Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

A new study relates liquid fructose intake to fatty liver disease

A high-fat diet is not enough to cause short-term fatty liver disease. However, if this diet is combined with the intake of beverages sweetened with liquid fructose, the accumulation of fats in the liver accelerates and hypertriglyceridemia ...

Neuroscience

Research clears up how brain 'cleaners' fail in ALS

In preclinical studies, Mayo Clinic scientists and collaborators have identified the molecular mechanism used by the brain's "cleaners" as they remove a problematic protein in the brain. This work, published in Nature Neuroscience, ...

Medical research

Novel inhibitor discovered for B-cell lymphoma treatment

A potent and selective enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2) inhibitor IHMT-EZH2-115 was recently discovered by researchers led by Prof. Liu Qingsong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Oncology & Cancer

Melanoma of the eye: Preclinical tests show path toward treatment

Uveal melanoma, or UM, is a rare and deadly cancer of the eye, and the mortality rate has remained unimproved for 40 years. Half of the melanomas spread to other organs of the body, causing death in less than a year, so new ...

Medical research

Can leukemia in children with Down syndrome be prevented?

For the first time, Princess Margaret researchers have mapped out where and how leukemia begins and develops in infants with Down syndrome in preclinical models, paving the way to potentially prevent this cancer in the future.

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