Archive: 16/06/2015

Device allows evaluation of the efficacy, toxicity of drugs metabolized through the liver

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) has developed a novel approach that dramatically simplifies the evaluation of the liver's drug-metabolizing activity ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Returning killer T cells back to barracks could improve vaccines

Just as militaries need to have trained, experienced soldiers ready for future wars, making sure that the immune system has enough battle-ready T cells on hand is important for fast-acting, more effective vaccines, according ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Drug trials in pet dogs with cancer may speed advances in human oncology

Pet dogs may be humans' best friends in a new arena of life: cancer treatment, said University of Illinois veterinary clinical medicine professor Timothy Fan. Physiological similarities between dogs and humans, and conserved ...

Jun 16, 2015

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SCOPE program developed to engage communities in preventing childhood obesity

A multidisciplinary group of researchers from British Columbia has developed a participatory action research program to help address healthy body weight in children.

Jun 16, 2015

Re-booting the human gut

For decades, American travelers to international destinations have been plagued by acute gastrointestinal illnesses that can arise from travel to other countries. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) warns that depending ...

Jun 16, 2015

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High blood pressure associated with lower risk for Alzheimer's

A study coauthored by a BYU professor and a BYU undergraduate suggests that people with a genetic predisposition to high blood pressure have a lower risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Jun 16, 2015

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Prenatal DDT exposure tied to nearly four-fold increase in breast cancer risk

Women who were exposed to higher levels of the pesticide DDT in utero were nearly four times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as adults than women who were exposed to lower levels before birth, according to ...

Jun 16, 2015

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Hormone fluctuations disrupt sleep of perimenopausal women

Women in the early phases of menopause are more likely to have trouble sleeping during certain points in the menstrual cycle, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology ...

Jun 16, 2015

Maternal stress alters offspring gut and brain through vaginal microbiome

Changes in the vaginal microbiome are associated with effects on offspring gut microbiota and on the developing brain, according to a new study published in Endocrinology, a journal of the Endocrine Society.

Jun 16, 2015

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Rare autoimmune disease may be more common than we thought

Mutations in a key autoimmunity-associated gene are surprisingly common and are responsible for a previously unknown form of a rare autoimmune disorder called APS-1, according to a study published on June 16 in the journal ...

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