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Researcher identify genetic mutation in Africans with HIV that puts them at higher risk for tuberculosis

A researcher from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and colleagues have identified the genetic mutation in Africans with HIV that puts them at a much higher risk for tuberculosis (TB) infections.

25 Jul 2013

Australian researchers raise concerns over London Underground Mosquito

Australia has plenty of ‘home grown’ mosquitoes but one introduced species is active all year round, according to a three year study by University of Sydney researchers.

24 Jul 2013

Walking to school promotes better cognitive performance in girls than traveling by vehicles

Cognitive performance of adolescent girls who walk to school is better than that of girls who travel by bus or car. Moreover, cognitive performance is also better in girls who take more than 15 minutes than in those who live closer and have a shorter walk to school.

24 Jul 2013

UL researcher receives €1.5 million to develop innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases

UL researcher, Dr David Hoey was announced as one of the recipients of the highly prestigious European Research Council (ERC) starting grants. Dr Hoey has been awarded €1.5 million to pursue cutting-edge fundamental research into developing innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases such as osteoporosis. Every 30 seconds a person suffers an osteoporosis-related hip fracture in the EU.

24 Jul 2013

Mortality rates declining among dialysis patients despite rise in coronary artery disease, study finds

A new study led by researchers at the University of Limerick’s Graduate Entry Medical School has found that deaths among dialysis patients are falling despite a rise in coronary artery disease.

24 Jul 2013

Child cancer survival: an interview with Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones, University College London

Back in the early 1960s, just before chemotherapy really started to be used, only about 30% of children survived cancer. That was mainly because they had cancers that were amenable to surgery.

24 Jul 2013

Academic hospitals have higher mammography recall rates than community radiology centers

A new study at Rhode Island Hospital has found that academic medical centers have higher rates of recall following mammography than community radiology centers. The recall rate is the frequency at which a radiologist interprets an examination as positive and the patient is instructed to return for more testing.

24 Jul 2013

Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking can show fiber bundles in human brain

Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking with reliable tracking orientation and flexible step size can show white matter fiber bundles in the healthy corpus callosum.

24 Jul 2013

Louisiana Tech University to receive NASA EPSCoR grant to support aerospace research

Louisiana Tech University will receive over $1.4 million in grant funding from NASA's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, through an award to the Louisiana Board of Regents, to serve as the lead institution for research that investigates how high doses of space radiation during extended duration space missions will affect astronauts.

24 Jul 2013

Athletes should eat high fiber, low-fat food to maintain muscle, says OSU researcher

Athletes seeking a healthy performance weight should eat high fiber, low-fat food balanced with their training regimen in order to maintain muscle while still burning fat, according to a report by an Oregon State University researcher.

24 Jul 2013

Family and friends' fears of recurrence impact on patient's recovery after SAH

Researchers from Durham University and Kings College London (United Kingdom) and the University of Erlangen-N-rnberg (Germany) found that patients who have suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) may not recover psychosocially as well as expected if their significant other is excessively fearful about the possibility of SAH recurrence.

24 Jul 2013

UPCI research could provide roadmap for developing personalized therapies for breast cancer

More than 230,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in the U.S. this year, a diagnosis that comes with treatment choices that can be overwhelming to patients and complex to their doctors. But what if there was only one treatment for your breast cancer? And what if it was based on your genetics and specific cancer type in the hope of maximizing its effectiveness?

24 Jul 2013

Study: Breathing oxygen during radiation therapy can delay tumor growth

A multidisciplinary team at UT Southwestern Medical Center has found that measuring the oxygenation of tumors can be a valuable tool in guiding radiation therapy, opening the door for personalized therapies that keep tumors in check with oxygen enhancement.

24 Jul 2013

New procedures to improve quality and usefulness of preclinical efficacy studies

Only 11% of drugs that enter clinical trials in humans are ultimately found safe and effective enough to receive regulatory approval.

24 Jul 2013

Study reveals fungus coating on stored food may worsen AIDS epidemic

A type of fungus coating much of the stored corn, wheat, rice and nuts in developing countries may be quietly worsening the AIDS epidemic, according to a paper published today in the World Mycotoxin Journal.

24 Jul 2013

BGI, CITIC-XIANGYA successfully apply NGS to detect IVF embryos with genetic abnormalities

The largest genomic institute of the world, BGI Shenzhen, China, together with Reproductive & Genetic Hospital CITIC-XIANGYA announced today that they have successfully applied Next Generation Sequencing to detect in vitro fertilized embryos with genetic abnormalities.

24 Jul 2013

Researchers discover mechanism that prevents immune system from spinning out of control

A team led by a University of Arizona researcher has discovered a previously unknown mechanism that prevents the immune system from going into overdrive, shedding light not only on how our body controls its response to pathogens but on conditions such as autoimmune diseases, allergies and chronic inflammation as well.

24 Jul 2013

Dissecting recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery significant for preventing nerve injury

Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is the most common serious complication of thyroid surgery. Therefore, preventing recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is an important goal in thyroid surgery.

24 Jul 2013

Smokers who try e-cigarettes to quit are younger and more motivated to quit, study finds

University of Hawaii Cancer Center Prevention and Control Program researchers Pallav Pokhrel, PhD and Thaddeus Herzog, PhD have found that smokers who use e-cigarettes as a tool to stop smoking tend to be younger and more motivated to quit smoking as compared to other smokers.

24 Jul 2013

Researchers provide new model for studying drug targets and therapies for AIH

A gene mutation disrupts the activity of certain immune cells and causes the immune system to erroneously attack the liver, according to a new animal study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

24 Jul 2013

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Researcher identify genetic mutation in Africans with HIV that puts them at higher risk for tuberculosis

Australian researchers raise concerns over London Underground Mosquito

Walking to school promotes better cognitive performance in girls than traveling by vehicles

UL researcher receives €1.5 million to develop innovative treatments for bone-loss diseases

Mortality rates declining among dialysis patients despite rise in coronary artery disease, study finds

Child cancer survival: an interview with Prof Kathy Pritchard-Jones, University College London

Academic hospitals have higher mammography recall rates than community radiology centers

Diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking can show fiber bundles in human brain

Louisiana Tech University to receive NASA EPSCoR grant to support aerospace research

Athletes should eat high fiber, low-fat food to maintain muscle, says OSU researcher

Family and friends' fears of recurrence impact on patient's recovery after SAH

UPCI research could provide roadmap for developing personalized therapies for breast cancer

Study: Breathing oxygen during radiation therapy can delay tumor growth

New procedures to improve quality and usefulness of preclinical efficacy studies

Study reveals fungus coating on stored food may worsen AIDS epidemic

BGI, CITIC-XIANGYA successfully apply NGS to detect IVF embryos with genetic abnormalities

Researchers discover mechanism that prevents immune system from spinning out of control

Dissecting recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery significant for preventing nerve injury

Smokers who try e-cigarettes to quit are younger and more motivated to quit, study finds

Researchers provide new model for studying drug targets and therapies for AIH

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