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Parkinsons Disease Protein Pathway Identified

...n that produce dopamine. This lowering of dopamine leads to decreased stimulation of the brain's motor cortex. Although scientists have not known the exact cause of the loss of these dopamine-producing neurons, they believe it is related to dysfunctional mitochondria and oxidative stress. Mitochondria ar...

Inflamed Intestines Cost Australians Heavily

...n the community about Crohn's and colitis and this leads to feelings of isolation and discrimination in the workplace." Researchers found the two conditions were more common than epilepsy and multiple sclerosis and as prevalent as schizophrenia. They ranked the disability on par with the amputation of an...

Interoperative Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients

... Dr. Anthony Fyles, the radiation oncologist who leads the Breast Radiation Oncology Program and treated the first patient in the operating room that day, says: This procedure is helping us understand more about the biology of how breast tissue responds to treatment. That knowledge, in turn, will help us...

Protein Pathway Involved in Parkinson Disease Development Identified

...n that produce dopamine. This lowering of dopamine leads to decreased stimulation of the brain's motor cortex. Although scientists have not known the exact cause of the loss of these dopamine-producing neurons, they believe it is related to dysfunctional mitochondria and oxidative stress. Mitochondria ...

Intraoperative Radiation Therapy a New Step in Breast Cancer Treatment

... Dr. Anthony Fyles, the radiation oncologist who leads the Breast Radiation Oncology Program and treated the first patient in the operating room that day, says: "This procedure is helping us understand more about the biology of how breast tissue responds to treatment. That knowledge, in turn, will help u...

Buckyball Has the Ability to Fight Against Allergy: Research

...by holding back a crucial process in the cell that leads to the discharge of an allergic mediator. Fundamentally, the buckyballs are able to prevent mast cells from releasing histamine. Mast cells are responsible for causing allergic response and are packed with granules containing histamine. They are pr...

Hitler's Holocaust may Have Stemmed from Syphilis from Jewish Prostitute

...through the lens of a syphilis diagnosis, one clue leads to another until a pattern of infection and progressive infection emerges, a disease that may have defined him from youth as an outsider and that progressively ravaged his body and mind," said Dr. Habeeb. Yet despite significant medical and politica...

Japanese Humanoid Happy to Work on in the Rain

... as driving construction vehicles," he said. Japan leads the world's robotic industries in fields ranging from manufacturing to entertainment and security. Last week Mitsubishi Heavy Industries said it would start renting out humanoids to staff front desks at offices and hospitals....

Maths Theory Shows Genetic Pattern of Tumour Growth

...er to determine the patter of genetic changes that leads to the most robust tumour growth, Komarova and her colleagues used a mathematical technique called optimal control theory in which they considered a tumour with set characteristics, then changed the cell mutation variable to see under which circumsta...

Modified Drug Therapy for Alzheimers Disease

...hat harm the brain, causing damage that eventually leads to dementia. Later that year, Ghosh built a molecu... original spot. This halts the chain reaction that leads to the devastating symptoms of Alzheimer's disease." Since 2000, Ghosh has been leading the struct...

New Technique to Measure Xanthone in Mangosteen

...f the whole mangosteen fruit as a delivery vehicle leads to high xanthone absorption. XanGo, LLC, recogni...the proprietary whole fruit formula in XanGo Juice leads to high levels of xanthone absorption. Ongoing research shows high absorption of xanthones in defi...

Stem Cells Aid in Hearing Recovery

...odel specifically destroys cochlear fibrocytes and leads to acute hearing loss. Although partial recovery occurs over many weeks, high-frequency hearing remains extremely diminished. Using this system, the investigators examined whether direct administration of stem cells into the inner ear could restor...

Patient Confidentiality Must Be Ensured-UNAIDS

...tatus, the quicker they can begin treatment, which leads to longer and healthier lives. With the UNAIDS stressing the need for patient confidentiality, people testing for HIV need not fear any social stigma....

Smoking Hampers Alcoholics' Neurocognitive Recovery During Abstinence

...etween the two substances such that the use of one leads to cravings for the other; and there may exist a genetic vulnerability for concurrent active cigarette smoking and alcohol dependence, Durazzo added. Durazzo added that earlier research had shown that chronically smoking alcoholics display poorer p...

First Gene Linked to Scoliosis Identified

...critical role in many basic functions in the cell, leads to the C and S-shaped curves that characterize scoliosis. "Hopefully, we can now begin to understand the steps by which the gene affects spinal development," says Dr. Anne Bowcock, Professor of Genetics, Medicine, and pediatrics. "If we understan...

Too Much of Acidic Foods can Cause Permanent Damage to Teeth

...ure caused by the effect of acid on the teeth that leads to decay. Early diagnosis and prevention of the effects of tooth erosion are fundamental to keeping teeth healthy for life. Sipping or holding acidic drinks in the mouth before swallowing increases the risk of erosion on dental enamel, said Dr. Dav...

Experimental Drug Ketasyn(TM) (AC-1202) Treats Alzheimer's as Diabetes of the Brain

...in-resistant, as happens in AD, inadequate glucose leads to damage that results in impaired memory and cognition and brain shrinkage. Because these metabolic defects in the brain often appear 10 to 20 years earlier than other AD symptoms, targeting them may allow for earlier treatment of the disease. Bas...

Bisphosphonate Increases the Risk of Jaw Bone Deterioration

...a condition in which poor blood supply to the area leads to bone death or deterioration. Gregg Wilkinson, Ph.D., of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and colleagues used data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry to identify more than 14,000 cancer patients who w...

Reduced Lung Capacity Linked to Cardiovascular Disease by Inflammation

...osis. Establishing whether systemic inflammation leads to reduced lung function or whether lower lung function leads to inflammation is difficult, but this research suggests that the association between poor lung func...

Sexual Fantasies Play an Important Role in Boosting Desire

... sexual response, depend on gender Sexual desire leads to other stages of sexual intercourse: excitation and orgasm. Therefore, having intercourse without desire may negatively affect the stages of sexual response. "This first stage is the most complex because it is influenced by many factors", declared ...

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