Tag Archives: Development
New stroke gene discovery could lead to tailored treatments
Jan. 31, 2013 A study led by King’s College London has identified a new genetic variant associated with stroke
Scientists identify culprit in obesity-associated high blood pressure
Jan. 31, 2013 Researchers have described a key mechanism responsible for the brain’s regulation of obesity-associated disease. Obesity and its related conditions such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke are among the most challenging of today’s healthcare concerns
Artificial pancreas: The way of the future for treating type 1 diabetes
Jan. 28, 2013 IRCM researchers, led by endocrinologist Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret, were the first to conduct a trial comparing a dual-hormone artificial pancreas with conventional diabetes treatment using an insulin pump and showed improved glucose levels and lower risks of hypoglycemia.
Guidelines for brain amyloid imaging in Alzheimer’s
Jan. 28, 2013 Only recently has it become possible to create high-quality images of the brain plaques characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in living people through positron emission tomography (PET). Even so, questions remain about what can be learned from these PET images and which people should have this test.
In breast cancer metastasis, researchers identify possible drug target
Jan. 27, 2013 The spread of breast cancer to distant organs within the body, an event that often leads to death, appears in many cases to involve the loss of a key protein, according to UC San Francisco researchers, whose new discoveries point to possible targets for therapy.
New tool for mining bacterial genome for novel drugs
Jan. 25, 2013 Vanderbilt biochemists have discovered that the process bacteria undergo when they become drug resistant can act as a powerful tool for drug discovery
Gene mutation immortalizes malignant melanoma
Jan. 25, 2013 Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and from University Duisburg-Essen have discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of malignant melanoma: a gene mutation that leads to overactive telomerase, the so-called ‘immortality enzyme’. The mutated gene region found in familial melanoma is also altered in up to 74 percent of non-inherited cases of melanoma — here as a consequence of sun exposure.
Jet fuel, plastics exposures cause disease in later generations; Reproductive diseases, obesity
Jan. 24, 2013 Washington State University researchers have lengthened their list of environmental toxicants that can negatively affect as many as three generations of an exposed animal’s offspring
New mutations discovered driving malignant melanoma
Jan. 24, 2013 Two new mutations that collectively occur in 71 percent of malignant melanoma tumors have been discovered in what scientists call the “dark matter” of the cancer genome, where cancer-related mutations haven’t been previously found.
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