Medical research
New treatment aids weight loss, improves diabetes in monkeys
(HealthDay)—A new, lab-created antibody that mimics the action of a naturally occurring molecule causes weight loss in monkeys, researchers report.
Nov 28, 2012
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Medical research
Five animals that could help us beat human diseases
As humans, we may feel rather lucky about our evolutionary lot. We live longer than many other animals, and lifespans continue to increase thanks to better diets, advances in medicine and improved public health. But our quest ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Men with prostate cancer should eat healthy vegetable fats
Men with prostate cancer may significantly improve their survival chances with a simple change in their diet, a new study led by UC San Francisco has found.
Jun 10, 2013
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Medical research
Keeping bone in its place
Heterotopic ossification (HO) is the formation of bone within soft tissue such as muscle, leading to pain and potentially the inability to use a limb. Once thought to be primarily a genetic disease, the cause of most trauma-induced ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lilly antibody drug fails in a COVID-19 study; others go on
U.S. government officials are putting an early end to a study testing an Eli Lilly antibody drug for people hospitalized with COVID-19 because it doesn't seem to be helping them.
Oct 27, 2020
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Cardiology
Inhibiting CaMKII enzyme activity could lead to new therapies for heart disease
University of Iowa researchers have previously shown that an enzyme called CaM kinase II plays a pivotal role in the death of heart cells following a heart attack or other conditions that damage or stress heart muscle. Loss ...
Oct 11, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find humans have given wild animals their diseases nearly 100 times
A research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that humans give viruses back to animals more often than previously thought.
Apr 7, 2022
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Cardiology
Neonatal heart stem cells may help mend kids' broken hearts
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, who are exploring novel ways to treat serious heart problems in children, have conducted the first direct comparison of the regenerative abilities of neonatal ...
Sep 10, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that zoonotic diseases—infections that pass from animals to humans—can present tremendous threats to global health. More than 70% of emerging and reemerging pathogens originate from ...
Nov 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Cause of vascular disease in kidney failure reversed in animal model
By loading a chelation drug into a nano-sized homing device, researchers at Clemson University have reversed in an animal model the deadliest effects of chronic kidney disease, which kills more people in the United States ...
Mar 5, 2019
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