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Study explains why south Asians have high susceptibility to developing type 2 diabetes

Lower amounts of brown adipose tissue (BAT, or ‘brown fat’) could help explain why south Asians—who make up a fifth of the world’s population—have an exceptionally high susceptibility to developing metabolic problems such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

13 Nov 2013

People suffering from chronic pain, emotional distress likely to receive long-term opioid therapy

People suffering from chronic non-cancer pain and severe emotional distress, such as depression, anxiety and substance use, are likely to receive long-term opioid therapy despite a lack of evidence that this treatment helps, reports a new review in General Hospital Psychiatry.

13 Nov 2013

New view can give scientists better understanding of how antidepressants work in human brain

Research from Oregon Health & Science University's Vollum Institute, published in the current issue of Nature, is giving scientists a never-before-seen view of how nerve cells communicate with each other.

13 Nov 2013

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks go in opposite directions

Pancreatic cancer death rates in whites and blacks have gone in opposite directions over the past several decades in the United States, with the direction reversing in each ethnicity during those years.

13 Nov 2013

New service represents 'the next generation of life science communication'

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced the launch of a new stage in the evolution of life science communication -- a new, free service, called bioRxiv (pronounced "bio-Archive").

13 Nov 2013

Researchers shed light on how and when immune system forms

Researchers at Lund University have shed light on how and when the immune system is formed, raising hope of better understanding various diseases in children, such as leukaemia.

13 Nov 2013

Life events influence genes important for memory and drug use

New human and animal research released today demonstrates how experiences impact genes that influence behavior and health. Today's studies, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world's largest source of emerging news about brain science and health, provide new insights into how experience might produce long-term brain changes in behaviors like drug addiction and memory formation.

13 Nov 2013

African Americans with APOL1 gene variant experience faster progression of CKD

A large study co-authored by Penn Medicine published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine found that African Americans with the APOL1 gene variant experience faster progression of chronic kidney disease and have a significantly increased risk of kidney failure, regardless of their diabetes status.

13 Nov 2013

Aerobic exercise helps healthy aging adults improve memory, brain health and physical fitness

A new study conducted by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas published online in the open-access journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience found that engaging in a physical exercise regimen helps healthy aging adults improve their memory, brain health and physical fitness.

13 Nov 2013

International research consortium to focus on pediatric translational research

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia CEO Steven M. Altschuler, Drexel University President John A. Fry, and Hebrew University of Jerusalem President Menahem Ben-Sasson signed a research agreement on November 11 as part of Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter's trade mission to Israel. The research partnership is designed to focus on pediatric translational research and to develop a collaborative platform for advancing pediatric medicine from the lab to the bedside.

13 Nov 2013

Researchers study children with grapheme-color synesthesia

What colour is H? Is 4 brighter than 9? For most people these questions might seem baffling, but not for people with grapheme-color synesthesia.

12 Nov 2013

Parental supervision at ages 11-14 lowers risk for problem gambling by age 22

Keeping an eye on your child can lower their odds for gambling by young adulthood, according to research conducted at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Adolescents who had poor parental supervision at age 11, and which continued to decline through age 14, were significantly more likely than their peers to be problem gamblers between ages 16-22.

12 Nov 2013

Researchers receive $7.5 million NIH grant to develop novel therapies for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida, the University of Florida in Gainesville, and the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle have received a $7.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to take a new and more expanded approach to identifying drug targets to treat and possibly prevent Alzheimer's disease.

12 Nov 2013

Extensive musical training affects structure, function of different brain regions

New findings show that extensive musical training affects the structure and function of different brain regions, how those regions communicate during the creation of music, and how the brain interprets and integrates sensory information.

12 Nov 2013

Studies suggest novel therapies for nicotine, heroin and gambling addiction

Studies released today suggest promising new treatments for nicotine and heroin addiction, and further our understanding of pathological gambling and heroin abuse in those suffering chronic pain.

12 Nov 2013

Furamidine drug may also be useful in treating cancers, immune-related diseases

A class of drugs used to treat parasitic infections such as malaria may also be useful in treating cancers and immune-related diseases, a new WSU-led study has found.

12 Nov 2013

Agilent collaborates with Baylor College of Medicine to provide CGH microarrays to researchers

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced it is collaborating with Baylor College of Medicine's Medical Genetics Laboratories to provide customized CGH (comparative genomics hybridization) microarrays to researchers worldwide. Six new microarray designs unite the power of Baylor's data-rich expertise in genetics research with Agilent's microarray manufacturing capabilities to enable advanced discoveries in cancer and cytogenetics research.

12 Nov 2013