Immunologists and geneticists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how vitamin A enters immune cells in the intestines—findings that could offer insight to treat digestive diseases and perhaps help improve ...
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure, affecting 1 in 250 people. The disease is characterized by an increase in size of the left ventricle of the heart. The stretched heart muscle is then unable ...
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Want to smooth out your wrinkles, erase scars and sunspots, and look years younger? Millions of Americans a year turn to lasers and prescription drugs to rejuvenate their skin, but exactly how that rejuvenation works has ...
Jul 15, 2019
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A study by Indiana University researchers has identified 24 compounds—including caffeine—with the potential to boost an enzyme in the brain shown to protect against dementia.
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Researchers have identified a genetic signature found exclusively in the nerve cells that supply, or innervate, the muscles of an organism's outermost extremities: the hands and feet. This signature, observed in both mice ...
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Targeted cancer therapies work by blocking a single oncogenic pathway to halt tumor growth. But because cancerous tumors have the unique ability to activate alternative pathways, they are often able to evade these therapies—and ...
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(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers made up of members from a variety of institutions across the U.S. has found that a lack of vitamin A in the diet may help ward off worm infections. In their paper published in the ...
Researchers led by Prof. Bu Pengcheng from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators have revealed that the CAR-like membrane protein (CLMP) is a tumor suppressor and determines ...
Nov 20, 2023
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Of all the wonder ingredients promoted by skincare enthusiasts and manufacturers, retinol is among the most popular. It's a potent ingredient that can help with a wide variety of complaints, from wrinkles to acne. But how ...
Aug 7, 2023
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A team of scientists from the Renaissance School of Medicine (RSOM) at Stony Brook University has identified a distinct role of retinoic acid, a metabolite of vitamin A, during the immune response of the gut. This finding, ...
Mar 28, 2023
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