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New mechanism explains why anti-tumor activity of specific immune suppressed during tumor growth

The Leuven-based VIB researchers have revealed a mechanism that explains why the anti-tumor activity of specific immune cells called macrophages is suppressed during tumor growth. They have also demonstrated that blocking the protein Nrp1 can restore this anti-tumor immune response.

12 Dec 2013

Tohoku University, Thomson Reuters team up to restore Tohoku’s medical system

The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, today announced a collaboration with Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) to help restore Tohoku's medical system to its pre-earthquake state and help its medical community further develop its research efforts.

12 Dec 2013

Scientists develop new technique that results in better ways to relieve pain, monitor healing

Understanding the science behind pain, from a simple "ouch" to the chronic and excruciating, has been an elusive goal for centuries. But now, researchers are reporting a promising step toward studying pain in action.

12 Dec 2013

HSET protein could help doctors identify aggressive breast cancers in African-American patients

African-American women who get breast cancer often get more aggressive forms of the disease and at younger ages than other women.

12 Dec 2013

Report: Screen all endometrial cancer patients for Lynch syndrome

A recent article by Norris Cotton Cancer Center researchers published in the January 2014 issue of the journal Clinical Chemistry reviews the scientific evidence that warrants screening all endometrial cancers for Lynch syndrome. Next to colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer is the most common form of cancer in women with Lynch syndrome.

12 Dec 2013

Inflating balloon inside artery after stent placement increases patients' risk of serious complications

Johns Hopkins surgeons say skipping one commonly taken step during a routine procedure to insert a wire mesh stent into a partially blocked carotid artery appears to prevent patients from developing dangerously low blood pressure, an extremely slow heart rate or even a stroke or heart attack.

12 Dec 2013

People more likely to seek info on quitting smoking when media covers celebrities with cancer

Millions of people will make a resolution to quit smoking around Jan. 1, but a new study suggests an even more powerful motivator than New Year's resolutions: celebrity cancer diagnoses.

12 Dec 2013

Scientists explore mechanisms of viruses' shells

Viruses are like small vessels containing an active component, the genetic material, that can infect a host cell. The vessel, called capsid or vector, is basically a shell that changes its shape when it penetrates a cell to infect it, and may even break into pieces.

12 Dec 2013

HCV antiviral therapy also improves diabetes outcomes

Researchers from Taiwan reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes. Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidences of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus.

12 Dec 2013

Probe mimics pathogen's amino acids, solving mystery behind Chlamydiae cell wall

Biochemical sleuthing by an Indiana University graduate student has ended a nearly 50-year-old search to find a megamolecule in bacterial cell walls commonly used as a target for antibiotics, but whose presence had never been identified in the bacterium responsible for the most commonly reported sexually transmitted disease in the United States.

12 Dec 2013

Cardiologist offers tips to keep heart healthy during holiday season

Physicians have long recognized a "holiday bump" in the number of heart attacks at this time of year. "It's small, but it's something that we notice," said Renato Santos, M.D., an interventional cardiologist at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center.

12 Dec 2013

New test to help physicians identify patients with most lethal forms of triple-negative breast cancer

A new test has the potential to help physicians identify patients with the most lethal forms of triple-negative breast cancer, a disease which requires aggressive and innovative treatment.

12 Dec 2013

Elevated BACE1 activity in mild cognitive impairment could be early indicator of AD, says study

The critical enzyme beta-secretase1 (BACE1) is known to be elevated in brains with sporadic Alzheimer disease (AD). Scientists have now found increased levels of BACE1 in brains with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), suggesting that BACE1 activity is important for conversion of mild cognitive impairment to AD and may be an early indicator of AD.

12 Dec 2013

New study may pave way for more effective treatment for deadly childhood cancer

A new study by Canadian researchers may pave the way for more effective treatment of an aggressive and deadly type of brain tumour, known as ETMR/ETANTR. The tumour, which is seen only in children under four, is almost always fatal, despite aggressive treatment. The study proposes a new model for how this brain tumour develops and suggests possible targets to investigate for novel therapies.

12 Dec 2013

Study resolves 50-year 'chlamydial anomaly' using novel method

Researchers studying Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria, which cause the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia as well as infectious blindness, have confirmed that the bacteria contain-and, in fact, cannot function without-the common molecule peptidoglycan, a structural component found in the cell wall of many bacteria. This finding puts an end to years of uncertainty about whether Chlamydia bacteria, like almost all bacterial species, rely on peptidoglycan to reproduce and to maintain their shape and structure. In addition, the novel method the investigators used may be adapted to further examine the molecule's role in the structure and function of other bacteria.

12 Dec 2013

Scientists use new method to map response of every salmonella gene to conditions in human body

Scientists have used a new method to map the response of every salmonella gene to conditions in the human body, providing new insight into how the bacteria triggers infection.

12 Dec 2013

Researchers identify variations in gene that doubles risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

A team led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified variations in a gene that doubles a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

12 Dec 2013

MedImmune, Johns Hopkins University enter into $6.5M research collaboration

MedImmune, AstraZeneca’s global biologics research and development arm, and The Johns Hopkins University today announced they have entered into a five-year, $6.5 million research collaboration.

12 Dec 2013

Study: Girls in single-sex schools feel more pressure to act like "typical girls"

Newspaper headlines worldwide tout the benefits of single-sex schools: Girls 75% more likely to take math if they go to a single-sex private school, Will boys learn better if girls aren't allowed? Single-sex education is best for girls in stereotypically male subjects.

12 Dec 2013

Two tumor-suppressing genes could play vital role in controlling obesity, cancer, diabetes

The function of two tumor-suppressing genes could play a vital role in helping to control obesity and other diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer, according to researchers in Temple University's Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine.

12 Dec 2013

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New mechanism explains why anti-tumor activity of specific immune suppressed during tumor growth

Tohoku University, Thomson Reuters team up to restore Tohoku’s medical system

Scientists develop new technique that results in better ways to relieve pain, monitor healing

HSET protein could help doctors identify aggressive breast cancers in African-American patients

Report: Screen all endometrial cancer patients for Lynch syndrome

Inflating balloon inside artery after stent placement increases patients' risk of serious complications

People more likely to seek info on quitting smoking when media covers celebrities with cancer

Scientists explore mechanisms of viruses' shells

HCV antiviral therapy also improves diabetes outcomes

Probe mimics pathogen's amino acids, solving mystery behind Chlamydiae cell wall

Cardiologist offers tips to keep heart healthy during holiday season

New test to help physicians identify patients with most lethal forms of triple-negative breast cancer

Elevated BACE1 activity in mild cognitive impairment could be early indicator of AD, says study

New study may pave way for more effective treatment for deadly childhood cancer

Study resolves 50-year 'chlamydial anomaly' using novel method

Scientists use new method to map response of every salmonella gene to conditions in human body

Researchers identify variations in gene that doubles risk of developing Alzheimer's disease

MedImmune, Johns Hopkins University enter into $6.5M research collaboration

Study: Girls in single-sex schools feel more pressure to act like "typical girls"

Two tumor-suppressing genes could play vital role in controlling obesity, cancer, diabetes

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