Archive: 25/01/2018

Tactic for controlling motor symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease

Standard drug treatment for Parkinson's disease can over time induce motor complications that reduce the effectiveness of restoring mobility. These complications include abnormal involuntary movements known as dyskinesias. ...

Jan 25, 2018

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Better insurance access hasn't eliminated cost barriers to post-stroke meds

Despite federal programs to improve the availability of medical insurance, drug costs still keep more than one in ten stroke survivors from obtaining their recommended medications, putting them at risk of another stroke, ...

Jan 25, 2018

Parents initiating teens to drinking a bad idea: study

Parents who give their teens alcohol, even to teach them how to drink responsibly, are more likely to do harm than good, according to a six-year study in Australia, published Thursday.

Jan 25, 2018

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Using virtual reality to identify brain areas involved in memory

Virtual reality is helping neuroscientists at the University of California, Davis, get new insight into how different brain areas assemble memories in context.

Jan 25, 2018

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Cancer researchers hit a bullseye with new drug target for Ewing sarcoma

Screening a class of recently-developed drug compounds—so-called "CDK inhibitors" capable of blocking CDK7/12/13 proteins—against hundreds of different human cancer cell lines, researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's ...

Jan 25, 2018

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The eye is not immune to immunity

A person needs immune-suppressive drugs for organ transplants but not typically for transplants in the eye. How come? Like a few other parts of the body, some components of the eye, like the lens, don't have direct access ...

Jan 25, 2018

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Learning to make healthy choices can counter the effects of large portions

People are often told that eating everything in moderation can help them lose weight, but it is better to choose healthier foods than to try to eat less, according to Penn State researchers.

Jan 25, 2018

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Thirty years of innovation pays off as oligonucleotide therapeutics come to market

The recent approval of Spinraza (nusinersen), jointly developed by Ionis Pharmaceuticals and Biogen, marks the arrival of a new class of biological products - oligonucleotide therapeutics. A recent publication from the Center ...

Jan 25, 2018

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Polio labs equipped to study rare tropical diseases

In 1988, the World Health Organization set out to eradicate polio and established a network of 145 labs around the world that are designed to process polio tests. Now, those labs are well-equipped to help tackle neglected ...

Jan 25, 2018

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Study finds genetic link between thinner corneas and increased risk of glaucoma

Genetic studies in mice point to a protein called POU6F2, which can modulate corneal thickness, as a possible risk factor for glaucoma in humans, report Eldon Geisert of Emory University, and colleagues, January 25th in PLOS ...

Jan 25, 2018

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