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Low levels of lipid antibodies increase complications following heart attack

Coronary patients with low levels of an immune system antibody called anti-PC, which neutralises parts of the "bad" cholesterol, run a greater risk of suffering complications following an acute cardiac episode and thus of ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New culprit discovered in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A new study published in the journal Nature Medicine by NYU Cancer Institute researchers, shows how the cancer causing gene Notch, in combination with a mutated Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) protein complex, work t ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists solve ricin riddle using new technology

A protein that controls how the deadly plant poison and bioweapon ricin kills has finally been identified by a team of Austrian researchers in a new study. With a combination of stem cell biology and modern ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study unlocks origins of blood stem cells

A research team led by Nancy Speck, PhD, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has discovered a molecular marker for the immediate ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How Wolbachia bacteria controls vectors of deadly diseases

Researchers at Boston University have made discoveries that provide the foundation towards novel approaches to control insects that transmit deadly diseases such as dengue fever and malaria through their study of the Wolbachia bacter ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Battle between the placenta and uterus could help explain preeclampsia

A battle that brews in the mother's womb between the father's biological goal to produce the biggest, healthiest baby possible vs. the mother's need to live through delivery might help explain preeclampsia, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New drug could combat killer diseases

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of Reading have developed a new drug which could reduce the spread of deadly diseases such as Lassa Fever and Aseptic Meningitis.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Small molecule receptor detects lipid's telltale sign of cell death

Researchers from Boston College have developed a new class of small molecule receptors capable of detecting a lipid molecule that reveals the telltale signs of cellular death, particularly cancer cells targeted ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Realistic simulation of ion flux through membrane sheds light on antibiotic resistance

As the gatekeepers of ion flow through cell membranes, ion channels are of key interest in numerous cellular processes. Now, a new study describes an innovative new computational model that realistically simulates the complex ...

Biology / Other

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Suit against federal stem cell research dismissed

(AP) -- A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was thrown out Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria use Batman-like grappling hooks to 'slingshot' on surfaces

Bacteria use various appendages to move across surfaces prior to forming multicellular bacterial biofilms. Some species display a particularly jerky form of movement known as "twitching" motility, which is made possible by ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neural stem progenitor cell transplantation’s potential to aid spinal cord injury tested

A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (20:5) investigating optimal routes for transplanting neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) in animal models of spinal cord injury (SCI) has demonstrated that i ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New discovery in battle against plague and bacterial pneumonias

Researchers from the Smiley lab at the Trudeau Institute have now identified a single component of the plague causing bacterium that can be used as a vaccine. This single "subunit" could potentially be used to create a safer ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Blueprint' for blocking MMP may unlock new treatments for deadly blood infection

Researchers studying the life threatening infectious disease sepsis have discovered how the infection can lead to a fatal inflammatory response through blood vessel cells. The research, which is published in EMBO Molecular Me ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Obstructive sleep apnea linked to cancer growth in mice

A new study links the intermittent interruption of breathing that occurs in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to enhanced proliferation of melanoma cancer cells and increased tumor growth in mice, according to researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast