Drug therapy for PKU reverses heart damage 1 hour ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A pricy drug used to treat a rare but well-known genetic disorder may hold wider promise as a treatment for millions of Americans with potentially lethal enlarged hearts, due mainly to high blood pressure, a study from Johns ... | |
Sugar linkage could lead to better treatment for autoimmune diseases 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire Glycomics Center have helped identify a specific carbohydrate structure that confers anti-inflammatory activity to a glycoprotein antibody that could lead to improved treatment ... | |
Novel mechanisms controlling insulin release and fat deposition discovered 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat deposition as well as the release of insulin ... | |
Too hot to handle! Scientists identify heat sensing regulator 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins are a step closer to understanding pain sensitivity - specifically why it’s variable instead of constant - having identified a gene that regulates a heat-activated molecular sensor. Their ... | |
Using music to explore the neural bases of emotional 'processing' in the autistic brain 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Music has a universal ability to tap into our deepest emotions. Unfortunately, for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), understanding emotions is a very difficult task. Can music help them? | |
Hyperactivity is associated with decreased numbers of interneurons 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry on May 15th is “another example of how basic science research conducted in animals may help to identify new molecular targets that may be studied for the treatment or ... | |
 Seeing Alzheimer's amyloids May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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In an important step toward demystifying the role protein clumps play in the development of neurodegenerative disease, researchers have created a stunning three-dimensional picture of an Alzheimer’s peptide ... | |
New MRI technique developed at UT Southwestern detects subtle but serious brain injury May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new technique for analyzing magnetic resonance imaging data, developed by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, can reveal serious brain injury missed by current tests and help predict a patient’s degree of recovery. | |
New approach to protect the hearts of patients with muscular dystrophy May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A team of researchers has recently shown that the administration of sildenafil protects the heart in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This study was led by Dr. Christine Des Rosiers from the Université de Montréal and ... | |
MS can affect children's IQ, thinking skills May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Multiple sclerosis (MS) typically starts in young adulthood, but about five percent of cases start in childhood or the teen years. Children with MS are at risk to exhibit low IQ scores and problems with memory, attention ... | |
Study: Older brains don't benefit from painkillers May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people. | |
Key step in the 'puncture' mechanism of cell death revealed May 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A team of medical researchers led by Dr Ruth Kluck at Melbourne’s Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) has discovered a key step in the mechanism by which cells destroy themselves. In this process, called “apoptosis”, certain ... | |
New study shows how T cell's machinery dials down autoimmunity May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital study shows that T cells, the body’s master immune regulators, do not use simple on/off switches to govern the cellular machinery that regulates their development and function. Rather, ... | |
Are anxiety disorders all in the mind? May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Using single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in The Netherlands were able to detect biochemical differences in the brains of individuals with generalized social anxiety disorder (also known as social ... | |
Model shows how mutation tips biochemistry to cause Alzheimer's May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Your fate can be determined by tiny events. Imagine you live in the city and you walk everywhere to get exercise – you are healthy and not afraid of getting mugged. You almost never eat breakfast so you don’t stop at the ... | |
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