Scientists working with an experimental mouse model at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) have identified the essential role of the gene GPR126 in the development of the placenta during pregnancy.
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Beginning in the first trimester of pregnancy, the body begins to produce the hormone relaxin, which loosens the expectant mother's muscles, joints and ligaments to help her body accommodate a growing baby and prepare for ...
Jun 3, 2019
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A protein known to play a role in cancer may also be increasing fibrosis in scleroderma patients.
Feb 26, 2019
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To patients of P. Ashley Wackym, a surgical otologist-neurotologist at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, a diagnosis of superior semicircular canal dehiscence (SSCD) can feel like a death sentence.
Feb 17, 2023
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Breastfeeding mothers may be encouraged to eat eggs to help prevent babies from developing an egg allergy, according to new studies by researchers at The University of Western Australia.
Jan 20, 2020
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A prototype wearable device, tested in animal models, can continuously collect live cancer cells directly from a patient's blood.
Apr 1, 2019
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Scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) are studying chronic stress and depression, with a focus on endocannabinoids, which are brain chemicals similar to substances in marijuana.
Feb 5, 2015
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Today, more than 5.1 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a devastating type of dementia that plagues memory and thinking. That number is expected to triple in the coming decades. Moreover, according to a 2012 ...
Sep 9, 2015
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Looking to improve the success rate of assisted reproductive technologies, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine investigated in more detail the mechanism involved in successful embryo implantation, an essential component ...
Jun 2, 2017
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Medical investigators are theorizing that a combination of two treatments that activate myeloid cells may effectively treat a recalcitrant form of pancreatic cancer that thwarts conventional immunotherapy.
