Researchers develop risk calculator to predict survival in heart failure...
A UCLA team has developed an easy-to-use "risk calculator" that helps predict heart failure patients' chances of survival for up to five years and assists doctors in determining whether more or less...
View ArticleEstrogen promotes blood-forming stem cell function
Scientists have known for years that stem cells in male and female sexual organs are regulated differently by their respective hormones. In a surprising discovery, researchers at the Children's Medical...
View ArticleNew genetic mutations shed light on schizophrenia
Researchers from the Broad Institute and several partnering institutions have taken a closer look at the human genome to learn more about the genetic underpinnings of schizophrenia. In two studies...
View ArticleGene therapy leads to robust improvements in animal model of fatal muscle...
Preclinical studies show that gene therapy can improve muscle strength in small- and large-animal models of a fatal congenital pediatric disease known as X-linked myotubular myopathy. The results,...
View ArticleThe unexpected power of baby math: Adults still think about numbers like kids
Children understand numbers differently than adults. For kids, one and two seem much further apart then 101 and 102, because two is twice as big as one, and 102 is just a little bigger than 101. It's...
View ArticleUnprecedented structural insights: NMDA receptors can be blocked to limit...
Structural biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and collaborators at Emory University have obtained important scientific results likely to advance efforts to develop new drugs targeting...
View ArticleScientists offer new insight into neuron changes brought about by aging
How aging affects communication between neurons is not well understood, a gap that makes it more difficult to treat a range of disorders, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
View ArticleDissolving 'scaffolds' could help treat leg artery disease
(HealthDay)—Drug-coated "scaffolds" that are placed in the arteries and then melt away over time could offer a new treatment for people with painfully clogged leg arteries, an early study suggests.
View ArticleAlzheimer's drugs fail, but lessons are learned
Dr. Stephen Salloway pulls no punches in describing the results of two clinical trials of the Alzheimer's drug bapineuzumab that he helped to lead. The antibody failed to produce cognitive improvement...
View ArticleComputer simulation of blood vessel growth (w/ video)
University of Utah bioengineers showed that tiny blood vessels grow better in the laboratory if the tissue surrounding them is less dense. Then the researchers created a computer simulation to predict...
View ArticleHumans can use smell to detect levels of dietary fat
New research from the Monell Center reveals humans can use the sense of smell to detect dietary fat in food. As food smell almost always is detected before taste, the findings identify one of the first...
View ArticleStudy shows one in five women with ovarian cancer has inherited predisposition
(Medical Xpress)—A new study conservatively estimates that one in five women with ovarian cancer has inherited genetic mutations that increase the risk of the disease, according to research at...
View ArticleIdelalisib shows promise in treating indolent non-Hodgkin lymphomas
Slow-growing, or indolent, non-Hodgkin lymphomas are difficult to treat, with most patients relapsing repeatedly and the disease becoming increasingly resistant to therapy over time.
View ArticleNew diagnosis rules could lead to drop in autism numbers
(HealthDay)—Stricter new criteria for autism may change how frequently the condition is diagnosed, a new study suggests.
View ArticleBlood vessel treatment might reduce symptoms of enlarged prostate
(HealthDay)—A new nonsurgical treatment for enlarged prostate might help ease symptoms such as frequent urination at night, Brazilian researchers report.
View ArticleLincRNA, once believed useless, plays role in genome
Ever since the Human Genome Project decoded the genome, the prevailing scientific view has been that only the 2 percent that makes proteins—the building blocks of cells—was important. The rest was...
View ArticleLingonberries halt effects of high-fat diet
Lingonberries almost completely prevented weight gain in mice fed a high-fat diet, a study at Lund University in Sweden has found - whereas the 'super berry' açai led to increased weight gain. The...
View ArticleTeam develops method of identifying impact of gut microbes
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Washington School of Medicine in St. Lois has developed a method for identifying the impact that individual strains of microbes in the human gut have on the...
View ArticleDouble dose of genes can trigger poor cancer survival
(Medical Xpress)—Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that accidental DNA doubling in bowel cancer cells could predict which patients have potentially poor survival and help doctors plan their...
View ArticleSymbiotic microbe sets immune-cell levels related to colitis
(Medical Xpress)—Humans need microbes and microbes need humans, a symbiotic dance whose steps scientists are just beginning to learn.
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