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Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage Medicine & Health / Research April 30, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Migraines may be doing more than causing people skull-splitting pain. Scientists have found evidence that the headaches may also be acting like tiny transient strokes, leaving parts of the brain starved for oxygen and altering ...

Researchers awaken vision cells in blind mice Medicine & Health / Research May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Florida researchers used gene therapy to restore sight in mice with a form of hereditary blindness, a finding that has bearing on many of the most common blinding diseases.

Researchers reprogram normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells Medicine & Health / Research June 06, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, the cells that are able ...

U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on Medicine & Health / Cancer June 11, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A gene implicated in the development of cancer cells can be switched on using drugs, report researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The finding could lead to a new class of targeted cancer ...

Tumors use enzyme to recruit regulatory T-cells and suppress immune response Medicine & Health / Cancer August 16, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet One way tumors fly under the radar of the immune system is by using IDO, an enzyme used by fetuses to help avoid rejection, to recruit powerful regulatory T cells that turn down the immune response, researchers ...

Severe heart attack damage limited by hydrogen sulfide Medicine & Health / Research September 19, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Administering hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) directly into the heart during a simulated heart attack significantly reduces the tissue and cell damage often seen in oxygen-starved organs, according to a new study from researchers ...

Low doses of a red wine ingredient fight diabetes in mice Medicine & Health / Research October 02, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Even relatively low doses of resveratrol—a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine—can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October issue of Cell Metabolism. ...

Gene may hold key to future cancer hope Medicine & Health / Cancer October 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists may have discovered a new way of killing tumours in what they hope could one day lead to alternative forms of cancer treatments.

Adult brain cells are movers and shakers Medicine & Health / Research November 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet It’s a general belief that the circuitry of young brains has robust flexibility but eventually gets “hard-wired” in adulthood. As Johns Hopkins researchers and their colleagues report in the Nov. 8 issue of ...

Mitochondria send death signal to cardiac cells, study shows Medicine & Health / Research November 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have determined how cardiac cells die just as emergency treatments restore blood flow to a heart in distress, a paradox that has long puzzled doctors who are able to relieve pain in patients suffering from blocked ...

Protein suppresses allergic response in mice Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet A protein in mice known as RGS13 suppresses allergic reactions, including the severe, life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...

New heart test to save time, money -- and lives Medicine & Health / Research November 29, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new test could give doctors a head start in diagnosing those patients most likely to suffer a heart attack.

Breakthrough technology observes synapse in real time, supporting theory of vesicular recycling Medicine & Health / Research December 14, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have observed in real time a cellular mechanism that's crucial to how brain cells communicate.

New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test Medicine & Health / Research December 17, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent. High ...

Lung cancer cells' survival gene seen as drug target Medicine & Health / Cancer December 25, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet One of the deadliest forms of cancer appears to carry a specific weakness. When a key gene called 14-3-3zeta is silenced, lung cancer cells can't survive on their own, researchers have found.

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Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage Medicine & Health / Research April 30, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Migraines may be doing more than causing people skull-splitting pain. Scientists have found evidence that the headaches may also be acting like tiny transient strokes, leaving parts of the brain starved for oxygen and altering ...

Researchers awaken vision cells in blind mice Medicine & Health / Research May 21, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 14 vote(s) \| No comments yet University of Florida researchers used gene therapy to restore sight in mice with a form of hereditary blindness, a finding that has bearing on many of the most common blinding diseases.

Researchers reprogram normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells Medicine & Health / Research June 06, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 25 vote(s) \| No comments yet Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine at UCLA were able to take normal tissue cells and reprogram them into cells with the same unlimited properties as embryonic stem cells, the cells that are able ...

U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on Medicine & Health / Cancer June 11, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet A gene implicated in the development of cancer cells can be switched on using drugs, report researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The finding could lead to a new class of targeted cancer ...

Tumors use enzyme to recruit regulatory T-cells and suppress immune response Medicine & Health / Cancer August 16, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet One way tumors fly under the radar of the immune system is by using IDO, an enzyme used by fetuses to help avoid rejection, to recruit powerful regulatory T cells that turn down the immune response, researchers ...

Severe heart attack damage limited by hydrogen sulfide Medicine & Health / Research September 19, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Administering hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) directly into the heart during a simulated heart attack significantly reduces the tissue and cell damage often seen in oxygen-starved organs, according to a new study from researchers ...

Low doses of a red wine ingredient fight diabetes in mice Medicine & Health / Research October 02, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s) \| No comments yet Even relatively low doses of resveratrol—a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine—can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October issue of Cell Metabolism. ...

Gene may hold key to future cancer hope Medicine & Health / Cancer October 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 11 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists may have discovered a new way of killing tumours in what they hope could one day lead to alternative forms of cancer treatments.

Adult brain cells are movers and shakers Medicine & Health / Research November 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet It’s a general belief that the circuitry of young brains has robust flexibility but eventually gets “hard-wired” in adulthood. As Johns Hopkins researchers and their colleagues report in the Nov. 8 issue of ...

Mitochondria send death signal to cardiac cells, study shows Medicine & Health / Research November 08, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet Scientists have determined how cardiac cells die just as emergency treatments restore blood flow to a heart in distress, a paradox that has long puzzled doctors who are able to relieve pain in patients suffering from blocked ...

Protein suppresses allergic response in mice Medicine & Health / Research November 19, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 10 vote(s) \| No comments yet A protein in mice known as RGS13 suppresses allergic reactions, including the severe, life-threatening allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases ...

New heart test to save time, money -- and lives Medicine & Health / Research November 29, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s) \| No comments yet A new test could give doctors a head start in diagnosing those patients most likely to suffer a heart attack.

Breakthrough technology observes synapse in real time, supporting theory of vesicular recycling Medicine & Health / Research December 14, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 15 vote(s) \| No comments yet For the first time, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have observed in real time a cellular mechanism that's crucial to how brain cells communicate.

New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test Medicine & Health / Research December 17, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 9 vote(s) \| No comments yet The first clinical trial of a new kind of drug to cut the risk of cardiovascular disease has been found safe and effective at dropping levels of “bad” low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by as much as 40 percent. High ...

Lung cancer cells' survival gene seen as drug target Medicine & Health / Cancer December 25, 2007 \| User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s) \| No comments yet One of the deadliest forms of cancer appears to carry a specific weakness. When a key gene called 14-3-3zeta is silenced, lung cancer cells can't survive on their own, researchers have found.

Mice with a migraine show signs of brain damage

Researchers awaken vision cells in blind mice

Researchers reprogram normal tissue cells into embryonic stem cells

U-M researchers discover gene switched off in cancer can be turned on

Tumors use enzyme to recruit regulatory T-cells and suppress immune response

Severe heart attack damage limited by hydrogen sulfide

Low doses of a red wine ingredient fight diabetes in mice

Gene may hold key to future cancer hope

Adult brain cells are movers and shakers

Mitochondria send death signal to cardiac cells, study shows

Protein suppresses allergic response in mice

New heart test to save time, money -- and lives

Breakthrough technology observes synapse in real time, supporting theory of vesicular recycling

New strategy to cut heart attack risk is effective in initial test

Lung cancer cells' survival gene seen as drug target

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