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Powerful new option for treating vasculitis

In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, a research consortium that includes the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has shown that a new drug for vasculitis, a potentially life-threatening auto-immune disease which causes inflammation in blood vessels, is as effective as standard therapy over 18 months.

27 Aug 2013

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

Coffee consumption is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer recurrence and progression, according to a new study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists that is online ahead of print in Cancer Causes & Control.

27 Aug 2013

African-American’s who adapt to mainstream American culture have risk of type 2 diabetes

Trying to find a produce store or a large grocer in an economically depressed neighborhood is about as easy as finding an apple in a candy store.

27 Aug 2013

Oxygen-generating compound could preserve muscle tissue after severe injury

The same compound in a common household clothes detergent shows promise as a treatment to preserve muscle tissue after severe injury. Researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative Medicine hope the oxygen-generating compound could one day aid in saving and repairing limbs and tissue.

27 Aug 2013

UAB study points to protein pathway that could lead to new treatments for diabetes

The same protein tells beta cells in the pancreas to stop making insulin and then to self-destruct as diabetes worsens, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham study published online today in the journal Nature Medicine.

27 Aug 2013

Nanotechnology tool may help in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives

Dartmouth researchers have developed a molecular switch that changes a liquid crystal's readout color based on a chemical input. This new development may open the way for using liquid crystals in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives and other chemical substances.

27 Aug 2013

Study: Structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development

In a new study published in Nature Genetics, Northwestern Medicine and Tel Aviv University scientists have found that a structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development, including skin and food allergies, traditionally thought primarily to be a dysfunction of the immune system.

27 Aug 2013

Researchers make significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis

Researchers at Columbia University, in collaboration with biologists in Baylor College of Medicine, have made a significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis, pinpointing exactly where and when cells produce new proteins.

26 Aug 2013

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Cognitive deficits following ischemic stroke are common and debilitating, even in the relatively few patients who are treated expeditiously so that clots are removed or dissolved rapidly and cerebral blood flow restored. A new study in Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience demonstrates that intracerebral injection of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells reduces cognitive deficits produced by temporary occlusion of cerebral blood vessels in a rat model of stroke, suggesting that BSCs may offer a new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction.

26 Aug 2013

Levels of mercury in Pacific Ocean fish likely to increase in coming decades

University of Michigan researchers and their University of Hawaii colleagues say they've solved the longstanding mystery of how mercury gets into open-ocean fish, and their findings suggest that levels of the toxin in Pacific Ocean fish will likely rise in coming decades.

26 Aug 2013

CA-125: Screening tool to detect ovarian cancer in early stages

Evaluating its change over time, CA-125, the protein long-recognized for predicting ovarian cancer recurrence, now shows promise as a screening tool for early-stage disease, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

26 Aug 2013

Compatibility gene may influence finding life partner as well as our health, individuality

A University of Manchester professor and his wife have had their own DNA analysed for compatibility as part of the research for a new book out on 1 October in the US and next week in the UK.

From The University of Manchester 26 Aug 2013

The way gut "tastes" sweet food may be defective in sufferers of type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have discovered that the way the gut "tastes" sweet food may be defective in sufferers of type 2 diabetes, leading to problems with glucose uptake.

26 Aug 2013

Scientists discover mechanisms of GATA3 gene that govern blood stem cell self-renewal process

Stem cell scientists at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre have discovered the gene GATA3 has a role in how blood stem cells renew themselves, a finding that advances the quest to expand these cells in the lab for clinical use in bone marrow transplantation, a procedure that saves thousands of lives every year.

26 Aug 2013

CeBiTec researchers successfully sequence genome of Chinese hamster

Genome researchers from Bielefeld University's Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec) headed by Professor Dr. Alfred P-hler have succeeded in sequencing the genome of the Chinese hamster. The Chinese hamster supplies the cell cultures used by the pharmaceutical industry to produce biopharmaceutical products such as antibodies used in medicine.

26 Aug 2013

Scientists identify specific type of receptor that may aid in treatment of AD, Parkinson’s disease

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found a way that corrupted, disease-causing proteins spread in the brain, potentially contributing to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other brain-damaging disorders.

26 Aug 2013

Post-doctoral fellow receives grant from NIH to study the response levels to FES in stroke patients

Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in Human Performance and Engineering Research at Kessler Foundation, was awarded a R03, $153,000 grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the response levels to function electrical stimulation (FES) interventions in the rehabilitation of stroke patients-titled, "Identification of Responders to the FES Interventions in Stroke Populations".

26 Aug 2013

UCSF researchers identify possible mechanism for drug-seeking behavior in humans

Mice given cocaine showed rapid growth in new brain structures associated with learning and memory, according to a research team from the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco. The findings suggest a way in which drug use may lead to drug-seeking behavior that fosters continued drug use, according to the scientists.

26 Aug 2013

Study reports racial, ethnic differences in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in young adults, adolescents

Mei-Chin Hsieh, MSPH, CTR, of LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans School of Public Health's Louisiana Tumor Registry, is the lead author of a study that reports racial and ethnic differences in the incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in adolescents and young adults.

26 Aug 2013

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

Of the over 1,900 errors already reported in the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, it is unclear how many of them actually contribute to the inherited disease. Now a team of researchers reports significant headway in figuring out which mutations are benign and which are deleterious. In so doing, they have increased the number of known CF-causing mutations from 22 to 127, accounting for 95 percent of the variations found in patients with CF.

26 Aug 2013

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Powerful new option for treating vasculitis

Bioactive compounds in coffee may prevent prostate cancer recurrence, delay progression

African-American’s who adapt to mainstream American culture have risk of type 2 diabetes

Oxygen-generating compound could preserve muscle tissue after severe injury

UAB study points to protein pathway that could lead to new treatments for diabetes

Nanotechnology tool may help in detecting harmful gases, pathogens, explosives

Study: Structural defect in skin cells can contribute to allergy development

Researchers make significant step in understanding and imaging protein synthesis

BSCs may offer new approach for reducing post-stroke cognitive dysfunction

Levels of mercury in Pacific Ocean fish likely to increase in coming decades

CA-125: Screening tool to detect ovarian cancer in early stages

Compatibility gene may influence finding life partner as well as our health, individuality

The way gut "tastes" sweet food may be defective in sufferers of type 2 diabetes

Scientists discover mechanisms of GATA3 gene that govern blood stem cell self-renewal process

CeBiTec researchers successfully sequence genome of Chinese hamster

Scientists identify specific type of receptor that may aid in treatment of AD, Parkinson’s disease

Post-doctoral fellow receives grant from NIH to study the response levels to FES in stroke patients

UCSF researchers identify possible mechanism for drug-seeking behavior in humans

Study reports racial, ethnic differences in incidence of soft tissue sarcomas in young adults, adolescents

Researchers discover additional cystic fibrosis-causing mutations

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