(Medical Xpress)—On April 15, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, a case that could answer the question, "Under what conditions, if any, are isolated human ...
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Human tissue is intricate, complex and, of course, three dimensional. But the thin slices of tissue that pathologists most often use to diagnose disease are two dimensional, offering only a limited glimpse at the tissue's ...
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The Hidetoshi Sakurai Laboratory at CiRA has successfully reproduced the pathology of Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) using skeletal muscle cells generated from patient-derived iPS cells and demonstrated their use for quantitative ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Evidence in mouse and human brain tissue reveals a mechanism that may explain the sex-based differences in Alzheimer's disease, including why females are more vulnerable. Researchers report October 4 in the journal Cell that ...
Oct 4, 2022
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It has long been known that patients with Alzheimer's disease have abnormalities in the vast network of blood vessels in the brain. Some of these alterations may also contribute to age-related cognitive decline in people ...
Feb 5, 2019
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A UCL-led study has confirmed that some vials of a hormone used in discontinued medical treatments contained seeds of a protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease, and are able to seed amyloid pathology in mice.
Dec 13, 2018
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A new Pathology Atlas is launched today with an analysis of all human genes in all major cancers showing the consequence of their corresponding protein levels for overall patient survival. The difference in expression patterns ...
Aug 17, 2017
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An experimental treatment for blindness, developed from a patient's skin cells, improved the vision of blind mice in a study conducted by Columbia ophthalmologists and stem cell researchers.
Oct 1, 2012
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Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is a rare disease that can trigger dementia in children. Associate Professor Markus Hofer and colleagues in the U.K. are focusing on treatments in the blood vessels in the brain to combat AGS.
Jun 26, 2024
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Cannabis use, even for medical purposes, could make some people sick due to harmful fungi that contaminate the plants.
Oct 20, 2023
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