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Brain tissue reveals possible genetic trigger for schizophrenia

...isorders ?such as schizophrenia, many cancers, and diabetes ?we find not mutated proteins, but correctly formed proteins in incorrect amounts," said study lead author and UNC professor of psychiatry Dr. Diana Perkins. The research appears this week in the online edition of the journal Genome Biology. "To o...

Growth hormone to boost athletic performance risks diabetes

...rs believe that this is the first reported case of diabetes associated with the use of high dose growth hormone, and urge anyone taking high doses to regularly check their blood sugar levels....

Magic Beans -- Anti-obesity soya could help prevent diabetes

...treatment of diabetes. ‘The key problem in type II diabetes is impairment of insulin action, mainly as a resul...thy balanced diet which is important in preventing diabetes ?low in fat, high in fibre and a good source of complex carbohydrates." ...

Cracking open the black box of autoimmune disease

...amage multiple organs and cause symptoms of type 1 diabetes and Crohn's disease. However, until now, scientists have barely understood how Foxp3 controls regulatory T cells because they knew almost nothing about the actual genes under Foxp3's purview. Researchers in Richard Young's Whitehead lab, working ...

Quitting smoking reduces risk of lung cancer mortality by 70 percent

...ociated with blood pressure, smoking, cholesterol, diabetes and other major risk factors. ...

Researchers first to map gene that regulates adult stem cell growth

...her diseases and conditions such as liver disease, diabetes and central nervous system damage as a result of trauma or stroke. The researchers also are looking into the possible role the gene plays in transforming healthy stem cells into cancerous ones, such as in leukemia and lymphomas. If the gene does in...

Erectile dysfunction in diabetes is due to selective defect in the brain

...al dysfunction is a well-recognized consequence of diabetes mellitus in men. Erectile dysfunction, retrograde ...y rats treated with streptozotocin (STZ) to induce diabetes were used as they exhibit sexual and behavioral symptoms similar to those found in diabetic men with...

Breakthrough in understanding type-2 diabetes as key genes identified

... genes associated with a risk of developing type-2 diabetes have been identified, scientists report today in a... show an individual their likelihood of developing diabetes mellitus type 2, commonly known as type-2 diabetes. The researchers identified four loci, or poi...

Elucidation of the genome for diabetics with DNA chips

The genome of patients with type 2 diabetes (DT2) has been elucidated, for the first time, tha...Initially, DNA from non-obese patients with type 2 diabetes and a family history of the disease was compared with DNA from 669 non-diabetic subjects from the DE...

Why doesn't the immune system attack the small intestine?

...f treatment for autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis. "We've discovered that cells not generally thought of as part of the immune system actually play an important role in protecting the intestine from immune system attack," says Turley. "Because the cells are found in lymph no...

Antibody therapy prevents type 1 diabetes in mice

...rs have successfully prevented the onset of type 1 diabetes in mice prone to developing the disease using an a...age. Previously known as juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed at a very early age, but in some cases it can be diagnosed in adulthood. In t...

Columbia scientists determine 3-dimensional structure of cell's 'fuel gauge'

... necessary for developing useful new therapies for diabetes and possibly obesity. A paper published online to...ard for the rational design of new drugs to target diabetes and obesity," said Lawrence Shapiro, Ph.D., associate professor of Biochemistry and Jules and Doris ...

UCSD researchers discover variants of natural tumor suppressor

...in cancer, PHLPP 1 impacts an important pathway in diabetes and PHLPP2 could be useful in fighting heart and neurological disease. "We first discovered that PHLPP controls Akt, which is the driver on the pathway to tumor growth," said Newton. "PHLPP is like a brake that, when on, slows the driver but whe...

Power-boosting signal in muscle declines with age

...reased prevalence of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes that occurs with aging. "The message of this paper is that, with aging, the AMPK pathway has reduced activity," Shulman said. "So, one probably has to work harder to maintain the same level of fat oxidation and mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle."...

Blood sugar's manufacture limited by building blocks' supply

... glucose control" might also have implications for diabetes treatment—a condition characterized by high glucos...LF15 might prove beneficial in people with type II diabetes who have too much glucose, partly because the liver produces more than necessary," Jain said. "Th...

BMI not accurate indicator of body fat

... thought to be at a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes and other weight-related problems. "The overlying issue is the same criteria for BMI are used across the board," said Joshua Ode, a Ph.D. student in the MSU Department of Kinesiology and an assistant professor of kinesiology at Saginaw Valley. "Wh...

Decoding protein structures helps illuminate cause of diabetes

...m to underlie a host of human disorders, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Now, chemists at the...type II diabetes. Pancreatic damage in type II diabetes has been linked to toxic clumps of the protein hIAPP (human islet amyloid polypeptide), which is nor...

Chemical maps hint at drug's effects on schizophrenia

...sterol and determine whether someone is at risk of diabetes or heart disease," said lead study investigator Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, Ph.D., an associate professor of biological psychiatry. "With metabolomics, we can look at thousands of metabolites to attain a more finely tuned map of an individual's overall heal...

Fat screen delivers plant-derived chemical with antidiabetic effects

...red that an ingredient found in some plants fights diabetes in mice without some of the side effects attributed to other antidiabetes drugs. The chemical they pinpointed, known as harmine, was first isolated more than 150 years ago from plants traditionally included in ritual and medicinal preparations around...

Students invent protective pouch to enhance cell therapy

...have invented a device to improve cell therapy for diabetes patients by anchoring transplanted insulin-produci...e. "It could provide an important new way to treat diabetes and fulminant liver failure," said Link, 22, of Holbrook, N.Y. "I know about the health problems ass...

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