Role of the SMN Gene in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A new study from scientists at the University of North Carolina suggests that previous assumptions regarding the SMN gene, which is linked with spinal muscular…
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CDC Reports that Superbug NDM-1 Spread within a US-Based Hospital
Yesterday, the CDC reported through its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that the superbug NDM-1 (New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1), which was first identified in patients…
New Antibody Drug Boosts the Immune System’s Capacity to Fight Cancer
A new study using the antibody drug BMS-936558 (MDX-1106, anti-PD-1), resulted in tumor shrinkage of at least 30 percent in 18 percent of lung cancer…
Intensive Glycemic Control Does Not Definitively Reduce the Risk of Impaired Kidney Function
By searching the available medical literature and evaluating seven randomized trials that involved 28,065 adult patients who were monitored for two to 15 years, researchers…
Latency Develops Soon After Infection and Slows When Antiretroviral Therapy is Given
While studying 27 patients with acute HIV infection, researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine found that early treatment reduced the production…
UCLA Health System’s Face Transplantation Program is Seeking Patients for Clinical Trials
Now offering the first face transplantation program in western US, the UCLA Health System is currently seeking patients willing to participate in a face-transplant clinical…
Controlled Trial Shows Cannabis Reduces Some Symptoms of MS
A newly published research study shows the benefits of smoking cannabis for spasticity in multiple sclerosis. Using 30 adult patients with multiple sclerosis, the researchers…
MIT Study Measures the Effects of Low Doses of Radiation on DNA
While exposure to low-dose-rate radiation from cosmic radiation and natural radioactive isotopes in the environment is part of everyday life, a new study from MIT…
Survival Rates for Mitral Valve Surgery Patients Improve
A new report shows that patients with mitral regurgitation are living longer after having surgery that replaces or repairs the mitral valve. A study analyzed…
Flavonoid Compound Shown to Prevent Blood Clots
Newly published findings from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center describe how rutin was shown to inhibit the formation of blood clots in an animal…
Inexpensive Strategies Linked to Lowering Heart Attack Mortality Rates
Examining the substantial variations in mortality rates from heart attack patients in hospitals across the United States led Yale researchers to find relatively inexpensive strategies…
Berries Delay Memory Decline in Adults
Many of you probably knew that eating fresh berries and fruit was good for you; but how good was a question left unanswered, until now….
Custom Tailored Brain Cancer Vaccine Proves Effective
A new vaccine has been found to extend the life of patients suffering from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. A phase 2 clinical trial showed that by…
Protein NLRP12 Protects Against Colon Cancer
A newly published research study from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center describes how the absence of the protein NLRP12 significantly increases susceptibility to colitis-associated…
Engineered Stem Cells Suppress HIV in Living Tissues
A new study shows that genetically engineered stem cells can be used as HIV-fighting cells. Researchers at UCLA were able to expand on previous research…
First Volume of the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia
Authored by leading scientists at top institutions, the Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) is a resource that joins deeply detailed cancer genome data with predictors…
Obese Children with Genetic Variants Susceptible to Fatty Liver Disease
While conducting a study on liver disease in children, researchers from the Yale School of Medicine found that a common genetic variant was associated with…
Experimental Evidence that Fetal Exposure to Cell Phones Affects Behavior
By exposing pregnant mice to radiation from a cell phone, a new study provides the first experimental evidence that fetal exposure to radiofrequency radiation from…
