep 8, 2015
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Medical research
Sequestered prion protein takes the good mood away, suggests new hypothesis on depression
The discovery of antidepressant drugs in the 1950s led to the first biochemical hypothesis of depression, known as the monoamine hypothesis. This hypothesis proposes that an imbalance of certain brain chemicals is the key ...
Aug 13, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Can stem cells cause and cure cancer?
Simply put, cancer is caused by mutations to genes within a cell that lead to abnormal cell growth. Finding out what causes that genetic mutation has been the holy grail of medical science for decades. Researchers at the ...
Aug 12, 2015
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Medical research
Using proliferative properties of cancer cells to rejuvenate cardiac progenitor cells
In a way, trying to repair age-related heart damage and trying to fight cancer are opposite problems. Your heart cells' ability to regenerate themselves and proliferate into new, young cells degrades as you get older. They ...
Jul 29, 2015
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1038
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find link between cancer gene and obesity
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers have discovered that a gene known to cause cancer also may play a role in determining if someone becomes obese.
Jul 17, 2015
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