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New discovery to aid in diagnosis and treatment of kidney disease

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with scientists at the University of Louisville and the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis in France, have identified the target antigen PLA2R ...





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Abnormal immune cells may cause unprovoked anaphylaxis

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created Nov 09, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Two new clinical reports shed light on why some people suffer from recurrent episodes of idiopathic anaphylaxis--a potentially life-threatening condition of unknown cause characterized by a drop in blood pressure, fainting ...


Disease leads to vision loss more often in blacks

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black people are more likely to lose vision as a result of idiopathic intracranial hypertension, or increased pressure in the brain, according to a study published in the March 11, 2008, issue of Neurology, the medical journa ...


U-M researchers discover therapeutic target that could help patients with pulmonary fibrosis

Researchers discover therapeutic target that could help patients with pulmonary fibrosis

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created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A diagnosis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is not much better than a death sentence: there is no treatment and the survival rate is less than three years.


Not only the gene itself, its abnormal regulation can also trigger short stature

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A specific gene is particularly frequently involved in the development of short stature. Researchers in Heidelberg have now discovered that sequences of genetic material on the X and Y chromosome that regulate this gene are ...


Scientists search for sleepless souls suffering lifelong insomnia

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created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Most people have experienced the odd sleepless night before a crucial exam, a job interview or before going on holiday, but few people get by with just a couple of hours of sleep a day, every day.


Still holding their breath: Mortality on lung transplant wait list remains high for some

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mortality remains high among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension awaiting lung transplant, despite changes to the allocation system that were designed to reduce mortality and increase the equitable distribution ...


Rare lung disease cells indicate higher death risk

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created Jan 16, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Large numbers of certain cells in the lungs of patients diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis may increase their chance of death, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered.


Healing process found to backfire in lung patients

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created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A mechanism in the body which typically helps a person heal from an injury, may actually be causing patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) to get worse, researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health ...


Histochemistry is the golden standard in the diagnosis of carcinosarcomas

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created Nov 14, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A case study of carcinosarcoma has been published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology on November 7, 2007. The patient in the study was the first case of gastric carcinosarcoma obtained in this part of the world . The ...


Biomarkers identified for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

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created Apr 29, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The first evidence of a distinctive protein signature that could help to transform the diagnosis and improve the monitoring of the devastating lung disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is being reported by University ...



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