Under stress, the human heart struggles to pump blood efficiently through the body. Over time, as the heart overexerts itself trying to make up for this lost efficiency, harmful changes take place. The most worrisome of these ...
Mar 15, 2022
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Researchers from the UAB have identified a region in the early aggregates of the alpha-synuclein protein that can be targeted to prevent its conversion into the toxic amyloid fibrils that accumulate in the brains of people ...
May 6, 2024
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Ovarian cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer mortality among women and is characterized by late detection, extensive metastasis and poor prognosis.
Jul 19, 2023
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Cancer is a complex disease and only thanks to advances in genomic techniques have researchers begun to understand, at a cellular and molecular level, the mechanisms which are disrupted in cancer cells. This knowledge is ...
Nov 22, 2012
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The outlook for the one in five New Zealanders with persistent or chronic pain has the potential to be more positive according to an extensive study review by researchers from the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago, ...
Aug 24, 2018
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Antibodies, once touted as the "magic bullets" of cancer care, are now fulfilling that promise and more advances are on the way, say cancer researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mar 15, 2012
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Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute report that they successfully used a virus vector to restore the expression of a brain protein and improve cognitive functions, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Apr 1, 2013
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Identification of a protein that appears to play an important role in the immune system's removal of amyloid beta (A-beta) protein from the brain could lead to a new treatment strategy for Alzheimer's disease. The report ...
Jul 1, 2013
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From 1999 to 2019, there was no change in overall age-adjusted chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) mortality rates among women, while small decreases were seen in the rates for men, according to research published ...
May 9, 2022
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University of Auckland Business School researcher Dr. William Cheung is analyzing micro-level data about people and households to examine the effects of moving house on mental well-being and stress.
Dec 15, 2022
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