Medical research
Why your face looks the way it does
Is your face long? Wide? Big nose? Small ears? High forehead?
Feb 26, 2019
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Neuroscience
GI neuroimmune disruption contributes to Gulf War Illness
Many Persian Gulf War veterans experience Gulf War Illness (GWI), a chronic condition with symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal to neurological. While exposure to the anti-nerve gas pyridostigmine bromide (PB) is linked ...
Feb 21, 2019
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Medical research
The Lypla1 gene impacts obesity in a sex-specific manner
Susceptibility to obesity, insulin resistance and other cardio-metabolic traits may also be dependent on a person's sex. An international research team of the University of California (UCLA), Helmholtz Zentrum München, a ...
Feb 18, 2019
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Medications
Mixed results on early human testing of iron chelation after brain bleed
A drug that removes excess iron and toxins from the body after a brain bleed did not show significant improvement in recovery or neurological function at three months after intracerebral hemorrhage (stroke), but showed some ...
Feb 11, 2019
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Cardiology
Draining blood from bleeding stroke may prevent death
A minimally invasive surgery combining the use of a clot-busting drug and a catheter to drain blood from the brain of hemorrhagic stroke patients reduced swelling and improved patients' prognoses, according to preliminary ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Medical research
Trump administration ban on NIH use of fetal tissue should worry all scientists
Throughout history, politicians have restricted or outright banned certain areas of scientific or medical research based on moral or ethical grounds. In some cases, these measures were justified and prevented unethical human ...
Dec 14, 2018
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Diabetes
Researchers discovered a new mechanism of action in a first-line drug for diabetes
For decades, metformin has been the first-line drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, lowering blood glucose levels by inhibiting glucose production in the liver. Metformin also improves glucose uptake and use by muscle ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Bioadhesive, wirelessly-powered implant emitting light to kill cancer cells
Scientists from Waseda University, the National Defense Medical College, and the Japan Science and Technology Agency have developed a new bioadhesive, wirelessly powered light-emitting device that could better treat cancers ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Medical research
Researchers successfully transplant bioengineered lung
A research team at the University of Texas Medical Branch have bioengineered lungs and transplanted them into adult pigs with no medical complication.
Aug 1, 2018
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Medical research
Stem cells restore function in primate heart-failure study
Researchers at UW Medicine in Seattle have successfully used human stem cells to restore heart function in monkeys with heart failure. The findings suggest that the technique will be effective in patients with heart failure, ...
Jul 2, 2018
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