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Cinnamon compounds show some promise in the effort to fight Alzheimer's disease

Cinnamon: Can the red-brown spice with the unmistakable fragrance and variety of uses offer an important benefit? The common baking spice might hold the key to delaying the onset of -- or warding off -- the effects of Alzheimer's disease.

24 May 2013

EGFR gums up cell's miRNA-processing machinery under oxygen starvation conditions

Even while being dragged to its destruction inside a cell, a cancer-promoting growth factor receptor fires away, sending signals that thwart the development of tumor-suppressing microRNAs before it's dissolved, researchers reported in an early online publication at Nature.

24 May 2013

Novel multiplex immunoassay approach to capture HIV antibodies

Detection of HIV antibodies is used to diagnose HIV infection and monitor trials of experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines. New, more sensitive detection systems being developed use microspheres to capture HIV antibodies and can measure even small amounts of multiple antibodies at one time.

24 May 2013

Research shows PODXL protein contributes to aggressive forms of bladder cancer

Aggressive forms of bladder cancer involve the protein PODXL - a discovery that could hold the key to improved treatment, according to researchers at Lund University, Uppsala University and KTH in Sweden.

24 May 2013

Women experience memory problems during hot flashes

Don't doubt it when a woman harried by hot flashes says she's having a hard time remembering things. A new study published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), helps confirm with objective tests that what these women say about their memory is true.

24 May 2013

Two out of five medical students have unconscious bias against obese people, shows study

Two out of five medical students have an unconscious bias against obese people, according to a new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study is published online ahead of print in the Journal of Academic Medicine.

24 May 2013

Economic rewards have a positive effect on blood donations, say researchers

A team of researchers including Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Assistant Professor Mario Macis says the answer is an emphatic yes. Pointing to a large body of recent research that supports their argument, the three economists write in the May 24, 2013, issue of Science that the World Health Organization and national blood collection agencies should reconsider their opposition to economic incentives for much-needed blood donations.

24 May 2013

Promising approach to prevent emergence of drug-resistant forms of cancer

Re-routing anti-cancer drugs to the "power plants" that make energy to keep cells alive is a promising but long-neglected approach to preventing emergence of the drug-resistant forms of cancer - source of a serious medical problem, scientists are reporting.

24 May 2013

Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Little is known about why asthma develops, how it constricts the airway or why response to treatments varies between patients. Now, a team of researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, Columbia University Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Medical Center has revealed the roots of a common type of childhood asthma, showing that it is very different from other asthma cases.

24 May 2013

Drug addiction can be visualized in specific regions of brain that determine decision-making

New research shows that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in specific regions of the brain that are implicated in determining the value of actions, in planning actions and in motivation.

24 May 2013

Neisseria meningitidis causes life threatening meningitis, meningococcal sepsis in humans

"Neisseria meningitidis is an important human pathogen that can cause rapidly progressing, life threatening meningitis and meningococcal sepsis in humans," Professor Jennings said.

24 May 2013

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity predicts disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity, a measure of arterial stiffness, is a strong independent predictor of disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain, according to a new study published in the June issue the journal Radiology.

24 May 2013

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

24 May 2013

Discovery could aid research into motor neuron disease

Scientists have found that a key hormone allows young zebrafish to develop and replace their motor neurons - a kind of nerve cell found in the spinal cord.

24 May 2013

New study determines that children with temporal lobe epilepsy likely to have depression

A new study determined that children and adolescents with seizures involving the temporal lobe are likely to have clinically significant behavioral problems and psychiatric illness, especially depression.

24 May 2013

Data shows frequent heartburn associated with cancers of the throat, vocal cord

Frequent heartburn was positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, and the use of antacids, but not prescription medications, had a protective effect, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

24 May 2013

Wisconsin scientists synthesize potent compounds to curb bacteria that cause staph infections

In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new class of compounds capable of curbing the bacteria that cause staph infections.

24 May 2013

Lund University researchers deactivate mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice

Researchers at Lund University have succeeded in preventing very early symptoms of Huntington's disease, depression and anxiety, by deactivating the mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice.

23 May 2013

Cenix BioScience, Debiopharm partner to develop novel therapeutic drug candidates

Cenix BioScience, a leading preclinical contract research provider and technology developer specialized in RNAi-, miRNA- and high content-driven pharmacology, and Debiopharm Group, a Swiss-based global biopharmaceutical group of companies with a focus on the development of prescription drugs that target unmet medical needs, including oncology and companion diagnostics, today announced that they have signed a research agreement to support Debiopharm in its ongoing efforts to develop novel therapeutic drug candidates.

23 May 2013

DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system safe and effective, shows low rates of late lumen loss

The DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system achieves good efficacy and safety with low rates of late lumen loss and major coronary adverse events at six months, show first results from the pivotal DESolve Nx trial reported at EuroPCR 2013 today.

23 May 2013

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Cinnamon compounds show some promise in the effort to fight Alzheimer's disease

EGFR gums up cell's miRNA-processing machinery under oxygen starvation conditions

Novel multiplex immunoassay approach to capture HIV antibodies

Research shows PODXL protein contributes to aggressive forms of bladder cancer

Women experience memory problems during hot flashes

Two out of five medical students have unconscious bias against obese people, shows study

Economic rewards have a positive effect on blood donations, say researchers

Promising approach to prevent emergence of drug-resistant forms of cancer

Common type of childhood asthma is not related to allergens and inflammation

Drug addiction can be visualized in specific regions of brain that determine decision-making

Neisseria meningitidis causes life threatening meningitis, meningococcal sepsis in humans

Aortic arch pulse wave velocity predicts disease of the vessels that supply blood to the brain

Researchers reveal roots of a common type of childhood asthma

Discovery could aid research into motor neuron disease

New study determines that children with temporal lobe epilepsy likely to have depression

Data shows frequent heartburn associated with cancers of the throat, vocal cord

Wisconsin scientists synthesize potent compounds to curb bacteria that cause staph infections

Lund University researchers deactivate mutated huntingtin protein in the brains of mice

Cenix BioScience, Debiopharm partner to develop novel therapeutic drug candidates

DESolve bioresorbable coronary scaffold system safe and effective, shows low rates of late lumen loss

Transforming Cardiovascular Care: Insights from Mina Makar at AstraZeneca

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