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Research findings could provide better understanding of anxiety disorders

In a new study published today in Science, John McGann, associate professor of behavioral and systems neuroscience in the Department of Psychology, and his colleagues, report that neurons in the noses of laboratory animals reacted more strongly to threatening odors before the odor message was sent to the brain.

13 Dec 2013

Scientists bring stem cell science directly to patients

Scientists from UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research are bringing stem cell science funded by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, directly to patients in two exciting new clinical trials scheduled to begin in early 2014.

13 Dec 2013

Gene Expression Barcode 3.0 tool proves to be a vital resource for cancer research

A newly improved internet research tool is helping cancer researchers and physicians make sense out of a deluge of genetic data from nearly 100,000 patients and more than 50,000 mice.

13 Dec 2013

UCSB anthropologists find successful hunting boosts testosterone, cortisol levels in Tsimane men

While small-scale horticulture is a relatively recent addition to the human repertoire of food provisioning, hunting has deep evolutionary roots. In practically every society, hunting ability correlates with reproductive success - the better the hunter, the more children he is likely to father.

13 Dec 2013

UCLA stem cell researchers track early development of human articular cartilage

Stem cell researchers from UCLA's Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research have published the first study to identify the origin cells and track the early development of human articular cartilage, providing what could be a new cell source and biological roadmap for therapies to repair cartilage defects and osteoarthritis. These revolutionary therapies could reach clinical trials within three years.

13 Dec 2013

More outreach needed for family members who carry genetic risks of cancer

A study done by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that many relatives of patients who undergo testing for a gene linked to breast and ovarian cancers misinterpret the results, and less than half of those who could benefit from genetic testing say they plan to get tested themselves-despite the fact that knowing your genetic status may help catch the disease in its earliest stages.

13 Dec 2013

New study provides a set of tools for measuring age in all dimensions

Age is not just the number of years one has lived, argue IIASA population researchers. A new study from the group provides a set of tools for measuring age in all its dimensions.

13 Dec 2013

Study: Immune cells outside the brain may regulate propensity to develop depression

A new study shows that immune cells outside the brain may regulate propensity to develop depression. The data were presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology Annual Meeting.

13 Dec 2013

University of Colorado medical school professor uncovers variant of NKH

People from around the country and the world turn to Johan Van Hove, MD, PhD, for advice on a rare metabolic disease known as NKH, which can disrupt the body in devastating and even deadly ways. Now, Van Hove, a University of Colorado medical school professor, has identified a new disease related to NKH, a finding that resolves previously baffling cases including the death of a Colorado girl.

13 Dec 2013

New treatment needed for women with HER2- and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with PIK3CA mutation

Women with breast cancer characterized by high levels of the protein HER2 and hormone receptors gained much less benefit from presurgery treatment with chemotherapy and HER2-targeted therapies if their cancer had one or more mutations in the PIK3CA gene, according to results presented here at the 2013 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 10-14.

12 Dec 2013

Researchers discover easy-to-use method for bonding gels and biological tissues

Researchers have discovered an efficient and easy-to-use method for bonding together gels and biological tissues. A team headed by Ludwik Leibler, involving researchers from the Laboratoire Matière Molle et Chimie (CNRS/ESPCI ParisTech) and the Laboratoire Physico-Chimie des Polymères et Milieux Dispersés (CNRS/ UPMC/ESPCI ParisTech), has succeeded in obtaining very strong adhesion between two gels by spreading on their surface a solution containing nanoparticles.

12 Dec 2013

Researchers show biophysical factors that contribute to the strength of heartbeat

The heart maintains a careful balancing act; too soft and it won't pump blood, but too hard and it will overtax itself and stop entirely. There is an optimal amount of strain that a beating heart can generate and still beat at its usual rate, once per second.

12 Dec 2013

MIT assistant professor named Pew biomedical researcher of the month

For his creative work in evolutionary systems biology, Jeff Gore, Ph.D., an assistant professor in physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is The Pew Charitable Trusts' biomedical researcher of the month. Gore is studying how game theory can be applied to bacterial evolution, with the goal of understanding how pathogens become resistant to drugs.

12 Dec 2013

Climate differences drive gene changes, find Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers

Interplay between genes and the environment has been pondered at least since the phrase "nature versus nurture" was coined in the mid-1800s.

12 Dec 2013

Combination therapy safe and active in follicular lymphoma

One drug attacks tumor cells directly, the other treats the immune system by taking the brakes off T cell response.

12 Dec 2013

Mitochondrial enzyme SIRT5 regulates proteins involved in metabolism

The Sirtuin family of protein deacylases has received considerable attention in recent years due to its links to longevity, diabetes, cancer, and metabolic regulation.

12 Dec 2013

Study shows that age and sleep deprivation induce cellular stress in pancreas

Sleep, or the lack of it, seems to affect just about every aspect of human physiology. Yet, the molecular pathways through which sleep deprivation wreaks its detrimental effects on the body remain poorly understood.

12 Dec 2013

Multi-disciplinary team to use advanced robotics platforms to measure human-robot interactions

Psychologists from the University of Exeter are leading a major project looking at how robots can enable people to interact in public spaces - without actually being there.

12 Dec 2013

Researchers discover new therapeutic approach for hemophilia

Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and the Medical College of Wisconsin found that a new kind of gene therapy led to a dramatic decline in bleeding events in dogs with naturally occurring hemophilia A, a serious and costly bleeding condition that affects about 50,000 people in the United States and millions more around the world.

12 Dec 2013

New reports demonstrate the effectiveness of modified T cells in treating blood-borne cancers

At the 2013 American Society of Hematology meeting in Dec. 2013, James Kochenderfer, M.D., investigator in the Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, NCI, presented findings from two clinical trials evaluating the use of genetically modified immune system T cells as cancer therapy.

12 Dec 2013

Medical Science News

Research findings could provide better understanding of anxiety disorders

Scientists bring stem cell science directly to patients

Gene Expression Barcode 3.0 tool proves to be a vital resource for cancer research

UCSB anthropologists find successful hunting boosts testosterone, cortisol levels in Tsimane men

UCLA stem cell researchers track early development of human articular cartilage

More outreach needed for family members who carry genetic risks of cancer

New study provides a set of tools for measuring age in all dimensions

Study: Immune cells outside the brain may regulate propensity to develop depression

University of Colorado medical school professor uncovers variant of NKH

New treatment needed for women with HER2- and hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with PIK3CA mutation

Researchers discover easy-to-use method for bonding gels and biological tissues

Researchers show biophysical factors that contribute to the strength of heartbeat

MIT assistant professor named Pew biomedical researcher of the month

Climate differences drive gene changes, find Virginia Bioinformatics Institute researchers

Combination therapy safe and active in follicular lymphoma

Mitochondrial enzyme SIRT5 regulates proteins involved in metabolism

Study shows that age and sleep deprivation induce cellular stress in pancreas

Multi-disciplinary team to use advanced robotics platforms to measure human-robot interactions

Researchers discover new therapeutic approach for hemophilia

New reports demonstrate the effectiveness of modified T cells in treating blood-borne cancers

Microphysiological systems in drug discovery

Considerations for taking ASO discovery programs into animal models

Neurofilament light as a translational biomarker

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