Archive: 21/09/2017

Exosomes are the missing link to insulin resistance in diabetes

Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism by which this occurs has remained cloaked, until now.

Sep 21, 2017

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When good immune cells turn bad

Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have identified new findings about an immune cell - called a tumor-associated macrophage - that promotes cancer instead ...

Sep 21, 2017

'Labyrinth' chip could help monitor aggressive cancer stem cells

Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a hydrodynamic maze to separate out rare circulating cancer cells into a relatively clean stream for analysis. ...

Sep 21, 2017

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Exploring the adaptation extremes of human high altitude sickness and fitness

Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major far-flung global populations: Tibetans, Ethiopians and Peruvians.

Sep 21, 2017

Synthetic molecule 'kicks and kills' some persistent HIV in mice

Scientists have designed a synthetic molecule that can reactivate dormant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in mice and lead to the death of some of the infected cells, according to a study published in PLOS Pathogens.

Sep 21, 2017

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Japanese encephalitis vaccine cuts disease rate in Nepal

From 2006 through 2011, Nepal conducted a mass immunization campaign against Japanese encephalitis—a mosquito-borne viral disease. Now, investigators have reported in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases that the vaccination ...

Sep 21, 2017

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Babies can learn that hard work pays off

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. A new study from MIT reveals that babies as young as 15 months can learn to follow this advice. The researchers found that babies who watched an adult struggle at two different ...

Sep 21, 2017

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Touching helps build the sexual brain

Hormones or sexual experience? Which of these is crucial for the onset of puberty? It seems that when rats are touched on their genitals, their brain changes and puberty accelerates. In a new study publishing September 21 ...

Sep 21, 2017

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Highest adverse effect rates for three drugs in parkinson's

(HealthDay)—Ropinirole, bromocriptine, and piribedil are associated with the highest incidence rates of adverse effects in Parkinson's disease, according to a review published online Sept. 4 in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics.

Sep 21, 2017

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Blood metal ion levels can identify hip replacement patients at low risk of ARMD

Patients with "metal on metal" (MoM) artificial hips are at risk of complications caused by adverse reactions to metal debris (ARMD). A study in the September 20, 2017 issue of The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery confirms ...

Sep 21, 2017

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Archive: 21/09/2017

Exosomes are the missing link to insulin resistance in diabetes

When good immune cells turn bad

'Labyrinth' chip could help monitor aggressive cancer stem cells

Exploring the adaptation extremes of human high altitude sickness and fitness

Synthetic molecule 'kicks and kills' some persistent HIV in mice

Japanese encephalitis vaccine cuts disease rate in Nepal

Babies can learn that hard work pays off

Touching helps build the sexual brain

Highest adverse effect rates for three drugs in parkinson's

Blood metal ion levels can identify hip replacement patients at low risk of ARMD

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