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Potential treatments for neurofibromatosis

...rous light brown (café-au-lait) spots on the skin, enlargement and deformation of bones and curvature of the spine (scoliosis), and in many instances, learning disorders. Occasionally, tumors may develop in the brain, on cranial nerves, or on the spinal cord. However, a rare form of the disease occurs in infant...

Hormones and growth: The control of body size and developmental growth rate in fruit flies

...y size of adult flies. They showed that artificial enlargement of the prothoracic gland appeared to cause an overestimation of the larval flies' overall body size, prompting the initiation of metamorphosis before the flies surpassed the minimal viable weight necessary to survive pupation. On the basis of their f...

Anti-cancer Compound In Beer Gaining Interest

...preparations are already being marketed for breast enlargement in women, the OSU research report said, without waiting for tests to verify their safety or efficacy. And a supposed "health" beer is being developed in Germany with higher levels of xanthohumol. It's possible, scientists say, that hops might be pro...

UF scientists test improved gene therapy method for hereditary heart conditions

...atherosclerosis, stroke, muscular dystrophy and an enlargement of the heart muscle known as dilated cardiomyopathy. But efforts to begin testing it in people have been slowed by the need to find ways to deliver corrective genes easily and efficiently, so they go where they are needed. A number of conditions, f...

Scientists solve 30-year-old mystery of mutant mouse's kidney woes

... Ultrasonic scans reveal fetal hydronephrosis, or enlargement of the kidney, in approximately 1 in every 100 human fetuses. The condition results from impairment of passage of urine from the kidney to the bladder. About 20 percent of those cases lead to clinical complications that, if left untreated, can includ...

Exposure to dioxins influences male reproductive system, study of Vietnam veterans concludes

...e. BPH is a disease in humans that is caused by an enlargement of the prostate. Patients must strain to pass urine and they also must urinate frequently. BPH can lead to complications such as an inability to urinate and urinary tract infection. Surgery is sometimes needed. Dr. Claus Roehrborn, professor and c...

Gene linked with mental illness shapes brain region, researchers find

...ociated with mental illness goes hand-in-hand with enlargement of a brain region that handles negative emotions, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System have found. The region of the brain called the pulvinar is larger and contains more nerve cells in h...

UW launches study testing adult stem cells for heart damage repair

...capillaries; arteriogenesis, or the maturation and enlargement of existing arteries and arterioles; or vasculogenesis, the sprouting of new arteries and arterioles. The stem-cell study is considered the "gold standard" of research design: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that ...