How our vision dims: Chemists crack the code of cataract creation
Groundbreaking new findings by UC Irvine and German chemists about how cataracts form could be used to help prevent the world's leading cause of blindness, which currently affects nearly 20 million...
View ArticleListening to the inner voice
(Medical Xpress)—Perhaps the most controversial book ever written in the field of psychology, was Julian Janes' mid-seventies classic, "The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral...
View ArticleCancer mutation likely trigger of scleroderma
Johns Hopkins scientists have found evidence that cancer triggers the autoimmune disease scleroderma, which causes thickening and hardening of the skin and widespread organ damage.
View ArticleBrain cancer cells hide while drugs seek
A team of scientists, led by principal investigator Paul S. Mischel, MD, a member of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of...
View ArticleEmerging bird flu strain is still poorly adapted for infecting humans, study...
Avian influenza virus H7N9, which killed several dozen people in China earlier this year, has not yet acquired the changes needed to infect humans easily, according to a new study by scientists at The...
View ArticleSingle microRNA powers motor activity
New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai shows that microRNA-128 is one of the strongest regulators of nerve cell excitability and motor activity, and that it does so by adjusting...
View ArticleVaccine study reveals link between immunity and cells' starvation response
One of the most effective vaccines in history has been the yellow fever vaccine, which was developed in the 1930s and has been administered to more than 500 million people.
View ArticleDyslexia may be due to faulty brain wiring, study says (Update)
A roadblock in the brain makes reading difficult for people with dyslexia, a new study suggested Thursday, contradicting long-held opinion.
View ArticleA genetic defect protects mice from infection with Influenza viruses
A new study published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens points out that mice lacking a protein called Tmprss2 are no longer affected by certain flu viruses. The discovery was made by researchers...
View ArticleProstate cancer biomarker may predict patient outcomes
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the University of Alberta in Canada have identified a biomarker for a cellular switch that accurately predicts which prostate cancer patients are...
View ArticleMalignant and healthy cells display characteristic fractal patterns
A new approach has given rise to the hope for a faster and more reliable method for determining cancer cell types. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart and the...
View ArticleResearchers inhibit brain production of beta-amyloid
(Medical Xpress)—A discovery by Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Scripps Research Institute scientists could lead to drugs that slow Alzheimer's disease progression.
View ArticleSequencing tuberculosis strain genomes
(Medical Xpress)—The use of whole genome sequencing to identify different strains of bacteria which cause tuberculosis may unlock the door to improved treatments and more accurate clinical trials,...
View ArticleDrug delivery system successfully treats deadly ovarian cancer in mice
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at Rutgers University have developed a targeted drug delivery system that they believe could make ovarian cancer more treatable and increase survival rates for the most...
View ArticleTransdermal drug delivery at the cellular level
Medicated adhesive patches have become a preferred method of delivery for everything from nicotine to hormones to motion sickness medication.
View ArticleTwo potential therapies for preventing myofibroblast differentiation
Multiple types of cells are needed for patients to recover from surgery or to restore life to tissues that have lost circulation. University of Georgia researchers have identified how the cells...
View ArticleSynthetic RNAs designed to fight cancer
(Medical Xpress)—In search of better cancer treatments, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have designed synthetic molecules that combine the advantages of two...
View ArticleNew research implicates immune system cells in muscle healing
Scientists have found that cells known primarily for tempering immune response also exist in injured muscle tissue, an unexpected role for regulatory T cells.
View ArticleHerpes viruses associated with cognitive impairment
(Medical Xpress)—The herpes virus that produces cold sores during times of stress now has been linked to cognitive impairment throughout life, according to a new University of Michigan study that for...
View ArticleThe brain's function in perseverance
Perseverance is a quality that plays a large role in the success or failure of many pursuits. It has never been entirely clear why this trait seems more apparent in some people than others, but a new...
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