By University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
A researcher is looking closely at a molecule linked to aortic aneurysms in the abdomen, and her findings could lead to a treatment to reduce swelling of the aortic artery, which would be a life-saving treatment.
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By BMJ-British Medical Journal
Snakebite injuries account for around two phone queries every week to the UK National Poisons Information Service, a newly published audit finds.
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By BioMed Central Limited
Over recent years, hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections have been a significant problem in UK hospitals and globally. There have been concerns that infections may be due to transmission between symptomatic patients, either directly, or indir
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By Salk Institute
For humans to grow and to replace and heal damaged tissues, the body's cells must continually reproduce, a process known as "cell division," by which one cell becomes two, two become four, and so on. A key question of biomedical research is how
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By Stowers Institute for Medical Research
For a tiny embryo to grow into an entire fruit fly, mouse or human, the correct genes in each cell must turn on and off in precisely the right sequence. This intricate molecular dance produces the many parts of the whole creature, from muscles and skin to
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By European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)
Researchers are one step closer to understanding how embryos develop and grow while always keeping the same proportions between their various parts. Their findings, published today in Nature, reveal that scaling of the future vertebrae in a mouse embryo i
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By Michigan State University
People who worry constantly are at greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder, according to new research.
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By Scripps Research Institute
Scientists have developed the first synthetic compound that can reverse the effects of a serious metabolic condition known as fatty liver disease.
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By American Physiological Society (APS)
Study led by researchers at Syracuse University offers insights into role of muscle weakness in Down syndrome.
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By Springer
School shootings at elementary, secondary and higher education institutions have been a painful reality for American society. But can anything realistically be done to prevent these horrific crimes? A new article attempts to parse out what we have learned
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By American Society for Cell Biology
DNA mutations that accumulate as women age are not the sole contributor to higher frequency of breast cancer in women over 50. In breast cancer and aging, changes in the populations of progenitor cells in breast tissue may be a powerful and until now over
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By Case Western Reserve University
Researchers have identified a molecule linked to more aggressive forms of breast cancer -- a discovery that could point the way to potential cures.
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By Penn State
Building a tunnel made up of both hard and soft materials to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may be the first step toward helping patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma regain feeling and movement, according to a biomedical engi
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By Columbia University Medical Center
Are you stressed? Results of a new meta-analysis of six studies involving nearly 120,000 people indicate that the answer to that question may help predict one’s risk of incident coronary heart disease (CHD) or death from CHD.
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By German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Researchers have identified a protein as a potential target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The molecular complex is part of the immune system and a driving force for inflammatory responses of the brain. Blocking its activity may pave the way fo
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By American Society for Cell Biology
A defective protein explains why a failure in protein degradation would lead to the massive aggregations of a class of filaments that disrupt the functioning of neurons of children with the rare, untreatable genetic disease giant axonal neuropathy. Discov
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By University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
In a study of 58 communities in four New Jersey counties, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence is found to have risen from 10.6 per thousand in 2002, to 17.4 per thousand in 2006.
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By Mayo Clinic
A new series of studies in mouse models uncovered that the aging process is characterized by high rates of whole-chromosome losses and gains in various organs, including heart, muscle, kidney and eye, and demonstrate that reducing these rates slows age-re
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By American Heart Association
A minimally invasive procedure lowered blood pressure in patients whose condition failed to respond to medication. Catheter-based renal denervation was found to be safe and effective in lowering blood pressure up to one year after starting treatment, and
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By Saint Joseph's University
As investigators begin to piece together a profile of Connecticut school massacre gunman Adam Lanza, much is being speculated about his possible Asperger's Syndrome diagnosis. But to suggest a tie between autism and violent, sociopathic tendencies is to u
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