Evidence piles up for banning trans fats
(Medical Xpress)—Banning the use of trans fats in the preparation of foodstuffs is one of the most effective ways to prevent some of the world's biggest killer diseases, but many governments are not...
View ArticleMedical study first to pinpoint best 'nerve block' treatments for patients...
(Medical Xpress)—Anesthesiologists now have more direction for treating patients who have broken their hip and are undergoing surgery.
View ArticleBody representation differs in children and adults, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Children's sense of having and owning a body differs from that of adults, indicating that our sense of physical self develops over time, according to a new study published in...
View ArticleScissor-like enzyme points toward treatment of infectious disease
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report that a pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host's immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme...
View ArticleHepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from...
Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types – those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North...
View ArticleGenetic markers ID second Alzheimer's pathway
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a new set of genetic markers for Alzheimer's that point to a second pathway through which the disease develops.
View ArticleObesity without the health problems? There could be a way
Obesity is linked to the widespread epidemics of diabetes and heart disease that plague society, but a lesser-known fact is that the weight can also lead to autoimmune disease. Now, researchers have...
View ArticleShutting down DNA construction: How senescence halts growth of potential cancers
Researchers from The Wistar Institute explain a new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence. By depriving the cell of the ability to make new nucleotides—the building...
View ArticleStudy demonstrates effects of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 inhibitors in primary...
Agios Pharmaceuticals announced today the publication of two articles in the journal Science by Agios scientists and their collaborators demonstrating the effects of the company's small molecule...
View ArticleScientists can see which cells communicate with each other in the brain, by...
There are cells in your brain that recognize very specific places, and have that as one of their main jobs. These cells, called place cells, are found in an area behind your temple called the...
View ArticleBuilding better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering
One of the major obstacles to growing new organs—replacement hearts, lungs and kidneys—is the difficulty researchers face in building blood vessels that keep the tissues alive, but new findings from...
View ArticleCould scientists peek into your dreams? (w/ video)
(HealthDay)—Talk about mind reading. Researchers have discovered a potential way to decode your dreams, predicting the content of the visual imagery you've experienced on the basis of neural activity...
View ArticleImproving the search for new schizophrenia treatments
(Medical Xpress)—Controlling the symptoms of schizophrenia is the job of antipsychotic drugs which block a set of specific neural signals. But the way these drugs work can lead to a host of severe and...
View ArticleMitochondrial metabolic regulator SIRT4 guards against DNA damage
(Medical Xpress)—Healthy cells don't just happen. As they grow and divide, they need checks and balances to ensure they function properly while adapting to changing conditions around them.
View ArticleResearchers developing device that could improve sound resolution for deaf...
(Medical Xpress)—The cochlear implant is widely considered to be the most successful neural prosthetic on the market. The implant, which helps deaf individuals perceive sound, translates auditory...
View ArticleDifferential hearing difficulties cause kids to fall behind at school
(Medical Xpress)—Some children who have trouble learning in the classroom have difficulty switching their listening attention and so have trouble following a conversation from one talker to the next,...
View ArticleBrain-building gene plays key role in gut repair
(Medical Xpress)—A gene with a colorful name – mindbomb 1 – plays a key role far beyond the brain. New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that mindbomb 1 may be...
View ArticleBreakthrough in neuroscience could help re-wire appetite control
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have made a discovery in neuroscience that could offer a long-lasting solution to eating disorders such as obesity.
View ArticleMeasuring enzyme levels in cancer patients may reveal healthy cells' ability...
New research from MIT may allow scientists to develop a test that can predict the severity of side effects of some common chemotherapy agents in individual patients, allowing doctors to tailor...
View ArticleNanokicking stem cells to open for new generation of orthopaedics
(Medical Xpress)—New research has shown that it is possible to grow new bone by "nanokicking" stem cells 1,000 times per second using high frequency vibrations.
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