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How immune cells move against invaders

UCSF scientists have discovered the unexpected way in which a key cell of the immune system prepares for battle. The finding, they said, offers insight into the processes that take place within these cells and could lead ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A family history of alcoholism may make adolescent brains respond differently

Researchers know that adolescents with a family history of alcoholism (FHP) are at risk for developing alcohol use disorders. Some studies have shown that, compared to their peers, FHP adolescents have deficits in behavioral ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists identify cell death pathway involved in lethal sepsis

Sepsis, a form of systemic inflammation, is the leading cause of death in critically ill patients. Sepsis is linked with massive cell death; however, the specific mechanisms involved in the lethality of sepsis are unclear. ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boosting the aged immune response to flu virus

As people age, their immune system becomes less robust. This makes them more susceptible to serious and frequently life-threatening infections with viruses that affect the respiratory tract such as influenza A virus (IAV). ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Results of the BRIDGE trial reported at TCT 2011

Data from the BRIDGE clinical trial demonstrate that intravenous use of the drug cangrelor was effective at maintaining platelet inhibition in patients on thienopyridines who required bypass surgery. Trial ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

30-day results of ADAPT-DES registry reported at TCT 2011

The relationship of platelet responsiveness to antiplatelet medications; and, the correlation of poor response, and overall platelet aggregation while on dual antiplatelet therapy to the risk of drug-eluting stent thrombosis ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Preventing cancer development inside the cell cycle

Researchers from the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, have identified a cell cycle-regulated mechanism behind the transformation of normal cells into cancerous cells. The ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Buyer beware: Advertising may seduce your brain, researchers say

Are you wooed by advertising? Of course you are. After all, it's one thing to go out and buy a new washing machine after the old one exploded, quite another to impulse-buy that 246-inch flat screen TV that just maybe, in ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

A new role for cytokinin plant hormones

When plants, including crops, are exposed to environmental stresses such as drought or high salinity, abscisic acid (ABA), a stress-responsive hormone is synthesized to induce a protective response. At the same time, the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why cancer cells change their appearance?

Like snakes, tumour cells shed their skin. Cancer is not a static disease but during its development the disease accumulates changes to evade natural defences adapting to new environmental circumstances, protecting against ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Combating fungal diseases

(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have discovered a potential new approach for inhibiting the growth of pathogenic fungi. Their findings on the mechanism ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research offers hope for treatment of cocaine addiction

New discoveries by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) offer potential for development of a first-ever pharmacological treatment for cocaine addiction.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gold nanoparticles bring scientists closer to a treatment for cancer

Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed smart nanomaterials, which can disrupt the blood supply to cancerous tumours.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nanoparticles may help inhibit Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoparticles of the right dimensions and shape may be the key in combating the plaque that destroys neurons and leads to symptoms associated with Alzheimer's disease, a new report shows.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Unique nerve-stimulation treatment proves effective against drug-resistant epilepsy

(Medical Xpress) -- Medications are the mainstay of treatment for epilepsy, but for a considerable number of patients -- estimated to be as many as 1 million in the U.S. -- drugs don't work. These patients ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Inhibitor

Something that restrains, blocks, or suppresses.

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