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 change the way we look...
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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 dead cells and begin building...
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 is almost always due to...
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 2014 Ebola virus disease that...
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. The treatment allows targeted elimination...
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 life; it's been shown to...
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 acupuncture and massage therapy are...
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 a laboratory scale for the...
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 as early as possible. These...
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 a vaccine countering the most...
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 to hear of breaches hitting...
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 by Parkinson's disease has produced...
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 tags that act like Post-It...
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 Harvard Medical School. Credit: Joslin...
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 Institute of Children's Hospital Los...
