Genetics
Club foot gene identified
A gene which could play a role in causing the most severe cases of club foot has been identified by scientists at the University of Aberdeen.
Mar 8, 2018
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Medical research
Muscle protective systems could reduce frailty in old age
New research published today helps explain why people experience muscle loss in old age, increasing the prospects of reversing the condition in the future.
Mar 8, 2018
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Neuroscience
Biomarker, clues to possible therapy found in novel childhood neurogenetic disease
Researchers studying a rare genetic disorder that causes severe, progressive neurological problems in childhood have discovered insights into biological mechanisms that drive the disease, along with early clues that an amino ...
Feb 22, 2018
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Cardiology
Nonstatin drug use increases by 124% in U.S., related expenditures triple
Between 2002 and 2013 in the United States, nonstatin drug use increased by 124%, resulting in a 364% increase in nonstatin-associated expenditures, Yale researchers found. This study was published on Jan. 22, 2018 in the ...
Feb 20, 2018
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Medical research
Researchers overcome obstacle for future stem cell therapies
Researchers have discovered a new technique that overcomes one of the major challenges of stem cell therapy.
Jan 25, 2018
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Medications
Glucocorticoids offer long-term benefits for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Glucocorticoids, a class of steroid hormone medications often prescribed to patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), offer long-term benefits for this disease, including longer preservation of muscle strength and ...
Nov 22, 2017
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Medical research
Chronic inflammation plays critical role in sustained delivery of new muscular dystrophy therapy
Macrophages, a type of white blood cell involved in inflammation, readily take up a newly approved medication for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and promote its sustained delivery to regenerating muscle fibers long after ...
Oct 16, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study explains why myasthenia patients relapse after treatment
A new Yale-led study helps explain why some myasthenia gravis (MG) patients relapse after initially responding to a drug called rituximab, commonly used to treat the incurable autoimmune disease marked by muscle weakness ...
Sep 8, 2017
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Medical research
Antibody-biogel partnership can be stronger defense than previously thought, study proves
Strong molecular bonds between antibodies and biological gels, like mucus, aren't necessary to catch pathogens as was previously thought, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In ...
Sep 7, 2017
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Other
Charlie Gard's life became 'soap opera': clinician
A clinician who treated Charlie Gard, the terminally-ill British baby who died last month, said Saturday his short life became a soap opera fuelled by President Donald Trump and the pope.
Aug 5, 2017
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