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Scientists find new structural motif in key enzymes is essential to prevent autoimmune disease
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation have found a specific mutation that leads to the development of severe autoimmune kidney disease in mice. The research ...
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Ready for relapse: Molecule helps breast cancer cells to survive in the bone marrow
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Patients who survive an initial diagnosis of breast cancer often succumb to the disease years later when the cancer shows up in a different part of the body. Now, scientists have identified key signals that support the long ...
Prions show their good side
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May 07, 2008 |
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Prions, the infamous agents behind mad cow disease and its human variation, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, also have a helpful side. According to new findings from Gerald Zamponi and colleagues, normally functioning prions prevent ...
Promising new drug being evaluated as possible treatment option for fragile X syndrome
Jan 07, 2009 |
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A pilot trial of an oral drug therapy called fenobam has shown promising initial results and could be a potential new treatment option for adult patients with Fragile X syndrome (FXS). Findings of the open label, single-dose ...
Glucosamine-like supplement inhibits multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes
May 14, 2007 |
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A glucosamine-like dietary supplement has been found to suppress the damaging autoimmune response seen in multiple sclerosis and type-1 diabetes mellitus, according to University of California, Irvine health sciences researchers.
An Achilles heel in cancer cells
Dec 08, 2008 |
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A protein that shields tumor cells from cell death and exerts resistance to chemotherapy has an Achilles heel, a vulnerability that can be exploited to target and kill the very tumor cells it usually protects, researchers ...
Migraine mice exhibit enhanced excitatory transmission at cortical synapses
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New research is unraveling the complex brain mechanisms associated with disabling migraine headaches. The study, published by Cell Press in the March 12th issue of the journal Neuron, reveals that perturbation of the delica ...
Teens risk health with night texting, talking
Jul 17, 2009 |
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To many parents, text messaging is an enigma -- a practice their children engage in when they could just make a phone call or walk down the street to their friends' houses. It seems to be a strange but harmless means of communication.
Stem cell research produces a key discovery for Fragile X Syndrome
Sep 10, 2007 |
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An important finding has been made by McMaster researchers about Fragile X Syndrome (FXS), a sex-linked genetic disorder that affects approximately one in 4,000 males and one in 6,000 females.
Comorbidities common in bipolar disorder, may have genetic link
Jun 08, 2007 |
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While the symptoms of bipolar disorder can be disabling on their own, most patients with the condition also are afflicted with a variety of other psychiatric, substance use and physical disorders. These comorbid conditions ...
Protein on 'speed' linked to ADHD
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A genetic change in the dopamine transporter – one of the brain's dopamine-handling proteins – makes it behave as if amphetamine is present and "run backward," Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators report this ...
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