Archive: 21/10/2016

After the hurricane, cholera hits Haiti's suffering survivors

The rains inundating their ruined homes are no longer the biggest concern of the long-suffering people of Randelle: cholera is tearing through the isolated Haitian mountain village at devastating speed.

Oct 21, 2016

Inflammation triggers unsustainable immune response to chronic viral infection

Scientists at the University of Basel discovered a fundamental new mechanism explaining the inadequate immune defense against chronic viral infection. These results may open up new avenues for vaccine development. They have ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Pharmaceutical companies are profiting from rare diseases: study

Incentives intended to stimulate the development of more treatments for rare diseases are being exploited to boost the profits of pharmaceutical companies, new research led by Bangor University shows.

Oct 21, 2016

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Combating drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia with a ceramide-based therapeutic

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina Hollings Cancer Center have discovered a mechanism that confers resistance to drugs used to treat certain types of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Targeting this pathway ...

Oct 21, 2016

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New oncogene linked to prostate cancer in African Americans may lead to better diagnostic tools

A team of scientists has identified MNX1 as a new oncogene - a gene than can cause cancer - that is more active in African American prostate cancer than in European American prostate cancer. The finding suggests that genetic ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Glucose intolerance and insulin resistance link to unfavorable cardiac function, structure

A study of U.S. Hispanics with diabetes mellitus showed a link between impaired glucose regulation and adverse measures of cardiac function and structure. Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...

Oct 21, 2016

Acidic skin care product beneficial in older adults

(HealthDay)—For older adults, an acidic skin care product with different plant oils improves epidermal barrier formation and increases lipid lamellae in the intercellular space of the stratum corneum (SC), according to ...

Oct 21, 2016

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pCR of 37 percent for topical imiquimod in lentigo maligna

(HealthDay)—For patients with lentigo maligna (LM) in-situ melanoma, topical imiquimod has a pathological complete regression (pCR) rate of 37 percent, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in the British Journal ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Cardiac rehabilitation does not up health status after AMI

(HealthDay)—Participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) does not improve reported health status during the year following acute myocardial infarction (AMI); however, participation in CR does confer a significant survival ...

Oct 21, 2016

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Study links changes in collagen to worse pancreatic cancer prognosis

A study in the current journal Oncotarget provides the first evidence linking a disturbance of the most common protein in the body with a poor outcome in pancreatic cancer.

Oct 21, 2016

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