Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2019
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) : Muscle stem cells can drive cancer
People with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) can develop an otherwise-rare muscle cancer, called rhabdomyosarcoma, due to the muscle cells' continuous work to rebuild the...
Tap vs Bottlet Water composition – impacts health benefits of tea
Here's to sipping a cupful of health: Green tea steeped in bottled water has a more bitter taste, but it has more antioxidants than...
Acute Flaccid Myelitis : Pioneering Surgery Restores Movement
An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring hope and transforming lives torn apart by a mysterious and devastating illness.
Acute flaccid...
Dyslexia: find new causes
Men with dyslexia have altered structural connections between the thalamus and auditory cortex on the left side of the brain, new research published in...
Scientists explaining how fever help to power up our immune cells
Fever is known to help power up our immune cells, and scientists in Shanghai have new evidence explaining how.
They found in mice that...
New recommendations for evaluation and management of penicillin allergy
While more than 32 million individuals in the U.S. have a documented penicillin allergy in their medical record, studies have shown that more 95...
Fewer melanoma diagnoses = higher death rates
Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States.
While the number of cases diagnosed is on the rise, the overall survival rate...
Drug developed to treat stroke patients could prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers from the University of Southern California have discovered that a drug currently being developed to treat stroke patients could also prevent Alzheimer's disease....
New weapon against bacterial pneumonia
Cancer drugs are able to halt life-threatening bacterial lung infections in mouse models by promoting lung repair, researchers at Duke Health have found.
Reporting in...
Oncofetal antigens could specifically target and kill cancer cells
An antibody that targets and is taken up only by certain types of cancer cells has been developed by A*STAR researchers.
Combining this antibody...
Researchers have discovered a molecular approach preventing rejection of the transplant maintaining the ability...
Organ transplant rejection is a major problem in transplantation medicine.
Suppressing the immune system to prevent organ rejection, however, opens the door to life-threatening...
The sleeping brain can track the sounds in its environment while we sleep
By exposing sleepers to complex sounds, researchers from the CNRS and ENS Paris1, in collaboration with Monash University (Australia), have just demonstrated that our...
Found a strong link between fitness and a lower risk of heart attack
Poor cardiorespiratory fitness could increase your risk of a future heart attack, even if you have no symptoms of a lifestyle illness today, a...
The risks of preterm birth and low birth weight actually don’t increase with MAR
Couples considering medically assisted reproduction (MAR) because they have difficulty conceiving naturally have feared the possibility of preterm birth (less than 37 weeks of...
Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight...
Hong Kong scientists claim they have made a potential breakthrough discovery in the fight against infectious diseases—a chemical that could slow the spread of...
