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System Drastically Cuts Down Botulism Detection Time

...t cells. The findings are central to understanding chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as fat cells produce hormones critical for metabolic control, the researchers said. The study finds that a hormonal cocktail routinely used in the lab induces a key genetic switch in the transition from fat-ce...

Short-term Bio Sensors Monitor From Afar

...t cells. The findings are central to understanding chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as fat cells produce hormones critical for metabolic control, the researchers said. The study finds that a hormonal cocktail routinely used in the lab induces a key genetic switch in the transition from fat-ce...

Key To Stem Cell Transplant Success Is Tricking Immune System

...t cells. The findings are central to understanding chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, as fat cells produce hormones critical for metabolic control, the researchers said. The study finds that a hormonal cocktail routinely used in the lab induces a key genetic switch in the transition from fat-ce...

North & South American researchers find architectural abnormalities in T. cruzi ribosome

...urgent need for a more reliable treatment for this chronic phase of the infection. In addition to the public health implications, Frank sees the parasite as a primitive link to modern eukaryotes and its ribosome as a source of potential insights into the evolution of more complex organisms. "Ribosomes perf...

Immune system has evolved to prevent autoimmune disease

Study suggests chronic infections may create autoimmune response New res...he body's immune response. The model predicts that chronic infections may lead to autoimmune diseases, a scenario that has been proposed as a cause of some rhe...

Prescription pain patch abuse blamed for increase in deaths

...ypically prescribed to treat postoperative pain or chronic pain conditions, but in some cases is being misused, often with deadly consequences. "Because the patch is a sustained release form of the drug, if one withdraws the 72 hours' worth of drug and uses it in a form that it wasn't designed to be used fo...

Hunger in America rises by 43 percent over last five years

...ding scholarly authority on domestic hunger. "This chronic level of hunger so long after the recession ended means that it is a man-made problem. Congress and the White House urgently need to address growing income inequality and the weakening of the safety net in order to get this epidemic under control."Ac...

'License to kill' enables powerful immune attack cells in mice

...itis C infections can be cured while others have a chronic infection for the rest of their lives. "This could be an important advance both conceptually and in terms of clinical practice," Yokoyama says. "It could also help us match bone marrow transplants in a way that increases the immune system's ability ...

Bone marrow stem cells may heal hearts even years after heart attacks

...plaints and function disturbances in patients with chronic coronary artery disease after myocardial infarction, even many years after heart attack. Therefore there is hope for this large amount of patients with previous myocardial infarction and non-treatable complaints," said Bodo E. Strauer, M.D. from the ...

UQ scientists break new ground in fight against infection & chronic disease

...ck to develop new treatments for acute infections, chronic inflammatory diseases and cancer. The research c...from acute infections like bird flu and to acquire chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease. They are also behind the mus...

Dalai Lama, top scientists to discuss science & clinical applications of meditation

...he treatment of stress, pain, and a large range of chronic diseases. The Mind and Life conference is an opportunity to review some of the recent work that has been unfolding in these areas, and to map out the potential for both broadening and deepening these investigations." "The meeting will provide an op...

Smoking damages key regulatory enzyme in the lung

...ping lung, bladder, esophageal and throat cancers; chronic lung diseases; and coronary heart and cardiovascular diseases. Fowler and her colleagues have been studying MAO for more than 30 years. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Biological and Environmental Research and the National Institutes o...

Research Permits First-Ever Visualization of Psychological Stress in the Human Brain

...or correcting the long-term health consequences of chronic stress. The researchers' study appears in the Nove...at while stress may be useful in increasing focus, chronic stress could also be detrimental to mental health," concludes Jiongjiong Wang, PhD, Assistant Profes...

Study uncovers placental microtransfusions lead to transmission of AIDS virus during childbirth

...a half million newborn worldwide every year facing chronic illness and premature death on their first day out of the safety of the womb. "The question has always been how does the virus get from the mothers to the babies?" said principal investigator Dr. Steven Meshnick, professor of epidemiology at the Uni...

Good news for the medical marijuana movement: pot proliferates brain cells and boosts mood

...adult neurogenesis and modified behavior following chronic cannabinoid treatment. These data expand the existing knowledge about the positive roles cannabinoids and their receptors play in brain processing and medicine. Moreover, cannabinoids are perhaps the only illicit drug that can enhance adult neurogen...

Toasty oat aroma influenced by presence of health-linked polyphenols

...s, which have been associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases or for optimal health. Dr. Devin Peterso...s, which have been associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases or for optimal health. Dr. Devin Peterson, assistant professor of food science and directo...

Chemical compound inhibits tumor growth, size in new mouse study

...s, which have been associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases or for optimal health. Dr. Devin Peterso...s, which have been associated with reduced risk of chronic diseases or for optimal health. Dr. Devin Peterson, assistant professor of food science and directo...

A new step towards an AIDS vaccine

...se of blood pDC frequency is typically observed in chronic infections due to HIV-1 and correlates with high viral load, reduced CD4 counts and susceptibility to opportunistic infections, and is only partially reverted by anti-retroviral therapy. By identifying the active component of HIV-1 which stimulates p...

Scientists move forward understanding of schizophrenia

...e development of medicines for treating asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by inhibiting very similar enzymes to PDE4B. It has been so exciting to work together with the Edinburgh and Merck groups in finding this new link between the gene coding for PDE4B and schizophrenia. This new research h...

Shorter colds, milder flu may follow from newly revealed immune mechanism

... (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and other chronic lung diseases, according to Holtzman. "We commonly see children, for example, who develop these same types of severe respiratory infections as infants and then go on to develop asthma later," Holtzman says. "If we can improve the outcome from this ...

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