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Intensive blood pressure treatment benefits people with type 2 diabetes regardless of cardiovascular risk

People with type 2 diabetes who received intensive treatment to keep their blood pressure levels at 130/80 mm/Hg or below had fewer heart attacks, strokes and other diabetes complications, according to a study published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension.

29 Apr 2019

Device converts brain signals into speech, offering hope for patients

In a remarkable application of modern technology, scientists have created a device that can decode signals from the brain’s speech centers to produce speech through a synthesizer.

25 Apr 2019

Predicting whether a patient will benefit from chemotherapy

Case Western Reserve University researchers and partners, including a collaborator at Cleveland Clinic, are pushing the boundaries of how "smart" diagnostic-imaging machines identify cancers--and uncovering clues outside the tumor to tell whether a patient will respond well to chemotherapy.

25 Apr 2019

Computer program mimics natural speech using brain signals from epilepsy patients

Scientists used brain signals recorded from epilepsy patients to program a computer to mimic natural speech--an advancement that could one day have a profound effect on the ability of certain patients to communicate.

25 Apr 2019

Vanderbilt investigators discover link between vascular biology and eye disease

In a series of studies that volleyed between large databases and research in zebrafish, Vanderbilt investigators have discovered a link between vascular biology and eye disease.

25 Apr 2019

Novel fluorescence imaging system helps surgeons remove small ovarian tumors

Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors spread throughout the abdomen.

24 Apr 2019

Researchers engineer new molecules to help stop lung cancer

University of Texas at Dallas scientists have demonstrated that the growth rate of the majority of lung cancer cells relates directly to the availability of a crucial oxygen-metabolizing molecule.

24 Apr 2019

Combination-imaging technique provides new window into macaque brain connections

Researchers can now see how the two sides of the living brain mirror each other thanks to a new combination-imaging technique.

24 Apr 2019

Researchers identify circulating proteins associated with progression of diabetic kidney disease

In a breakthrough study published today in Nature Medicine, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified a group of 17 circulating inflammatory proteins that are consistently associated with the development and progression of diabetic kidney disease.

23 Apr 2019

Microglia play vital role in regulating neuroinflammation, research shows

A research team at Massachusetts Eye and Ear has shown that microglia, the primary immune cells of the central nervous system--including the retina of the eye--serve as "gatekeepers," or biosensors and facilitators, of neuroinflammation in a preclinical model of autoimmune uveitis.

23 Apr 2019

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Many individuals forced to fight an exceptionally aggressive form of the blood cancer acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don't survive more than five years.

22 Apr 2019

Exercises and swimming goggles may reduce adverse effects on eye during long spaceflights

Astronauts on long missions at the International Space Station can experience changes to their eyes and vision that can last for years.

19 Apr 2019

Scientific breakthrough provides new hope for people living with multiple sclerosis

A scientific breakthrough provides new hope for millions of people living with multiple sclerosis. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a compound that stimulates repair of the protective sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

19 Apr 2019

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Intensive blood pressure treatment benefits people with type 2 diabetes regardless of cardiovascular risk

Device converts brain signals into speech, offering hope for patients

Predicting whether a patient will benefit from chemotherapy

Computer program mimics natural speech using brain signals from epilepsy patients

Vanderbilt investigators discover link between vascular biology and eye disease

Novel fluorescence imaging system helps surgeons remove small ovarian tumors

Researchers engineer new molecules to help stop lung cancer

Combination-imaging technique provides new window into macaque brain connections

Researchers identify circulating proteins associated with progression of diabetic kidney disease

Microglia play vital role in regulating neuroinflammation, research shows

Overlooked part of cell’s internal machinery may hold key to treating acute myeloid leukemia

Exercises and swimming goggles may reduce adverse effects on eye during long spaceflights

Scientific breakthrough provides new hope for people living with multiple sclerosis

Synthetic biologists add analog-to-digital signal processing to genetic circuitry of living cells

Extracts of ginkgo seeds show antibacterial activity on pathogens that cause skin infections

Study identifies how enterococci bacteria cause antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections

Researchers identify brain activity pattern that predicts anger in dreams

Angry dreams explained by brain waves

Scientists investigate processes that lead to neuronal death in ALS patients

Why have autism rates 'exploded' in New Jersey?

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Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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