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EU-funded project examines dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition

Until now, we have had very little understanding of the extent of malnutrition in Europe, especially in populations at risk of poverty. Now, an EU-funded project calledCHANCE, aims to address the dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition.

20 Jul 2013

Investigators report complete catalog of genes expressed in retina

Investigators at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School have published the most thorough description of gene expression in the human retina reported to date. In a study published today in the journal BMC Genomics, Drs. Michael Farkas, Eric Pierce and colleagues in the Ocular Genomics Institute at Mass. Eye and Ear reported a complete catalog of the genes expressed in the retina.

20 Jul 2013

NKX2-8 mutation in dogs may be a risk factor for human neural tube defects, say researchers

A gene related to neural tube defects in dogs has for the first time been identified by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and University of Iowa.

20 Jul 2013

Absence of Shp-2 enzyme near cartilage cells can lead to multiple benign cartilage tumors in mice

Rhode Island Hospital researchers have found that the absence of the Shp-2 enzyme near specialized cartilage cells can lead to the development of multiple benign cartilage tumors in mice, a model that recapitulates the rare human tumor syndrome metachondromatosis.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers identify mechanism behind pediatric solid tumors

Most of the time, it takes decades of accumulating genetic errors for a tumor to develop. While this explains the general occurrence of cancer in adults, it leaves a gap in understanding of the cause of pediatric tumors.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers discover new functions for PTPN22 gene linked with autoimmune disease

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified infection-fighting and inflammation-suppressing functions for a gene associated with human autoimmune disease.

20 Jul 2013

Researchers uncover evidence that genetic changes play role in resistance to deadly disease

Researchers have long understood that genetics can play a role in how susceptible people are to contracting cholera, but a team of Harvard scientists is now uncovering evidence of genetic changes that might also help protect some people from contracting the deadly disease.

20 Jul 2013

UCSF researchers find a way to knock down cancers caused by tumor-driving protein

UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to knock down cancers caused by a tumor-driving protein called -myc,- paving the way for patients with myc-driven cancers to enroll in clinical trials for experimental treatments.

20 Jul 2013

Sambazon addresses fluctuations of natural caffeine levels in energy drink beverages

Sambazon, the pioneer of Açai and organic Amazon Superfoods™, recently addressed variations in caffeine levels that may have occurred in its Amazon Energy™ products between 2009 and 2012.

20 Jul 2013

Metagenomics technique used to recover TB genomes from 215-year old mummy

Researchers at the University of Warwick have recovered tuberculosis (TB) genomes from the lung tissue of a 215-year old mummy using a technique known as metagenomics.

20 Jul 2013

Study shows that eating more eggs is not associated with high serum cholesterol in adolescents

Although in the late 20th century it was maintained that eating more than two eggs a week could increase cholesterol, in recent years experts have begun to refute this myth. Now, a new study has found that eating more eggs is not associated with higher serum cholesterol in adolescents, regardless of how much physical activity they do.

19 Jul 2013

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

Heart failure with concomitant pulmonary hypertension is a growing health problem with a high mortality rate, above all in older people. The cardiologist Diana Bonderman from the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna, as the author of a multinational phase II study, has demonstrated the effectiveness of a substance that sticks to the so-called nitric oxide pathway and makes the heart "softer".

19 Jul 2013

Researchers patent biomaterial that generates artificial bones from umbilical cord stem cells

Scientists in Granada, Spain, have patented a new biomaterial that facilitates generating bone tissue-artificial bones in other words-from umbilical cord stem cells . The material, consisting of an activated carbon cloth support for cells that differentiate giving rise to a product that can promote bone growth, has recently been presented at a press conference at the Biomedical Research Centre, Granada.

19 Jul 2013

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a mechanism that can prevent the normal prion protein from changing its molecular shape into the abnormal form responsible for neurodegenerative diseases. This finding, published in the July 18 issue of Cell Reports, offers new hope in the battle against a foe that until now has always proved fatal.

19 Jul 2013

New research uncovers biological ties between obesity and asthma

Genes linked to chronic inflammation in asthma may be more active in people who are obese, according to new research that uncovers several biological ties between obesity and asthma.

19 Jul 2013

Study: Ultrasound waves applied to specific areas of brain appear to alter patients' moods

University of Arizona researchers have found in a recent study that ultrasound waves applied to specific areas of the brain appear able to alter patients' moods. The discovery has led the scientists to conduct further investigations with the hope that this technique could one day be used to treat conditions such as depression and anxiety.

19 Jul 2013

NCI awards $1.5M grant to LSUHSC researcher to study role of chronic inflammation in cancer

Yan Cui, PhD, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, & Parasitology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and the LSUHSC Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, has been awarded a $1.5 million grant over five years by the National Cancer Institute to study the role of chronic inflammation in the development and progression of cancer.

19 Jul 2013

UCSF researchers find way to knock down cancers caused by myc protein

UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to knock down cancers caused by a tumor-driving protein called "myc," paving the way for patients with myc-driven cancers to enroll in clinical trials for experimental treatments.

19 Jul 2013

Study examines relationship between religious practices and obesity among Indian immigrants

Asian Indians are one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in the United States, and roughly half a million people of Indian ancestry live in California - more than any other state. Individuals from this group are strongly predisposed to obesity-related conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, due in large part to physical inactivity, diets low in fruit and vegetables, and insulin resistance.

19 Jul 2013

Study leads to new approach for treatment of aortic valve stenosis

A study conducted by the team of Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Research Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, has led to the discovery of a new approach to treat aortic valve stenosis through the administration of a compound that prevents valve deterioration and can even reverse the progression of the disease.

19 Jul 2013

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EU-funded project examines dietary habits in people with inadequate nutrition

Investigators report complete catalog of genes expressed in retina

NKX2-8 mutation in dogs may be a risk factor for human neural tube defects, say researchers

Absence of Shp-2 enzyme near cartilage cells can lead to multiple benign cartilage tumors in mice

Researchers identify mechanism behind pediatric solid tumors

Researchers discover new functions for PTPN22 gene linked with autoimmune disease

Researchers uncover evidence that genetic changes play role in resistance to deadly disease

UCSF researchers find a way to knock down cancers caused by tumor-driving protein

Sambazon addresses fluctuations of natural caffeine levels in energy drink beverages

Metagenomics technique used to recover TB genomes from 215-year old mummy

Study shows that eating more eggs is not associated with high serum cholesterol in adolescents

MedUni Vienna cardiologist demonstrates effectiveness of substance that makes heart softer

Researchers patent biomaterial that generates artificial bones from umbilical cord stem cells

Scientists take important step toward pharmacologic development of treatment for fatal brain disorders

New research uncovers biological ties between obesity and asthma

Study: Ultrasound waves applied to specific areas of brain appear to alter patients' moods

NCI awards $1.5M grant to LSUHSC researcher to study role of chronic inflammation in cancer

UCSF researchers find way to knock down cancers caused by myc protein

Study examines relationship between religious practices and obesity among Indian immigrants

Study leads to new approach for treatment of aortic valve stenosis

Neurofilament light as a translational biomarker

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