(Medical Xpress) -- The Food and Drug Administration in the United States has approved a request by Proteus Digital Health to allow for the inclusion of tiny digestible microchips into medicines to assist health care workers ...
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have long known that the body rids itself of excess copper and various other minerals by collecting them in the liver and excreting them through the liver’s bile. However, a new study led ...
Jul 13, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- A new study challenges conventional thinking about how brain cells die in Alzheimer’s disease. The findings demonstrate a previously unknown mechanism by which the cells die and will help lead researchers ...
Jan 20, 2012
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have figured out how copper induces misfolding in the protein associated with Parkinson's disease, leading to creation of the fibrillar plaques which characterize the disease. ...
Jun 14, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of two genes that encode copper- and sulfur-binding repressors in the hospital terror Staphylococcus aureus means two new potential avenues for controlling the increasingly drug-resistant bacterium, ...
Apr 12, 2011
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If you have access to it, it's easy to take today's contraception for granted. But key discoveries over the last century or so changed the lives of women.
Aug 15, 2023
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Uyen To, MD, assistant professor of medicine (digestive diseases) and transplant hepatologist, discusses how she first became interested in studying Wilson disease, the wide spectrum of symptoms caused by the rare condition, ...
May 11, 2023
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Wilson's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormal copper deposition in the liver, brain, cornea, and other tissues. It can lead to severe symptoms such as hepatitis, cirrhosis, and liver failure ...
May 9, 2023
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A specific molecule excreted by methane-oxidizing bacteria could be most suitable for therapy against Wilson's disease (WD). This is what researchers led by Helmholtz Munich scientist Hans Zischka have found in a new study. ...
Mar 30, 2023
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"Are nonstick pans toxic"? "Can aluminum cookware cause dementia?" "Are my scratched pans still safe?" That's just a sample of a few worrying headlines about the safety of our pots and pans recently.
Feb 22, 2023
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