Mid- to late-life increases in marker of chronic inflammation tied to dementia
Credit: Gottesman lab Researchers at Johns Hopkins have added to evidence that rising and chronic inflammation as measured by a biomarker in the blood in...
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Mayo researchers find off/on switch for DNA repair protein
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Damage to DNA is a daily occurrence but one that human cells have evolved to manage. Now, in a new paper published...
Algorithm identifies hypertensive patients who will benefit from intensive treatment
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 2, 2018 - Using data from large clinical trials, UT Southwestern researchers developed a way to predict which patients...
Alzheimer’s in mini format: A novel tool to study disease mechanisms and possible remedies
Scientists in Dresden, Germany, have been successful in mimicking mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in a novel, stem cell-based model system that reproduces features of human...
Joslin researchers report excessive fetal growth despite well-controlled type 1 diabetes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2018--A new study has shown that despite excellent glycemic control and low glycemic variability...
Illinois’ crop-counting robot earns top recognition at leading robotics conference
Credit: TERRA-MEPP Project Today's crop breeders are trying to boost yields while also preparing crops to withstand severe weather and changing climates. To succeed, they...
Help NASA track and predict mosquito-borne disease outbreaks
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Picnics, parades and fireworks are the attributes of a grand July Fourth celebration. So are the itch and...
Novel pretargeted radionuclide therapy for HER2-expressing cancers shows promise
Credit: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden RESTON, VA - In a mouse model, researchers have demonstrated that a novel, affibody-based pretargeted radionuclide therapy for HER2 (human...
Experimental drug stops Parkinson’s disease progression in mice
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have developed an experimental drug, similar to compounds used to treat diabetes, that slows the progression of Parkinson's disease itself...
Journal of Hepatology cited over 37,000 times in 2017
GENEVA, Switzerland 02 July 2018 - Last week Clarivate Analytics released the 2018 update of its Journal Citation Reports©, including the much anticipated 2017 impact...
Can doctors identify older patients at risk of medication harm?
Medication-related harm (MRH) is common in older adults following hospital discharge. A new British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study has examined whether doctors can predict...
Better social support and access to exercise classes could help people with lung conditions
Regular contact with healthcare professionals, support from peers and access to regular organised exercise sessions help people with chronic lung conditions to be physically active,...
Blood test enables reading out the internal clock
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) With a new blood test, researchers at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin can determine the state of the internal clock of...
New sensor technology enables super-sensitive live monitoring of human biomolecules
The human body is an extremely complex molecular machine, the details of which can be followed through certain substances; so-called biomarkers. Unfortunately, it is not...
Chronic pain remains the same or gets better after stopping opioid treatment
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Stopping long-term opioid treatment does not make chronic, non-cancer-related pain worse and, in some cases, makes it better, Washington State...
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