Monthly Archives: Aprile 2019
Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its...
Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig's brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about the timing...
Researchers found a link between amino acid leucin and development of tamoxifen resistance in...
About one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in their lifetime.
The vast majority of these cancers rely on...
Two proteins that bind to stress hormones work together to maintain a healthy heart
Two proteins that bind to stress hormones work together to maintain a healthy heart in mice, according to scientists at the National Institutes of...
Researchers developed a way to test multiple drugs on cells obtained from individual patients...
What Is Cystic Fibrosis?
Cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time.
In people...
Treat muscolar dystrophy boosting muscle stem cells
Muscle stem cells are adult stem cells, present in skeletal muscle tissue, which can self-renew and are capable of giving rise to skeletal...
Embryonic stem cells : found that two new epigenetic regulators maintain self-renewal
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs), derived from the blastocyst stage of early mammalian embryos, are distinguished by their ability to differentiate into any cell type...
Researchers has discovered a new broad-spectrum antibiotic that contains arsenic
Antibiotic resistance has been called one of the biggest public health threats of our time.
There is a pressing need for new and novel...
Glioblastoma : new targets for treatment with brain cancer cells reverse engineer
Glioblastoma is one of the most devastating forms of cancer, with few existing treatment options.
It is also a leading cause of cancer-related death...
Researchers have identified a new factor that is essential for maintaining the stem cells...
The organs in our bodies house stem cells that are necessary to regenerate cells when they become damaged, diseased or too old to function....
Alcohol-use disorder : new treatment targets the oxytocin system
Oxytocin research has experienced a remarkable resurgence over the past decade, particularly with respect to its role in regulating social cognition and its...
Additional routine ultrasound could eliminate undiagnosed breech presentation of babies
Between week 32 and week 38 (usually around week 36) the baby - normally - start to settle head-down. In this ideal delivery position,...
Emergency department : 759000 children younger than six years have ingested foreign body
Young children explore the world by putting things in their mouths.
While many of these items are relatively harmless, some can cause serious injuries...
New technique to decontaminate organs before transplantation use ultraviolet and red light irradiation
A new technique for the decontamination of organs before transplantation using ultraviolet and red light irradiation has been developed by Brazilian and Canadian researchers...
The gene SRC-1 affects body weight control
Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter.
A better understanding of how the body regulates appetite could help tip the scale toward...
Compound named 5′-iodotubercidin (5′-IT) suppresses the growth of neuroblastoma cells
Research led by Michael Lan, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, found that a compound named...
