Diabetes
Fighting diabetes lying down?
Lying down all day can have serious implications – but according to a new study a short stint spent horizontal may be an effective way to fight type 2 diabetes.
Aug 1, 2016
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News tagged with human blood
Neuroscience
Scientists record powerful signal in the brain's white matter
The human brain is made up of two kinds of matter: the nerve cell bodies (gray matter), which process sensation, control voluntary movement, and enable speech, learning and cognition, and the axons (white matter), which connect ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Neuroscience
Sneaking past the blood-brain barrier to usher in the age of gene therapy for neurodegenerative disease
In a paper titled "BBB opening with focused ultrasound in nonhuman primates and Parkinson's disease patients: Targeted AAV vector delivery and PET imaging," published in Science Advances, researchers led by the University ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Metabolism may be key to future treatment of kidney diseases
Can you eat your way out of a kidney disease? Perhaps you can—according to a new study from Aarhus University.
Aug 19, 2022
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Immunology
Big step towards cure for lifelong viral infections
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma. Some ...
Aug 3, 2016
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Health
Study finds 'forever chemicals' disrupt key biological processes
A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that exposure to a mixture of synthetic chemicals found widely in the environment alters several critical biological processes, including the metabolism ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Immunology
Patients' own cells could be the key to treating Crohn's disease
A new technique using patients' own modified cells to treat Crohn's disease has been proven to be effective in experiments using human cells, with a clinical trial of the treatment expected to start in the next six months.
Feb 15, 2019
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Medical research
Bioengineers clear major hurdle on path to 3-D printing replacement organs
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3-D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
May 2, 2019
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Health
Chemicals in your living room cause diabetes
A new UC Riverside study shows flame retardants found in nearly every American home cause mice to give birth to offspring that become diabetic.
Nov 10, 2020
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Medical research
Blood in your veins is not blue – here's why it's always red
Whenever you see blood outside your body, it looks red. Why?
Jun 1, 2018
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