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Aetna grants $1 million funding for five obesity research studies

The Aetna Foundation today announced significant funding in support of five research studies designed to deepen understanding of the root causes of the nation's well-documented obesity epidemic and drive viable solutions to the core problems.

28 Feb 2011

CellSeed, LA BioMed enter two-year research agreement to study core technology in regenerative medicine

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and CellSeed Inc., a Japanese biotechnology firm, have entered into a two-year research agreement to study CellSeed's proprietary core technology in regenerative medicine, "Cell Sheet Engineering," LA BioMed President and CEO David I. Meyer, PhD, announced today.

28 Feb 2011

Daytime sleep can have cardiovascular benefits: New research

A daytime sleep could have cardiovascular benefits according to new research by Ryan Brindle and Sarah Conklin, PhD, from Allegheny College in Pennsylvania in the US.

28 Feb 2011

Sugary drinks and high blood pressure: Study establishes a link

A new study has found that drinking sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda pop and fruit drinks may increase blood pressure in adults. The results of the study came in Tuesday’s online issue of Hypertension, Journal of the American Heart Association.

28 Feb 2011

BUSM Professor receives funding for research on obesity in African-American women

Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) is one of five institutions receiving funding from the Aetna Foundation to support research designed to deepen understanding of the root causes of the nation’s well-documented obesity epidemic and drive viable solutions to the core problems. More than $1 million in funding will be granted in support of separate studies at BUSM, New York University School of Medicine, the University of Michigan, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University’s CARE program.

28 Feb 2011

UM CAS awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant

The University of Miami's College of Arts and Sciences and Miller School of Medicine were recently awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant to design and assess an innovative competency-based premedical curriculum in response to the 2009 American Association of Medical Colleges-Howard Hughes Medical Institute "Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians (SFFP)" report. The grant will be in collaboration with Purdue University, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and University of Maryland at College Park.

28 Feb 2011

Free radicals make the heart to beat with the correct force

Fear of free radicals may be exaggerated, according to scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A new study, published in the Journal of Physiology, shows that free radicals act as signal substances that cause the heart to beat with the correct force.

28 Feb 2011

p53 gene blocks EMT essential to cancer metastasis

Like a bounty hunter returning escapees to custody, a cancer-fighting gene converts organ cells that change into highly mobile stem cells back to their original, stationary state, researchers report online at Nature Cell Biology.

28 Feb 2011

Researchers to examine thrombolysis for treatment of DVT in leg

Blood clots in the leg occur commonly. In one-half of the cases, the blood clot will break loose and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs - which may be life-threatening.

28 Feb 2011

IARP introduces platform to provide centralized decision support system for scientists and policy makers

The International Aging Research Portfolio is an independent non-profit initiative serving the aging research community. As the only centralized knowledge management system containing international grant databases, publications and project information, IARP provides highly granular relevant information to scientists, funding organizations and policymakers, as well as serving as a platform for collaboration and research.

28 Feb 2011

New horse stem cell discovery aids in preclinical model development for human degenerative diseases

In a world first, pluripotent stem cells have been generated from horses by a team of researchers led by Dr. Andras Nagy at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital and Dr. Lawrence Smith at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Veterinary Science.

28 Feb 2011

Researchers discover new mechanism of beta cell destruction not previously known

The death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas is a core defect in diabetes. Scientists in Italy and Texas now have discovered a new way that these cells die - by toxic imbalance of a molecule secreted by other pancreatic cells.

28 Feb 2011

First study to show link between AVPR1A gene variants with listening to music

Music is listened in all known cultures. Similarities between human and animal song have been detected: both contain a message, an intention that reflects innate emotional state that is interpreted correctly even among different species.

28 Feb 2011

New study: Free radicals play a key role in heart physiology

Fear of free radicals may be exaggerated, according to scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. A new study, published in The Journal of Physiology, shows that free radicals act as signal substances that cause the heart to beat with the correct force.

28 Feb 2011

New research may shed light on how HIV virus reactivates from latency

New research enhances the current knowledge of how human immunodeficiency virus type-1, which causes AIDS, controls the cell cycle of cells that it infects. The new findings may shed light on how the virus reactivates after entering a dormant state, called latency.

28 Feb 2011

New study: Little historical evidence justifies economic downturns linked with large cuts in health aid

The World Bank and World Health Organization have voiced fears that policymakers will break their commitments to support desperately needed global health services in low- and middle-income countries because of the ongoing global economic downturn. Yet, according to a new study from the Harvard School of Public Health, there is surprisingly little historical evidence to justify reversing these commitments.

28 Feb 2011

Study: Fish oil may prevent muscle and weight loss in cancer patients during chemotherapy

A new analysis has found that supplementing the diet with fish oil may prevent muscle and weight loss that commonly occurs in cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that fish oil may help combat cancer-related malnutrition.

28 Feb 2011

Life Technologies introduces new Asia distribution hub in Singapore

US-based Life Technologies Corporation, a provider of innovative life science solutions, announced today that it has launched a regional distribution hub in Singapore to address strong customer demand in the Asia Pacific regions of India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

28 Feb 2011

New study: Black elders seem to have protective effect against hearing loss

Nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but those who are of black race seem to have a protective effect against this loss, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers.

28 Feb 2011

Study: Storytelling program improves communication skills, positive affect in persons with dementia

Nearly 16 million Americans will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or another type of dementia by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Association. Symptoms include mood and behavior changes, disorientation, memory loss and difficulty walking and speaking.

28 Feb 2011

Medical Research News

Aetna grants $1 million funding for five obesity research studies

CellSeed, LA BioMed enter two-year research agreement to study core technology in regenerative medicine

Daytime sleep can have cardiovascular benefits: New research

Sugary drinks and high blood pressure: Study establishes a link

BUSM Professor receives funding for research on obesity in African-American women

UM CAS awarded Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant

Free radicals make the heart to beat with the correct force

p53 gene blocks EMT essential to cancer metastasis

Researchers to examine thrombolysis for treatment of DVT in leg

IARP introduces platform to provide centralized decision support system for scientists and policy makers

New horse stem cell discovery aids in preclinical model development for human degenerative diseases

Researchers discover new mechanism of beta cell destruction not previously known

First study to show link between AVPR1A gene variants with listening to music

New study: Free radicals play a key role in heart physiology

New research may shed light on how HIV virus reactivates from latency

New study: Little historical evidence justifies economic downturns linked with large cuts in health aid

Study: Fish oil may prevent muscle and weight loss in cancer patients during chemotherapy

Life Technologies introduces new Asia distribution hub in Singapore

New study: Black elders seem to have protective effect against hearing loss

Study: Storytelling program improves communication skills, positive affect in persons with dementia

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