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A firmer understanding of muscle fibrosis

Researchers describe how increased production of a microRNA promotes progressive muscle deterioration in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a study published online on January ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify agent responsible for protection against early stages of atherosclerosis

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified for the first time the A2b adenosine receptor (A2bAR) as a possible new therapeutic target against atherosclerosis resulting from a diet high in ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New resource to unlock the role of microRNAs

A new resource to define the roles of microRNAs is announced today in Nature Biotechnology. The resource, called mirKO, gives researchers access to tools to investigate the biological role and significance for human health ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Heightened immunity to colds makes asthma flare-ups worse, research shows

People often talk about "boosting" their immunity to prevent and fight colds. Nutritional supplements, cold remedies and fortified foods claim to stave off colds by augmenting the immune system.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Osteoblasts are bone idle without Frizzled-9

New research shows that the Wnt receptor Frizzled-9 (Fzd9) promotes bone formation, providing a potential new target for the treatment of osteoporosis. The study appears online on March 14 in The Journal of ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Deleting ghrelin receptor, but not ghrelin, turns up fat-burning thermostat

Deleting the receptor, not the protein ghrelin itself, turns up the body's fat-burning thermostat, giving aging mice an exothermic boost toward a svelte physique, researchers reported at the American Society of Cell Biology's ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tumor-initiating Cells Detected in Pten Null Prostate Cancer Model

(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, advance the current understanding of the role of stem/progenitor cells on the initiation and progression of pro ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Researchers have immune cells running in circles

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine researchers have identified the important role a protein plays in the body's first line of defense in directing immune cells called neutrophils toward ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mouse model provides a new tool for investigators of human developmental disorder

Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome (WHS) is a human disease caused by spontaneous genetic deletions. Children born with WHS have a characteristic set of facial features, including a wide flat nose bridge, downturned mouth, high forehead, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover master regulator of motor neuron firing

(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Human Genome Project was complete, DNA bowed out of the limelight and gave way to RNA as a major player in genetic regulation. Now, findings at Rockefeller University mirror this ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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