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TGen, Nemucore, and Barrow collaboration aims for new drugs to treat glioblastoma

The Ben & Catherine Ivy Foundation today announced a $3 million grant to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Nemucore Medical Innovations Inc., and Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center to help fund significant brain tumor research in Arizona.

18 Dec 2013

Research adds debate about how human bodies respond to artificial sweeteners

New research from the University of Adelaide has added to the debate about how our bodies respond to artificial sweeteners and whether they are good, bad or have no effect on us.

18 Dec 2013

MSCs isolated from MS patients have decreased suppressive function

Multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting more than one million people worldwide, is caused by an immune reaction to myelin proteins, the proteins that help form the myelin insulating substance around nerves. Demyelination and MS are a consequence of this immune reaction. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have been considered as an important source for cell therapy for autoimmune diseases such as MS because of their immunosuppressive properties.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers receive Special Challenge Award to investigate role of high protein levels in prostate tumors

Cleveland Clinic, along with the National Cancer Institute, the University of Chicago and Thomas Jefferson University, are the recipients of a $600,000 Special Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) to investigate the role of abnormally high protein levels in prostate tumors.

18 Dec 2013

Aerobic glycolysis is a cause of malignancy, show Berkeley Lab researchers

Metabolism was lost in the shadows of cancer research for decades but has recently been reclaiming some of the spotlight. Now, Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist with Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division and a leading authority on breast cancer, has shown that aerobic glycolysis - glucose metabolism in the presence of oxygen - is not the consequence of the cancerous activity of malignant cells but is itself a cancerous event.

18 Dec 2013

Simple HPV home tests could identify women at risk for cervical cancer

HPV self-testing is as effective as tests done by doctors, according to a Lund University study. Simple HPV home tests could therefore complement existing screening programmes, and identify more women at risk for cervical cancer.

18 Dec 2013

UCD Conway Institute researchers identify potential biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary ﬁbrosis

Researchers in UCD Conway Institute have identified a potential biomarker of rapidly progressive pulmonary fibrosis and pinpointed a defective molecular function as a potential therapeutic target.

18 Dec 2013

Primary cilia play key role in stem cell differentiation

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that the specialised role stem cells go on to perform is controlled by primary cilia -tiny hair-like structures protruding from a cell.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers develop potential treatment for atherosclerosis

Researchers at Emory and Georgia Tech have developed a potential treatment for atherosclerosis that targets a master controller of the process.

18 Dec 2013

Chronic pain amongst different ethnic groups: an interview with Professor Martin Underwood, Warwick Medical School

Conventionally chronic pain is defined as pain that lasts beyond the expected period of healing. Most experts consider a pain to be chronic after three months.

18 Dec 2013

Researchers produce first definitive evidence that MERS-CoV infects camels

Scientists from the Netherlands and Qatar have produced the first definitive evidence that Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infects camels. The researchers used gene-sequencing techniques to show that three camels from a site where two humans contracted MERS-CoV were infected with the virus.

18 Dec 2013

Daily exercise staves off negative effects of over-eating during Christmas holidays

Even if you consume significantly more calories than you burn off this Christmas, a short, daily bout of exercise will stave off most of the negative effects of over-eating and inactivity, according to scientists at the University of Bath.

18 Dec 2013

NUS scientists open possible new route for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

A recent study led by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) opens a possible new route for treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a devastating disease that is the most common genetic cause of infant death and also affects young adults.

18 Dec 2013

Potential pathway for drug development using photoreactions

For chemists, natural substances are compounds formed by organisms to fulfill the myriad biological functions. This biological activity makes them very interesting for industrial applications, for example as active agents in medication or as plant protection agents.

18 Dec 2013

Brain's primary cortex generates efficiently compressed sensory information

Ten million bits - that's the information volume transmitted every second with every quick eye movement from the eye to the cerebrum. Researchers from the Ruhr-Universit-t Bochum (RUB) and the University of Osnabr-ck describe the way those data are processed by the primary visual cortex, the entry point for the visual information into the brain, in the journal "Cerebral Cortex".

18 Dec 2013

E. coli evolution studies may lead to better treatments

Going back in time to compare evolutionary changes in several thousand generations of E. coli, a University of Houston biologist hopes to one day be able to isolate a bacterial pathogen and predict the likelihood it will become resistant to a particular antibiotic.

18 Dec 2013

Cedars-Sinai physicians awarded grant to study pregnancy problems resulting from fertility treatments

Two Cedars-Sinai physician-researchers have been awarded grants totaling $4 million from the National Institutes of Health to study how the environment - both in the womb and in the hospital where the baby is born - can affect the newborn and the mother.

18 Dec 2013

Consumption of marijuana is twice as large as previously estimated in Washington state

Marijuana consumption in Washington state is about twice as large as previously estimated, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

18 Dec 2013

Study identifies atrial fibrillation as a growing and serious global health problem

Atrial fibrillation, long considered the most common condition leading to an irregular heartbeat, is a growing and serious global health problem, according to the first study ever to estimate the condition's worldwide prevalence, death rates and societal costs.

18 Dec 2013

UCLA researchers find no evidence of association between iron levels and atherosclerosis risk

A UCLA research team has found no evidence of an association between iron levels in the body and the risk of atherosclerosis, the hardening and narrowing of the arteries that leads to cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer in the U.S.

18 Dec 2013

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TGen, Nemucore, and Barrow collaboration aims for new drugs to treat glioblastoma

Research adds debate about how human bodies respond to artificial sweeteners

MSCs isolated from MS patients have decreased suppressive function

Researchers receive Special Challenge Award to investigate role of high protein levels in prostate tumors

Aerobic glycolysis is a cause of malignancy, show Berkeley Lab researchers

Simple HPV home tests could identify women at risk for cervical cancer

UCD Conway Institute researchers identify potential biomarker of idiopathic pulmonary ﬁbrosis

Primary cilia play key role in stem cell differentiation

Researchers develop potential treatment for atherosclerosis

Chronic pain amongst different ethnic groups: an interview with Professor Martin Underwood, Warwick Medical School

Researchers produce first definitive evidence that MERS-CoV infects camels

Daily exercise staves off negative effects of over-eating during Christmas holidays

NUS scientists open possible new route for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

Potential pathway for drug development using photoreactions

Brain's primary cortex generates efficiently compressed sensory information

E. coli evolution studies may lead to better treatments

Cedars-Sinai physicians awarded grant to study pregnancy problems resulting from fertility treatments

Consumption of marijuana is twice as large as previously estimated in Washington state

Study identifies atrial fibrillation as a growing and serious global health problem

UCLA researchers find no evidence of association between iron levels and atherosclerosis risk

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