Stopping Alzheimer's before first symptoms appear
New research just out in the journal Science Translational Medicine opens the door for the development of treatments capable of stopping Alzheimer's disease (AD) before its first symptoms, that is to...
View ArticleNew type of blood stem cell could help solve platelet shortage
Scientists funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) have identified a new type of bone marrow stem cell in mice that is primed to produce large numbers of vital blood-clotting platelets. The...
View ArticleWomen conceive naturally after IVF, study finds
One in three women who have their first baby through infertility treatment, become pregnant again naturally within two years of their first birth, a new study has found.
View ArticleUnderstanding mutation leads to promising new treatment for autoinflammatory...
(Medical Xpress)—St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have not only solved the mystery of how mutations in the SHP-1 gene lead to a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, but...
View ArticleNew treatment may work with folic acid to prevent neural tube defects like...
Researchers at the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH) are investigating a new treatment that could work alongside folic acid to boost its effectiveness and prevent a greater proportion of neural tube...
View ArticleRare leukaemia survival-rate breakthrough
A pioneering genetic study means that children with a rare subtype of leukaemia have 75% less chance of their leukaemia recurring.
View ArticleMediterranean diet counteracts a genetic risk of stroke, study reports
A gene variant strongly associated with development of type 2 diabetes appears to interact with a Mediterranean diet pattern to prevent stroke, report researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human...
View ArticleA worm's-eye view of immunity
In 1998, scientists published the first complete genome of a multicellular organism—the worm Caenorhabditis elegans. At the same time, new technologies were emerging to help researchers manipulate...
View ArticleDecellularized mouse heart beats again after regenerating with human heart...
For the first time, a mouse heart was able to contract and beat again after its own cells were stripped and replaced with human heart precursor cells, said scientists from the University of Pittsburgh...
View ArticleSugar is toxic to mice in 'safe' doses, study says
When mice ate a diet of 25 percent extra sugar – the mouse equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of soda daily – females died at twice the normal rate and males were a quarter less likely...
View ArticleNewly discovered 'switch' plays dual role in memory formation
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have uncovered a protein switch that can either increase or decrease memory-building activity in brain cells, depending on the signals it detects. Its dual role means the...
View ArticleStudy shows language can cause the invisible to be seen
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers Gary Lupyan and Emily Ward from the University of Wisconsin and Yale respectively, have run experiments that show that in some instances, language can cause objects that...
View ArticleStudy identifies new culprit that may make aging brains susceptible to...
The steady accumulation of a protein in healthy, aging brains may explain seniors' vulnerability to neurodegenerative disorders, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine...
View ArticleBrain scans may help diagnose dyslexia
About 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from dyslexia, a condition that makes learning to read difficult. Dyslexia is usually diagnosed around second grade, but the results of a new study from...
View ArticleScientists show key role for inflammation in Alzheimer's
Southampton scientists have found that an immune response in the brain plays a key role in the development of Alzheimer's, and that a vaccine designed to tackle the disease was able to suppress the...
View ArticleCancer: Unraveling a mechanism behind cellular proliferation
A hallmark of cancer is uncontrolled and sustained cell division. One particular overactive protein is implicated in this malfunction. EPFL scientists have discovered a complex mechanism that regulates...
View ArticleHow neurons get wired
Two different versions of the same signaling protein tell a nerve cell which end is which, UA researchers have discovered. The findings could help improve therapies for spinal injuries and...
View ArticleChronicling cancer experience online can reduce depressive symptoms in breast...
(Medical Xpress)—Adults increasingly are conveying their personal experiences with serious disease online, but do such chronicles help the authors or their audience?
View ArticleAutism four times likelier when mother's thyroid is weakened
Pregnant women who don't make nearly enough thyroid hormone are nearly 4 times likelier to produce autistic children than healthy women, report scientists from the Houston Methodist Neurological...
View ArticleTwo left feet? Study looks to demystify why we lose our balance
It's always in front of a million people and feels like eternity. You're strolling along when suddenly you've stumbled—the brain realizes you're falling, but your muscles aren't doing anything to stop it.
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