Elderly to feel fitter, faster and stronger UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH AT GALVESTON GALVESTON, Texas – Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed a promising drug that has proven to significantly increase muscle size, strength and metabolic state in aged mice, according to a study just published in Biochemical...
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Engineers unlock avenue for early cancer diagnosis
Monash University engineers have unlocked the door to earlier detection of cancer with a world-first study identifying a potential new testing method that could save millions of lives. Researchers found that a sensor using new, more sensitive materials to look for key markers of disease in the body increased detection by up to 10,000 times....
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New insight into stem cell behaviour highlights therapeutic target for cancer treatment
Research led by the University of Plymouth and Technische Universität Dresden has identified a new therapeutic target for cancer treatment and tissue regeneration – a protein called Prominin-1. Dr Bing Hu. Credit: University of Plymouth Dr. Bing Hu from Plymouth’s Institute of Translational and Stratified Medicine (ITSMed), together with Dr. Denis Corbeil from the Technische...
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Melanoma linked with CLL, close monitoring recommended
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER While studying a large group of individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a Wilmot Cancer Institute scientific team made an important discovery — these patients had a sizable 600 percent higher risk of melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Although a higher risk of melanoma had been known,...
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New theory may explain cause of depression and improve treatments
A review of recent studies suggests mitochondria may be the root cause of depression, providing an opportunity for novel antidepressant medication A new area in depression research suggests dysfunction in mitochondria — the main source of energy for cells — could lead to major depression. Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, this new insight to long-held theories...
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Scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections, eliminating the need for antibiotics
Antibiotic use is driving an epidemic of antibiotic resistance, as more susceptible bacteria are killed but more resilient strains live on and multiply with abandon. But if antibiotics aren’t the end-all solution for infectious disease, what is? Salk scientists find that common dietary elements cure lethal infections, eliminating the need for antibiotics. From left: (front)...
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Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Predicting genes that can cause disease due to the production of truncated or altered proteins that take on a new or different function, rather than those that lose their function, is now possible thanks to an international team of researchers, including researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, that has developed a new analytical tool...
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Novel therapy makes oxidative stress deadly to cancer
AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 21, 2018) – Oxidative stress can help tumors thrive, but one-way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead helps them die, scientists, report. IMAGE: OXIDATIVE STRESS CAN HELP TUMORS THRIVE, BUT ONE WAY NOVEL CANCER TREATMENTS WORK IS BY PUSHING LEVELS TO THE POINT WHERE IT...
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Male thyroid cancer survivors face 50 percent higher risk of heart disease than women
Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years of cancer diagnosis, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Thyroid cancer occurs when cancerous tumors or nodules grow in the thyroid, the butterfly-shaped gland at the front of...
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A protein activated by nicotine provides insight into how fat cells burn energy
Weight gain has often been noted as a side effect of quitting smoking, and research has well established that nicotine can function as an appetite suppressant. A new study has now uncovered a novel mechanism showing how nicotine directly activates a protein that signals a type of fat cell to start burning energy. Beige fat cells have...