Genetics
'Smart' genetic library makes disease diagnosis easier
Researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a smart genetic reference library for locating and weeding out disease-causing mutations in populations.
Mar 3, 2017
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Cardiology
Study finds new clues to causes of heart failure
Of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack each year, about a quarter go on to develop heart failure. Scientists don't fully understand how one condition leads to the other, but researchers in the Perelman ...
Feb 6, 2017
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Immunology
Shocking new role found for the immune system: Controlling social interaction
In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects - and even controls - creatures' ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Immunology
Researchers find new clue in lupus autoantibody production
A signaling molecule called interferon gamma could hold the key to understanding how harmful autoantibodies form in lupus patients. The finding could lead to new treatments for the chronic autoimmune disease, said researchers ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New understanding of TB could lead to personalised treatments
Tuberculosis (TB) used to kill one in seven people around the world before the advent of antibiotics. However the increasing prevalence of multi-drug resistant TB means that doctors are running out of options in trying to ...
Feb 17, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Tuning macrophages a 'breakthrough' in cancer immunotherapy
Similar to stem cells differentiating to make your body's tissues, the immune system's macrophages pick a life path, differentiating into macrophages that recruit resources for wound repair or macrophages that recruit resources ...
Feb 4, 2016
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Medical research
FDA-approved drug protects mice from Ebola
The recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed more than 11,300 lives and starkly revealed the lack of effective options for treating or preventing the disease. Progress has been made on developing vaccines, but there ...
Nov 18, 2015
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Inflammatory disorders
Severe asthma fails to respond to mainstay treatment
The immune response that occurs in patients with severe asthma is markedly different than what occurs in milder forms of the lung condition, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Those ...
Jun 29, 2015
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Immunology
Tumor suppressor protein plays key role in maintaining immune balance
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered that a protein widely known for suppressing tumor formation also helps prevent autoimmune diseases and other problems by putting the brakes on the immune response. ...
Jan 15, 2015
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Medical research
New infections cause dormant viruses to reactivate
The famous slogan is "A diamond is forever," but that phrase might be better suited to herpes: Unlike most viruses, which succumb to the immune system's attack, herpes remains in the body forever, lying in wait, sometimes ...
Jul 31, 2014
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