Cardiology
Zinc at the heart of new study
Zinc plays an important role in regulating heartbeat, according to new research led by the University of St Andrews.
Jul 14, 2015
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Journal of Biological Chemistry
Medical research
Researchers find potential link between fat in blood and blood vessel recovery in ischemia
The buildup of fat in the blood makes a bad situation worse - it not only raises a person's risk for heart attack or stroke but also impairs the growth of new blood vessels. How excess fat in the blood - a condition known ...
Jul 9, 2015
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Potential drug lessens neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease model
The first test in a mammalian model of a potential new class of drugs to treat Parkinson's disease shows abatement of neurodegeneration in the brains of test rats and no significant toxicities, University of Alabama at Birmingham ...
Jun 26, 2015
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Medical research
Delivering drugs to the right place
For the 12 million people worldwide who suffer from polycystic kidney disease (PKD), an inherited disorder with no known cure, a new treatment option may be on the horizon.
Jun 25, 2015
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Medical research
Mutation in zinc transport protein may inhibit successful breast-feeding
Zinc plays an important role in a woman's ability to successfully breast-feed her child, according to health researchers.
Jun 15, 2015
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Medical research
Obese male mice produce more disease-promoting immune cells than females
Obesity may be tougher on male immune systems than females, a new study in mice at the University of Michigan Medical School suggests.
May 26, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
Persistence yields progress in AIDS vaccine research
Phil Berman has been working to develop an AIDS vaccine for nearly 30 years, first at the pioneering biotech company Genentech, then as cofounder of VaxGen, and now at UC Santa Cruz, where he is the Baskin Professor of Biomolecular ...
May 14, 2015
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Neuroscience
New insight into how brain makes memories
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms an electrochemical connection to a neighboring neuron.
Apr 24, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
New signaling pathway discovered in HER2-positive breast cancer, and two powerful drug targets
One of the most promising ideas in cancer treatment is to apply a lesson learned in the fight against AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome): simultaneously attacking a pathological process at different points of weakness ...
Apr 20, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
How breast cancer cells avoid cell death
Two new papers from the lab of Zach Schafer, Coleman Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Notre Dame, offer insights into how breast cancer cells avoid anoikis, which is cell death induced by detachment ...
Apr 20, 2015
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