Medications
An unexpected pathway to treating neurodegenerative diseases
Scientific success stories can sometimes occur when therapies being studied for one disease can be used to treat another.
Mar 28, 2019
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News tagged with abnormal protein
Neuroscience
The tangled web in Alzheimer's protein deposits is more complex than once thought
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health in the United States have made an important discovery that should forever change the scope and direction of Alzheimer's research. Specifically, they have discovered that the ...
Nov 1, 2011
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Medical research
Weight loss after gastric bypass surgery reduces expression of Alzheimer's genes
Obesity is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, but weight loss due to bariatric surgery may reduce the risk of this common dementia, a new study suggests. The results will be presented Sunday at The Endocrine Society's ...
Jun 6, 2011
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Vitamin D, omega-3 may help clear amyloid plaques found in Alzheimer's
A team of academic researchers has pinpointed how vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids may enhance the immune system's ability to clear the brain of amyloid plaques, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 5, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Two reasons why cancers thrive in chromosomal chaos
Writing in EMBO reports, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health describe how a pair of fundamental genetic and cellular processes are exploited ...
Oct 26, 2021
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Medical research
Researchers solve puzzle of proteins linked to heart failure
Sudden cardiac death is a risk for patients with heart failure because the calcium inside their heart cells is not properly controlled and this can lead to an irregular heartbeat. New findings published in PLoS ONE, which ...
Feb 22, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Retro arcade-style game to explain science of Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's Research UK has created a cross-platform game designed to help people understand the biology of Alzheimer's and other dementias.
Dec 18, 2015
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Genetics
Study homes in on possible cause of sudden cardiac deaths
By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an inherited form of heart disease.
Mar 3, 2020
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Genetics
New mouse model helps explain gene discovery in congenital heart disease
Scientists now have clues to how a gene mutation discovered in families affected with congenital heart disease leads to underdevelopment of the walls that separate the heart into four chambers. A Nationwide Children's Hospital ...
Jun 26, 2012
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Medical research
Cancer's 'good cop/bad cop' protein could help develop more effective drugs
The basic unit of all living things is the cell—and the human body contains tens of trillions of them. Cancer can be triggered by the abnormal growth and division of just one of these, which goes on to form a lump or tumor.
Aug 16, 2019
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