by University of Missouri Graphical abstract. Credit: American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology (2023). DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00337.2023New research at the Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health building has discovered a potential treatment for an underlying cause of cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes. More than 30 million Americans live with type 2 diabetes. One common...
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Researchers identify immunomodulatory drug as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease
by University of Barcelona Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight (2024). DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.163359. https://insight.jci.org/articles/view/163359Parkinson’s disease is one of the most common diseases affecting the motor and nervous system. It has no treatment yet, and the pathology causes a deterioration of motor skills due to dopaminergic neuronal death, the neurons that synthesize dopamine, which is a brain...
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Potential treatment target for drug-resistant epilepsy identified
by Julie Rafferty, Tufts University Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.100957 Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have identified a small molecule that may help treat people with epilepsy whose condition has become resistant to the benzodiazepine drugs usually used in managing seizures. The research, conducted in laboratory cells and rodents, was published online March...
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CityU researchers identify a protein that promotes cancer metastasis, providing a new potential treatment target
CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IMAGE: MICROFLUIDIC CHIPS DESIGNED AND FABRICATED BY THE TEAM TO MIMIC THE IN VIVO ENVIRONMENT. CREDIT: © CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Cancer metastasis is a major cause of cancer-related death. A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU)recently identified a protein that triggers the migration of liver...
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Potential treatment of autoimmune diseases revealed in new study
by Lucy Dickie, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Mice that have neuroinflammation caused by autoimmunity were treated with PEP. The results found that PEP-treated mice showed improved signs of recovery, in comparison to mice that weren’t treated with PEP. Credit: Tsung-Yen Huang (OIST) Scientists in Japan have revealed a chemical compound that could be...
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Drug discovery offers potential treatment for common kidney disease
by University of Edinburgh Scanned images of whole kidneys comparing a healthy contralateral mouse kidney with a kidney after ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), with red staining indicative of fibrosis. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf5074 A serious condition that can cause the kidneys to suddenly stop working could be treated with existing medicines, a new study shows. In...
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Study identifies blood pressure drug as potential treatment for Black patients with Alzheimer’s disease
by Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic-led study identifies blood pressure drug as potential treatment for Black patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: Cleveland Clinic Considering how patients from different ethnic groups respond to the same drug could be crucial to finding new Alzheimer’s disease treatments—a disorder the Alzheimer’s Association previously deemed a “silent epidemic” among Black adults....
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Researchers discover potential treatment for Chagas disease
by Leigh Beeson, University of Georgia The new drug works by targeting the parasite that causes Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, which is carried by kissing bugs like the one shown above. Credit: CDC Researchers from the University of Georgia have discovered a potential treatment for Chagas disease, marking the first medication with promise to successfully...
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New study identifies potential treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
by Jillian Prior, Rutgers University High magnification micrograph of Crohn’s disease. Biopsy of esophagus. H&E stain. Credit: Nephron/Wikipedia Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have identified immune cells in the intestine that are needed to prevent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), colitis and Crohn’s disease, which affect 3 million people in the United States....
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Biomarker Shows Promise for Potential Treatment of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
IOS PRESS Amsterdam, February 15, 2022 – There is currently no effective treatment for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), one of the most common neuromuscular diseases, which is caused by an abnormal expression of the transcription factor DUX4. Investigators have now identified a novel promising biomarker, interleukin-6 (IL-6), that correlates with the severity of FSHD. This has the...
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