Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Study shows how neurons decline as Parkinson's develops
It's an unsettling thought: You could be walking around for 20 years developing Parkinson's disease and not even know it.
Apr 28, 2016
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Genetics
New insights reported about the Angelina Jolie gene
Scientists from the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) in San Antonio today (March 4) published work that provides deeper insight into how the Angelina Jolie gene, BRCA1, functions in normal breast tissue and how its ...
Mar 4, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
New software helps confirm virus discovery
How do some viruses—comparable to HIV—insert their genetic information into cells and permanently infect them? In a paper published in Nature in February, scientists showed the structure of a protein complex that enables ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Mesh-like scaffold is disordered in Alzheimer's-affected cells
Brain cell death in Alzheimer's disease is linked to disruption of a skeleton that surrounds the nucleus of the cells, a researcher in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Overweight & Obesity
Many Latino kids struggle to reach a healthy weight by kindergarten
More Latino kids are obese by ages 2-5 than white kids, due to maternal obesity, less exclusive breastfeeding, and workplace and childcare issues that affect nutrition and physical activity levels, according to a new package ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Team IDs brain circuit involved in party drug's antidepressant effect
At its best, the drug ketamine relieves depression within two hours and its beneficial effect on patients may last a week. At its worst, ketamine, the party drug "Special K," is addictive and may send recreational users into ...
Dec 21, 2015
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Immunology
Scientists learn how poxviruses defeat the body's host defense
Smallpox virus, which killed millions of humans through the ages, ranks among the world's most feared bioterrorism agents. Human monkeypox continues to occur sporadically in remote African villages.
Dec 10, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Protein's work in eye lens suggests a way to tame cancer
How does a protein called connexin put the clamps on cancer? Researchers in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio today reported an explanation.
Nov 12, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer adjuvant therapy benefit can wax and wane over time, study finds
After breast cancer surgery, women are prescribed adjuvant (or follow-up) therapies such as chemotherapy and endocrine drugs to reduce the risk of the cancer returning. It's been assumed that the treatment effects of these ...
Nov 2, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene therapy doubles survival in recurrent glioblastoma
An experimental gene therapy essentially doubled the overall survival of patients with recurrent glioblastoma compared to the current standard of care, a researcher said Oct. 1 at the Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) ...
Oct 1, 2015
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