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Her family turned to The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where an experimental treatment changed the course of this little girl’s life. (Credit: Image courtesy of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) ... Read More Alzheimer's Gene Causes Brain's Blood Vessels to Leak Toxins and Die  by a.Widaa Published on 05-16-2012 09:23 PM Categories: Neurology Psychiatry The left photo shows destructive proteins (green) lining blood vessels in living brain tissue of mice with the human ApoE4 gene; after the drug cyclosporine A is added, the harmful proteins are nearly gone (right). (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Rochester Medical Center) A well-known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease triggers a cascade of signaling that ultimately results in leaky blood vessels in the brain, allowing toxic substances to pour into brain ... Read More New Muscular Dystrophy Treatment Approach Developed Using Human Stem Cells  by a.Widaa Published on 05-10-2012 03:08 PM Categories: Transplantation Right: Rita Perlingeiro, PhD. Left: Radbod Darabi, MD, PhD. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Minnesota Academic Health Center) Researchers from the University of Minnesota's Lillehei Heart Institute have effectively treated muscular dystrophy in mice using human stem cells derived from a new process that -- for the first time -- makes the production of human muscle ... Read More Screening for Breast Cancer Without X-Rays  by a.Widaa Published on 05-07-2012 10:49 PM Categories: Hematology/Oncology Radiology Diagnostic images of a mixed infiltrating lobular and ductal carcinoma in the right breast of a 57 year old patient. The cranio-caudal x-ray mammogram (left) showed an architectural distortion of about 22 mm in the lateral part of the right breast. Ultrasonography (middle) showed the presence of an unsharply ... Read More Low Oxygen Levels Could Drive Cancer Growth, Research Suggests  by a.Widaa Published on 05-04-2012 11:30 AM Categories: Hematology/Oncology University of Georgia Professor Ying Xu and his colleagues analyzed information from microarray chips, which are small glass slides containing large amounts of gene material, and have found that low oxygen levels in cells may be a primary cause of uncontrollable tumor growth in some cancers. (Credit: Image courtesy of University of Georgia) Low ... Read More About One Baby Born Each Hour Addicted to Opiate Drugs in U.S.  by a.Widaa Published on 05-01-2012 10:19 AM Categories: Ob/Gyn & Women's Health Public Health Child Health Pharmacology A new study finds that about one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States. (Credit: iStockphoto) About one baby is born every hour addicted to opiate drugs in the United States, according to new research from University of Michigan physicians. In the research published April 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, U-M physicians ... Read More Researchers Combat Global Disease With a Cell Phone, Google Maps and a Lot of Ingenuity  by a.Widaa Published on 04-28-2012 09:33 PM Categories: Public Health RDT-reader platform. Cell phone with RDT reader developed by researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the California NanoSystems Institue at UCLA. (Credit: UCLA) In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional ... Read More Violence Puts Wear and Tear On Kids' DNA  by a.Widaa Published on 04-24-2012 08:45 PM Categories: Psychiatry Child Health Genetics Children who have experienced violence might really be older than their years. The DNA of 10-year-olds who experienced violence in their young lives has been found to show wear and tear normally associated with aging, a Duke University study has found. (Credit: © Olga Yarovenko / Fotolia) ... Read More New Genes Contributing to Autism Discovered; Genetic Links Between Neurodevelopment and Psychiatric Disorders  by a.Widaa Published on 04-21-2012 09:36 PM Categories: Psychiatry Genetics Chromosomes. A new approach to investigating hard-to-find chromosomal abnormalities has identified 33 genes associated with autism and related disorders, 22 for the first time. (Credit: © lily / Fotolia) A new approach to investigating hard-to-find chromosomal abnormalities has identified ... Read More Mini-Sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain  by a.Widaa Published on 04-21-2012 09:34 PM Categories: Neurology NIST's atom-based magnetic sensor, about the size of a sugar cube, can measure human brain activity. Inside the sensor head is a container of 100 billion rubidium atoms (not seen), packaged with micro-optics (a prism and a lens are visible in the center cutout). The light from a low-power ... Read More Page 1 of 10 123 ... Last Jump to page: Currently Active Users 0 members and 13 guests 0400