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Elsevier strengthens long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information products and services, and part of the Reed Elsevier group, announced today that it is strengthening and refocusing the scope of its long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CSPM) to create an international publishing platform for English-language STM journals that brings the expanding wealth of research originating from China to the world.

5 Dec 2013

SingHealth, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School join global network to boost healthcare research

SingHealth and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, which form Singapore's largest academic healthcare cluster, are joining a new global research network to accelerate the discovery of treatments and cures. They will be signing a memorandum of understanding with the Eureka Institute for Translational Medicine today.

5 Dec 2013

New research shows that the brain can produce and release estrogen

A University of Wisconsin-Madison research team reports today that the brain can produce and release estrogen - a discovery that may lead to a better understanding of hormonal changes observed from before birth throughout the entire aging process.

5 Dec 2013

Findings suggest new approach for treating inflammatory bone diseases and skeletal metastases

The skeleton is constantly being remodelled by the breakdown of old bone by cells called osteoclasts and the formation of new bone by cells called osteoblasts. This coordinated activity is essential for maintaining healthy bone. However, excessive osteoclast activity leads to bone destruction in skeletal diseases such as osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and cancer metastases in bone. A family of signaling enzymes known as phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases control diverse cell functions but, up until now, little was known about the function of specific PI3K isoforms in osteoclasts.

5 Dec 2013

Biologists discover how nerve cells recycle tiny vesicles

University of Utah and German biologists discovered how nerve cells recycle tiny bubbles or "vesicles" that send chemical nerve signals from one cell to the next. The process is much faster and different than two previously proposed mechanisms for recycling the bubbles.

5 Dec 2013

Capsule endoscopy could identify presence of "occult" blood at very low levels

A tiny capsule that can carry out a chemical analysis of the contents of one's stomach could identify the presence of so-called "occult" blood at very low levels. The data is automatically broadcast to an external monitoring device for detection of early stage stomach cancer by one's physician. Details of the invention and initial trials are described in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology.

5 Dec 2013

Research: Low level of daily exposure to sunlight can cause skin damage

A low level of daily exposure to a common component of sunlight can cause skin damage at the molecular level after just a few days, new University of Michigan Medical School research shows.

5 Dec 2013

Evidence reveals lack of public acceptance toward breast-feeding may influence hesitation

African-American mothers breast-feed their children at lower rates than Caucasian, Latina and Asian mothers. This difference often has been attributed to socio-demographic factors such as age, income, education and personal experience with breast-feeding.

5 Dec 2013

New studies offer hope to women who want to get sexual mojo back

For women, passing midlife can deal a blow to their sex drive. But two new studies just published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society, offer hope to women who want to get their sexual mojo back.

5 Dec 2013

VTT receives innovation prize for technological development work behind allergy vaccine

The European Association of Research and Technology Organisations EARTO has awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland an innovation prize for the technological development work behind allergy vaccine.

5 Dec 2013

Study: Social ties more important than biological development as predictors of teen sleep behaviors

Medical researchers point to developmental factors, specifically the decline of the sleep-inducing hormone melatonin, as an explanation for why children get less sleep as they become teenagers.

5 Dec 2013

B2G2 component of grape seed extract induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Nutrition and Cancer describes the laboratory synthesis of the most active component of grape seed extract, B2G2, and shows this synthesized compound induces the cell death known as apoptosis in prostate cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

5 Dec 2013

Archimedes Model simulation suggests genetic screening for breast cancer risk can reduce deaths

Archimedes Inc., a healthcare modeling and analytics company, today announced results of a simulated clinical trial which found that the seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (7SNP) genetic test for breast cancer was most cost effective when used to guide MRI screenings for patients found to have an intermediate lifetime risk of developing the disease.

5 Dec 2013

Despite routine work and less autonomous jobs, blacks report more positive emotions than whites

Despite working in more routine and less autonomous jobs, having fewer close friends at work, and feeling less supported by their coworkers, blacks report significantly more positive emotions in the workplace than whites, according to a new study in the December issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.

5 Dec 2013

TLR4 antibody-mediated signaling system in apoptosis of hippocampal neurons

Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) antibody, protein kinase B (AKT) inhibitor, LY 294002, and glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) inhibitor, LiCl, were used by Yu He and colleagues from Nantong University, China to attenuate or augment the effects of the TLR4-phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K)/AKT-GSK-3β signaling pathway so as to identify the participation of this signaling system in the apoptosis of hippocampal neurons.

5 Dec 2013

UCSB researcher tracks source of E280A gene mutation responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's

The age and origin of the E280A gene mutation responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's in a Colombian family with an unusually high incidence of the disease has been traced to a single founder dating from the 16th century.

5 Dec 2013

Study reveals nearly 1 in every 100 anesthesiologist developed substance use disorder during training

According to a study conducted by Mayo Clinic and the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), nearly 1 in every 100 anesthesiology residents entering primary training from 1975 to 2009 developed substance use disorder (SUD) during training.

5 Dec 2013

Tongue twisters can open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes

Tongue twisters are not just fun to say; it turns out that these sound-related slip-ups can also open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will report new insights gleaned from a comparison of two types of tongue twisters at the 166th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America (ASA), held Dec. 2-6, 2013, in San Francisco, Calif

5 Dec 2013

TB vaccine may help prevent multiple sclerosis

A vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis in other parts of the world may help prevent multiple sclerosis in people who show the beginning signs of the disease, according to a new study published in the December 4, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

5 Dec 2013

Stomach circadian clock limits food intake to specific times of day

University of Adelaide researchers have discovered the first evidence that the nerves in the stomach act as a circadian clock, limiting food intake to specific times of the day.

5 Dec 2013

Medical Research News

Elsevier strengthens long-standing relationship with China Science Publishing & Media

SingHealth, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School join global network to boost healthcare research

New research shows that the brain can produce and release estrogen

Findings suggest new approach for treating inflammatory bone diseases and skeletal metastases

Biologists discover how nerve cells recycle tiny vesicles

Capsule endoscopy could identify presence of "occult" blood at very low levels

Research: Low level of daily exposure to sunlight can cause skin damage

Evidence reveals lack of public acceptance toward breast-feeding may influence hesitation

New studies offer hope to women who want to get sexual mojo back

VTT receives innovation prize for technological development work behind allergy vaccine

Study: Social ties more important than biological development as predictors of teen sleep behaviors

B2G2 component of grape seed extract induces apoptosis in prostate cancer cells

Archimedes Model simulation suggests genetic screening for breast cancer risk can reduce deaths

Despite routine work and less autonomous jobs, blacks report more positive emotions than whites

TLR4 antibody-mediated signaling system in apoptosis of hippocampal neurons

UCSB researcher tracks source of E280A gene mutation responsible for early-onset Alzheimer's

Study reveals nearly 1 in every 100 anesthesiologist developed substance use disorder during training

Tongue twisters can open windows into the brain's speech-planning processes

TB vaccine may help prevent multiple sclerosis

Stomach circadian clock limits food intake to specific times of day

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Global and Local Efforts to Take Action Against Hepatitis

Addressing Important Cardiac Biology Questions with Shotgun Top-Down Proteomics

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