By King's College London
Scientists have identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke. By exploring the genetic variants linked with blood clotting -- a process that can lead to a stroke -- scientists have discovered a gene which is associated with large vessel and car
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By Karolinska Institutet
Survivors of cancer of the central nervous system (CNS) in childhood are at heightened risk for disturbance in body image and self-image in relation to sports or other physical activities, according to a new study from Sweden.
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By American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Cartilage tympanoplasty can be performed successfully in 95 percent of young children when appropriate conditions exist, according to a new study.
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By The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
New design guidelines from researchers in Singapore simplify the development of targeted therapies for muscular dystrophy and other diseases.
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By Biophysical Society
Autism spectrum disorders affect nearly 1 in 88 children, with symptoms ranging from mild personality traits to severe intellectual disability and seizures. New work examines which genes are responsible for autism disorders.
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By The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Safe and inexpensive iron catalysts provide a ‘greener’ alternative to typical pharmaceutical production methods.
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By Canadian Science Publishing (NRC Research Press)
People tend to lose muscle mass as they age; researchers are investigating ways to delay or counteract age-related muscle loss. A new study suggests that current guidelines for meat consumption are based on the protein needed to prevent deficiency without
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By International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
Regular exercise reduces the development of painful diabetic neuropathy in animals—apparently related to increased expression of a protective substance called "heat shock protein" 72 (Hsp72), reports an experimental study.
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By Biophysical Society
A new understanding of how the brain’s G-protein receptors work may soon enable a way to better customize and target antipsychotic drugs to treat specific symptoms.
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By NYU Langone Medical Center
After an intensive three-year hunt through the genome, medical researchers have pinpointed mutations that leads to drug resistance and relapse in the most common type of childhood cancer —- the first time anyone has linked the disease’
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By Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
Smoking tobacco is bad for your health, but a genetically altered version of the plant might provide an inexpensive cure for the deadly rabies virus. Scientists have produced a monoclonal antibody in transgenic tobacco plants shown to neutralize the rabie
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By Society of Nuclear Medicine
While amyloid imaging may now be most associated with detecting plaques in the brain, it has the potential to change the way cardiac amyloidosis is diagnosed. According to first-of-its-kind research, positron emission tomography with 11C-PIB can positivel
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By Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Much in the same way as we use shredders to destroy documents that are no longer useful or that contain potentially damaging information, cells use molecular machines to degrade unwanted or defective macromolecules. Scientists in Germany have now decoded
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By University of California, San Diego Health Sciences
A computer-assisted navigation technology with the direct anterior hip replacement technique, potentially results in less pain, faster recovery and fewer dislocations for patients with osteoarthritis and other forms of degenerative joint disease.
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By Suomen Akatemia (Academy of Finland)
Nearly 30 percent of adult workers suffer from work-related stress, and it is commonly acknowledged that stress has damaging effects on individual’s health. A recently published study from Finland provides strong evidence that perceived work-rel
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By University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Cancer biologists have found a key determinant in the balance between two proteins, BRCA1 and 53BP1, in the DNA repair machinery. Breast and ovarian cancer are associated with a breakdown in the repair systems involving these proteins.
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By Biophysical Society
A new breakthrough marks the first time anyone has been able to show the actual temperature distribution inside living cells.
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By Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Patients whose aggressive lymphomas have relapsed or failed to respond to the current front-line chemotherapy regimen now have an effective second line of attack against their disease.
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By University of California - Santa Barbara
Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and a sedentary lifestyle is often cited as a major contributing factor. Among the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Bolivia's Amazon basin, however, indicat
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By Karolinska Institutet
A new study from Sweden shows that patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) run a high risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure, regardless of migration background. The study is the first in the world to examine the risk of cardiovascular diseases in m
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