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Wear and Tear of Stress: The Psychoneurobiology of Aging

...modify some of these hormonal effects that seem to accelerate aging. Compared to healthy older adults under 100 years of age, healthy centenarians, said Epel, tend to show slower insulin and glucose rates when fasting, have higher or similar thyroid hormones and have similar cortisol and growth hormone levels...

John Hopkins Develops An Online Tool To Help In Research Of Certain Rare Diseases

...atment. 'It was hard labour but worth it to help accelerate research and drive the development of potential drug targets and cures for these diseases,' says the project's leader, Nicholas Katsanis, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular biology and genetics and ophthalmology at the McKusick-Nathans Instit...

Reducing the Risk of Protease Inhibitor-Related Atherosclerosis

...in the general population, but protease inhibitors accelerate the process by increasing production of the protein CD36 within macrophages, which fight infections by consuming unwanted materials. CD36 spurs macrophages to eat cholesterol: The more CD36 the body produces, the more cholesterol the macrophages cons...

Chronic binge drinking can hasten HIV development

...ls must realize that heavy alcohol consumption can accelerate disease progression to AIDS and death. "We also need to prioritize questions and realize that the HIV epidemic is still with us and that it is growing in many countries with few health resources," said Bryant. "Alcohol use is an important modifiabl...

Parkinson's Disease And Genetics

... clinical data, and other information that aims to accelerate research on genetics of disorders of the nervous system. Results of the study appear in the September 27, 2006, early online publication of The Lancet Neurology. "This is, to my knowledge, the first publicly available genotype data of this magnitude...

Genetic Map Reveals How Drugs Fight Diseases: Study

...and also published in the journal Cancer Cell, may accelerate the search for new drugs to treat diseases, by predicting the molecular actions of novel therapeutic compounds and revealing how existing drugs can be newly applied to treat diseases such as cancer. A key challenge in biomedicine is to connect each...

Genetic 'Roadmap' Charts Links Between Drugs and Human Disease

...p — in the spirit of the Human Genome Project — to accelerate the search for new drugs to treat disease. 'The ... genome, both in its scope and in its potential to accelerate the pace of biomedical research.' Source-Newswise SRM...

NIH Funds the Development of National Consortium of Universities

...c underpinnings of disease. He said, "We need to accelerate the way we ... bring all these discoveries from the bench to the bedside and make sure they reach the people." For instance Zerhouni noted that it took a 10-year study to overturn the long held belief that hormone replacement therapy after menopause...

Stress brings about early onset of puberty

... with parental separation and absentee fathers may accelerate puberty//. The researchers at the John Moores University in Liverpool have found that the failure of politicians, teachers and at times parents in recognizing the physical and emotional changes in youth, accelerates their stress and results in poor...

Eradication of Lung Cancer in 20 years

...e smoking ban, I expect the reduction in deaths to accelerate until dying from the disease becomes rare." He sa...e smoking ban, I expect the reduction in deaths to accelerate until dying from the disease becomes rare." However lung cancer experts have dismissed his comment...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health

..., N.J., which also provided bridge funding to help accelerate Veraxa Health’s growth in the market. Filling a Gap in Care Diabetes is the leading cause of new-onset blindness in working-age adults across industrialized countries, yet millions of patients do not receive the regular, recommended eye care the...

Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative and Hawaii Biotech Partner Against Dengue Fever

... Biotech. We believe this partnership will greatly accelerate our work to reduce the burden of dengue in developing countries” said Dr. John Clemens, Director General of IVI. Hawaii Biotech has a long involvement in development of dengue vaccines and is the only company pursuing a novel approach that relies o...

Researchers Study Effects Of Fat Around The Heart

...tory proteins produced by fat around the heart may accelerate the development of atherosclerosis. They will examine data from the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a $68 million study involving 6,500 participants nationwide – including about 1,000 participants from Forsyth County. The study uses t...

Tougher Fiber Dental ‘bridges’ for a Brighter Smie

...if they are improperly aligned they could actually accelerate damage to existing teeth.' 'What’s been missing until now is a rigorous, reproducible way to test the durability and resistance to breakage for these materials,'Strassler said. 'Makers of fiber-reinforced dental composites need a much better unde...

A New Rapid 3-D Cell-Growth Technique For Growing Heart Muscle

... the U-M researchers say their results should help accelerate progress toward those goals. U-M is applying for patent protection on the development and is actively looking for a corporate partner to help bring the technology to market. The new paper actually compares two different ways of using fibrin gel as...

Testosterone Decline in Men Linked to Lifestyle, Increases in Obese Girls

...any health and lifestyle changes can significantly accelerate that decline. Research reveals that a Body Mass Index (BMI) increase of only 4-5 points had the same diminishing effect on total testosterone as approximately 10 years of aging. A similar decline in testosterone was also associated with a traumatic e...

Researchers Find Two Biomarkers With Potential to Predict Breast Cancer Spread

...spectrum of expertise from the cancer community to accelerate progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through high-quality scientific and educational programs. It funds innovative, meritorious research grants. The AACR Annual Meeting attracts more than 17,000 participants who share the lat...

Poor Sanitation Causes 3.1 Million Child Deaths In Asia

... vulnerability to opportunistic infections and can accelerate the progression from HIV positive to full-blown AIDS," said Pathak, whose organisation runs community toilets in India. The four-day conference on women and child development with ministers from Asia Pacific region concluded here Saturday, and was a...

Anti Allergy Drugs Reduce Tumor Growth

... addition of synthetic S100P to the tumor does not accelerate growth. While Logsdon was defining S100P in pancreatic cancer, a Japanese research team working on allergies ran an experiment to see which proteins "stuck" to anti-allergy drugs, including cromolyn. Several members of the S100 family did. Logsdon ...

Berries Boosts Brain Power: Study

... which were fed berry extracts and then treated to accelerate the aging process, were protected from damage to brain function. Three groups of total 60 rats (20 rats in each) were studied for about three months. The control group was fed a standard diet of grain-based chow. A second group was fed chow with ...

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