News tagged with tubular atrophy
Urine protein test detects kidney dysfunction in transplant patients
Nov 26, 2008 |
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A noninvasive test that analyzes proteins in the urine can correctly identify patients whose transplanted kidneys are failing, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Ne ...
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A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy.
MRI shows brain atrophy pattern that predicts Alzheimer's
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Using special MRI methods, researchers have identified a pattern of regional brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that indicates a greater likelihood of progression to Alzheimer's disease. The findings ...
Muscle atrophy through thick but not thin
Jun 08, 2009 |
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During desperate times, such as fasting, or muscle wasting that afflicts cancer or AIDS patients, the body cannibalizes itself, atrophying and breaking down skeletal muscle proteins to liberate amino acids. In a new study ...
Newer, minimally invasive surgery to treat sciatica does not result in better outcomes
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A comparison of surgical treatments for sciatica finds that the minimally invasive procedure known as tubular diskectomy does not provide a significant difference in improvement of functional disability compared to the more ...
Molecular Therapy for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Closer to Clinical Use
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Spinal muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative disorder that causes the weakening of muscles, is the leading cause of infant death and occurs in 1 in 6,000 live births. While trans-splicing (a form of molecular ...
Rare window on spinal muscular atrophy genetics
Apr 07, 2009 |
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Caused by a mutation of the SMN gene, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an infantile and juvenile neurodegenerative disorder where motor neuron loss causes progressive paralysis. A new study published in the open access journal ...
Researchers find possible treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy is the second-leading cause of infant mortality in the world.
Researchers discover target that could ease spinal muscular atrophy symptoms
Jan 07, 2009 |
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is no cure for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disorder that causes the weakening of muscles and is the leading genetic cause of infant death, but University of Missouri researchers have discovered a new therapeutic ...
Long-term use of mechanical ventilation contributes to the deterioration of human diaphragm muscle
Mar 26, 2008 |
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A new study by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows, for the first time in humans, that ventilators combined with diaphragm disuse contributes to muscle atrophy in the diaphragm in as little as eighteen hours. ...
Who laid the first egg?
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Jan 23, 2007 |
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A decade ago, Shuhai Xiao, associate professor of geosciences at Virginia Tech, and his colleagues discovered thousands of 600-million-year-old embryo microfossils in the Doushantuo Formation, a fossil site ...
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