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Finding what fuels the ‘runaway train’ of autoimmune disease
Credit: Carroll lab/Boston Children's Hospital A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to...
A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure after heart attacks
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Heart attacks provoke an acute immune response. Leukocytes rush to the heart muscle to remove...
Fruit fly muscles with a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation…
Credit: Cammarato Lab Using fruit flies, Johns Hopkins researchers have figured out why a particular inherited human heart condition that...
UAB developing training program on Ebola for first responders in Deep…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Serious health and safety concerns for health care, public safety and support service personnel arose after the...
Novel treatment offers kidney failure patients with rare disorder new hope
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center A novel treatment offers kidney failure and kidney transplant patients with a rare disorder new hope....
Alzheimer’s drug turns back clock in powerhouse of cell
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 8, 2018) The experimental drug J147 is something of a modern elixir of...
Do patients want complementary and alternative treatments and will…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 27, 2017–While complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine treatments such as...
Kent scientists find new cultivation system to battle parasite causing…
Credit: University of Kent A research team at the University of Kent has established the first long-term cultivation system at...
Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease: Llama antibodies detect cerebral lesions
Credit: © Institut Pasteur The major challenge facing physicians treating Alzheimer's is the ability to detect markers of the disease...
3-D protein map offers new malaria vaccine hope
A three-dimensional 'map' of a critical protein that malaria parasites use to invade human red blood cells could lead to...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911…
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence...
Focused ultrasound shows promise for treating Parkinson’s tremor
Credit: UVA Health System An initial test to determine if a scalpel-free form of brain surgery can reduce tremor caused...
Chemical tags affect ability of RNA viruses to infect cells
Credit: Nandan S. Gokhale DURHAM, N.C. — Large swaths of DNA and its lesser-known cousin RNA are dotted by chemical...
ADA presents guidance on managing diabetes in older adults in long-term care facilities
IMAGE: This is Medha N. Munshi, M.D., Director of the Joslin Diabetes Center Geriatric Diabetes Program and Assistant Professor at...
Brain architecture alters to compensate for depression
Credit: Ravi Bansal, PhD A study led by Ravi Bansal, PhD, and Bradley S. Peterson, MD, of The Saban Research...
City-wide effort boosts NYC’s colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates…
A concerted effort to increase colorectal cancer screening rates led to a dramatic increase in NYC screening colonoscopy rates among...
Cases of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection are soaring
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA–Intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile is the most frequent healthcare-linked infection in the United States....
Teens and parents agree: Electronic cigarettes need restrictions
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As electronic cigarette use skyrockets among youth, even teens agree with parents that what's known as...
Majority of incontinence treatments deliver poor results
Credit: Portrait photo: Magnus Gotander. "Unfortunately we are not actually curing the condition in that many cases. Surgery aside, the...
Scientists discover combined sensory map for heat, humidity in fly brain
Credit: Marco Gallio, Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity...
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