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Rapid changes in key Alzheimer's protein described in humans

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 28, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

For the first time, researchers have described hour-by-hour changes in the amount of amyloid beta, a protein that is believed to play a key role in Alzheimer's disease, in the human brain. A collaborative team of scientists ...





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New study provides insight into ways organ systems outside the brain may affect Alzheimer's disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In Alzheimer's disease the brain accumulates a molecule called A-beta that can be quite toxic to brain cells. Many researchers believe that finding ways to clear A-beta may be a key to treatment or prevention of Alzheimer's ...


Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Researchers discover mechanism of insulin production that can lead to better treatment for diabetes

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How a specific gene within the pancreas affects secretion of insulin has been discovered by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with Japanese and American universities. Their ...


Mechanism explains link between apolipoprotein E and Alzheimer's disease

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created Jun 11, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which apolipoprotein E, a molecule whose mutation is linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), stimulates degradation of sticky amyloid beta (A-beta) protein within the ...


Is transforming growth factor-beta involved in intestinal wound healing?

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Migration of colonic lamina propria fibroblasts (CLPF) plays an important role during the progression of fibrosis and fistulae in Crohn's disease. Transforming growth factor- beta (TGF- beta) is involved in the regulation ...


Niacin's role in maintaining good cholesterol

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created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 2

A research team has uncovered the likely target of niacin (vitamin B3) in the liver, which should provide a clearer picture of how this vitamin helps maintain adequate HDL-cholesterol levels in the blood and thus lower the ...


Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.


Study examines link between beta-blocker use and risks of death and heart attack after surgery

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created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Some patients who received beta-blockers before and around the time of undergoing non-cardiac surgery appear to have higher rates of heart attack and death within 30 days of their surgery, according to a report in the October ...


Test quickly assesses whether Alzheimer's drugs are hitting their target

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A test developed by physician-scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help assess more quickly the ability of Alzheimer's drugs to affect one of the possible underlying causes of Alzheimer's ...


More insulin-producing cells, at the flip of a 'switch'

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers have found a way in mice to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells that are lost in those with type I diabetes. The secret ingredient is a single transcription factor, ...


New target for heart failure therapy identified

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created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A novel signaling pathway plays a significant role in the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes heart failure after a myocardial infarction, according to a study conducted by Thomas Jefferson University researchers.



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