Archive: 26/03/2015

Calcium channels play a role in neuronal homeostasis and elimination of toxic buildup of proteins

Taking out the garbage is a crucial step in housecleaning. Similarly, autophagy is the body's first-line of defense against the buildup up of toxic substances, degrading old organelles and proteins to provide new substrates ...

Mar 26, 2015

HIV can spread early, evolve in patients' brains

The AIDS virus can genetically evolve and independently replicate in patients' brains early in the illness process, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered. An analysis of cerebral spinal fluid ...

Mar 26, 2015

0

21

Study explains why popular antacids may increase chance of bone fractures

Newly published research from the Forsyth Institute details a discovery explaining why the 100 million Americans estimated to be taking prescription and over-the-counter antacid and heartburn medications may be at an increased ...

Mar 26, 2015

Nerve cells borrow a trick from their synapses to dispose of garbage

Genetic defects affecting tiny channels in human nerve cells lead to several neurological diseases that result from aberrant nerve transmission, such as episodic ataxia, absence epilepsy, and migraines. These disorders have ...

Mar 26, 2015

0

52

Indiana allows needle exchange program to stem HIV outbreak

Indiana's governor authorized a short-term needle-exchange program and other steps Thursday to help contain the spread of HIV in a county tied to 79 new infections since January, all of them linked to intravenous drug use.

Mar 26, 2015

0

4

Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill

Nobody likes getting the flu, but for some people, fluids and rest aren't enough. A small number of children who catch the influenza virus fall so ill they end up in the hospital—perhaps needing ventilators to breathe—even ...

Mar 26, 2015

0

37

Ebola whole virus vaccine shown effective, safe in primates

An Ebola whole virus vaccine, constructed using a novel experimental platform, has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the often fatal virus.

Mar 26, 2015

0

91

US Ebola patient's condition improves: NIH

An American healthcare worker in treatment after becoming infected with the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has improved and is now in serious condition, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.

Mar 26, 2015

Experts set strategic priorities for lymphoma research

A committee of lymphoma experts today unveiled a strategic roadmap identifying key priority areas in both infrastructure and research that will be critical for advancing treatments for people with lymphoma. The report is ...

Mar 26, 2015

Study adds evidence on link between PTSD, heart disease

In a study of more than 8,000 veterans living in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands, those with posttraumatic stress disorder had a nearly 50 percent greater risk of developing heart failure over about a seven-year follow-up ...

Mar 26, 2015

0

40

page 2 from 8

Archive: 26/03/2015

Calcium channels play a role in neuronal homeostasis and elimination of toxic buildup of proteins

HIV can spread early, evolve in patients' brains

Study explains why popular antacids may increase chance of bone fractures

Nerve cells borrow a trick from their synapses to dispose of garbage

Indiana allows needle exchange program to stem HIV outbreak

Genetic mutation helps explain why, in rare cases, flu can kill

Ebola whole virus vaccine shown effective, safe in primates

US Ebola patient's condition improves: NIH

Experts set strategic priorities for lymphoma research

Study adds evidence on link between PTSD, heart disease

Phys.org

Tech Xplore

Science X