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Study suggests that stiff arteries alone enough to cause high BP in "virtual human"

High blood pressure is highly age-related and affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. But doctors can't fully explain the cause of 90 per cent of all cases. A computer model of a "virtual human" suggests that stiff arteries alone are enough to cause high blood pressure.

27 May 2014

FDA issues Complete Response Letter to QRxPharma regarding Moxduo NDA

QRxPharma Limited announced today the United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a Complete Response Letter regarding the Moxduo New Drug Application for the treatment of moderate to severe acute pain.

27 May 2014

X-ray dark-field radiography creates higher resolution images of lung disease

Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) working in cooperation with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Hospital (KUM) and the Technischen Universität München (TUM) tested for the first time X-ray dark-field radiography on a living organism for the diagnosis of lung disease.

27 May 2014

New study of how biodiversity arises

A new study of how biodiversity arises, by evolutionary biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shows how a mutation in a single gene during development can lead to different consequences not only in how animals' skull and jaw are shaped, but how this leads to different feeding strategies to exploit different ecological niches.

27 May 2014

Chest CT helps identify individuals at risk for future heart attacks

Incidental chest computed tomography (CT) findings can help identify individuals at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiovascular events, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

27 May 2014

Study gives hints about male versus female risk for certain psychiatric disorders

Puberty is the defining process of adolescent development, beginning a cascade of changes throughout the body, including the brain.

27 May 2014

Study shows positive effects of using hypertonic saline on infants with bronchiolitis

A team of researchers, led by physicians from Children's Hospital Los Angeles, have found that infants with bronchiolitis who were treated with inhaled hypertonic saline in the emergency department (ED) were less likely to require admission to the hospital compared to infants treated with normal saline.

26 May 2014

Research to better understand cell defect that contributes to cancer

A research team from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has received funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council for research to better understand a cell defect that contributes to diseases such as cancer.

26 May 2014

Dieting may decrease chances for metastases in triple negative breast cancers

Calorie restriction, a kind of dieting in which food intake is decreased by a certain percentage, has been touted as way to help people live longer.

26 May 2014

ILCs play central role in defense of human body against infective agents

The innate immune system recognizes infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria. A group of lymphocytes known as "innate lymphoid cells" or ILCs plays a central role in the defense of the human body against infective agents.

26 May 2014

International study provides hope to patients with advanced prostate cancer

An international study carried out with involvement of the MedUni Vienna is giving hope to patients with advanced prostate cancer. In just a few years' time, Ipilumumab could be approved as a treatment for the world's third-most common type of cancer.

26 May 2014

Study reveals high demand for costly cancer treatment among refugees from Iraq, Syria

A study published in The Lancet Oncology journal reveals a high demand for costly cancer treatment among refugees from the recent conflicts in Iraq and Syria, with host countries struggling to find the money and the medicine to treat their new patients.

26 May 2014

Researchers discover novel enzyme that promotes insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes animal model

A signal that promotes insulin secretion and reduces hyperglycemia in a type 2 diabetes animal model is enhanced by the inhibition of a novel enzyme discovered by CHUM Research Centre (CRCHUM) and University of Montreal researchers.

26 May 2014

Peptide antibodies hit immune-response-stifling MDSCs without harming other vital cells

Scientists have found a way to target elusive cells that suppress immune response, depleting them with peptides that spare other important cells and shrink tumors in preclinical experiments, according to a paper published online by Nature Medicine.

26 May 2014

Scientists develop 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics biochemical pathway using DNA molecules

Using molecules of DNA like an architectural scaffold, Arizona State University scientists, in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Michigan, have developed a 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics an important biochemical pathway that could prove important for future biomedical and energy applications.

26 May 2014

Mice with 'mohawk hairstyles' reveal clues to development of autism

"Aha" moments are rare in medical research, scientists say. As rare, they add, as finding mice with Mohawk-like hairstyles.

26 May 2014

Visual cortex uses information gleaned from ears as well as eyes

Scientists studying brain process involved in sight have found the visual cortex also uses information gleaned from the ears as well as the eyes when viewing the world.

26 May 2014

Researchers discover signaling pathway in cancer cells that invades nearby tissues

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a signaling pathway in cancer cells that controls their ability to invade nearby tissues in a finely orchestrated manner.

26 May 2014

Researchers identify mutated gene common to rare form of pancreatic cancer

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a mutated gene common to adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) tumors - the first known unique molecular signature for this rare, but particularly virulent, form of pancreatic cancer.

26 May 2014

New fluorescent molecule paves way for easier and higher quality imaging of cells

Like our own bodies, cells have their own skeletons called 'cytoskeletons' and are made of proteins instead of bones.

26 May 2014

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Study suggests that stiff arteries alone enough to cause high BP in "virtual human"

FDA issues Complete Response Letter to QRxPharma regarding Moxduo NDA

X-ray dark-field radiography creates higher resolution images of lung disease

New study of how biodiversity arises

Chest CT helps identify individuals at risk for future heart attacks

Study gives hints about male versus female risk for certain psychiatric disorders

Study shows positive effects of using hypertonic saline on infants with bronchiolitis

Research to better understand cell defect that contributes to cancer

Dieting may decrease chances for metastases in triple negative breast cancers

ILCs play central role in defense of human body against infective agents

International study provides hope to patients with advanced prostate cancer

Study reveals high demand for costly cancer treatment among refugees from Iraq, Syria

Researchers discover novel enzyme that promotes insulin secretion in type 2 diabetes animal model

Peptide antibodies hit immune-response-stifling MDSCs without harming other vital cells

Scientists develop 3-D artificial enzyme cascade that mimics biochemical pathway using DNA molecules

Mice with 'mohawk hairstyles' reveal clues to development of autism

Visual cortex uses information gleaned from ears as well as eyes

Researchers discover signaling pathway in cancer cells that invades nearby tissues

Researchers identify mutated gene common to rare form of pancreatic cancer

New fluorescent molecule paves way for easier and higher quality imaging of cells

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Automating research - solutions and best practices

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