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Regenerating damaged tissues: Bioscaffolds promote growth of joints in rabbits
A team of researchers has successfully regenerated rabbit joints using a cutting-edge process to form the joint inside the body, or in vivo. Regenerative in...
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Emerging E. coli strain causes many antimicrobial-resistant infections in US
A new, drug-resistant strain of E. coli is causing serious disease, according to a new study. The new strain, ST131, was a major cause of...
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Tuberculosis advance: Existing drugs can potentially target the disease's ability to spread
Often causing no symptoms in carriers of the disease, worldwide tuberculosis infects eight to ten million people every year, kills two million, and it is...
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Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility
Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects is virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics. The mechanism changes the bacteria's production of proteins...
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Memory's master switch: Molecular power behind memory discovered
A new study describes GABA, a natural molecule that occurs in the brain, which could be the main factor in regulating how many new memories...
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Next generation sequencing establishes genetic link between two rare diseases
Scientists have successfully used "next generation sequencing" to identify mutations that may cause a rare and mysterious genetic disorder. The research demonstrates that sequencing an...
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Reality TV, cosmetic surgey linked, says researcher
Research suggests that teens fond of reality TV programs are more likely to join the millions who go under the knife each year. For bodies...
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Decontaminating dangerous drywall
A nanomaterial originally developed to fight toxic waste is now helping reduce debilitating fumes in homes with corrosive drywall.
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Oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may protect women against brain aneurysms, study finds
Results from a new study suggest that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy may yield additional benefit of protecting against the formation and rupture of...
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New cellular 'armor' developed to prevent infection by AIDS virus
Researchers have developed a novel method of attack against the AIDS virus that involves creating a prevention system, i.e. an "armor" in the cells that...
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Diet and alcohol alter epigenetics of breast cancer, study suggests
Researchers have shown that the epigenetic profiles of breast tumors are related to patient diet and alcohol use as well as tumor size.
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From the heart: How cells divide to form different but related muscle groups
Using the model organism Ciona intestinalis, commonly known as the sea squirt, researchers have uncovered the origins of the second heart field in vertebrates.
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Missing Puma gene reveals cancer conundrum
Researchers in Australia have made a discovery that has upended scientists' understanding of programmed cell death and its role in tumor formation. The research team's...
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Key step in body's ability to make red blood cells discovered
Researchers have uncovered a key step in the creation of new red blood cells in an animal study. They found that a tiny fragment of...
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Red blood cells have a tiny but effective protector -- microRNA
Pediatric researchers have discovered a new biological pathway in which small segments of RNA, called microRNA, help protect red blood cells from injury caused by...
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Plant compound resveratrol shown to suppresses inflammation, free radicals in humans
Resveratrol, a popular plant extract shown to prolong life in yeast and lower animals due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, appears also to suppress...
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Snake venom studies yield insights for development of therapies for heart disease and cancer
Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that...
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Researchers find new translocation; weak spots in DNA lead to genetic disease
Pediatric researchers continue to discover recurrent translocations -- places in which two chromosomes exchange pieces of themselves, and can lead to genetic disease and disability....
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Unexpected viral 'fossils' found in vertebrate genomes
Over millions of years, retroviruses, which insert their genetic material into the host genome as part of their replication, have left behind bits of their...
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Most youth hockey injuries caused by accidents, not checking, study shows
Hockey fans likely would assume that body-checking -- intentionally slamming an opponent against the boards -- causes the most injuries in youth ice hockey. But...
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Resting brain activity associated with spontaneous fibromyalgia pain
A recent study provides the first direct evidence of linkage between elevated intrinsic (resting-state) brain connectivity and spontaneous pain intensity in patients with fibromyalgia. This...
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Calcium supplements linked to increased risk of heart attack, study finds
Calcium supplements, commonly taken by older people for osteoporosis, are associated with an increased risk of a heart attack, a new study finds.
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Cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer identified for first time
Scientists have identified for the first time a cell-of-origin for human prostate cancer, a discovery that could result in better predictive and diagnostics tools and...
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Psychologists develop two potent new predictors of suicide risk
Two powerful new tests developed by psychologists show great promise in predicting patients' risk of attempting suicide. The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance...
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Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy for localized prostate cancer
NYU Langone Medical Center has begun a clinical trial offering vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy to patients with localized prostate cancer. This novel, minimally invasive procedure uses...
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Fluorescent biosensor to aid in drug development
Scientists have developed a new fluorescent biosensor that could aid in the development of an important class of drugs that target a crucial class of...
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Key enzyme in DNA repair pathway identified
Researchers have discovered an enzyme crucial to a type of DNA repair that also causes resistance to a class of cancer drugs most commonly used...
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Kidney injury prevention may be possible: Watch for the warning signs
Reduced kidney function and protein in the urine place a person at risk for kidney injury, according to a new study. The results suggest that...
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Researchers study benefits of white button mushrooms
Scientists have conducted an animal-model and cell-culture study showing that white button mushrooms enhanced the activity of critical cells in the body's immune system.
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New pathway to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases
Researchers have uncovered new clues about the cause of brain cell death in neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases.
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Protein complex reveals molecular mechanism of innate immune response
A team of researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center and the Institute of Cancer Research has uncovered details of a protein complex governing innate...
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Women in their 40s have lower mammographic tumor detectability, study finds
The reduced effectiveness of mammographic screening in women in their 40s is primarily due to lower detectability instead of faster tumor growth rate, according to...
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Reform of primary care could reduce diagnostic errors
Errors in diagnosis place a heavy financial burden on an already costly health-care system, and can be devastating for affected patients. Strengthening certain aspects of...
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Effective inducing systems of hepatic differentiation from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent non-hematopoietic cells capable of differentiating into hepatocytes. Valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase inhibitor, has recently exhibited profound therapeutic...
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate pancreatic cancer
In an effort to develop new therapies for pancreatic cancer, models of this disease must be created and characterized. A recent study from United States...
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New biodegradable compound facilitates bone regeneration in cases of substantial loss
Bones have a capacity to regenerate themselves after suffering partial damage. However, it is really quite another thing when a serious break or tumor lesion...
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Transforaminal steroid injection for lumbar radicular pain proves superior to placebo
Transforaminal injection of steroids was determined to be a viable alternative to surgery for lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation, a new study shows....
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New approach to Alzheimer’s therapy
Researchers have shown that the ADAM10 protein can inhibit the formation of beta-amyloid, which is responsible for Alzheimer's disease. ADAM10 acts like a pair of...
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Vanishing bile duct syndrome secondary to anti-retroviral therapy in HIV
Vanishing bile duct syndrome (VBDS) is an important cause of jaundice, and results from destruction of bile ducts in the liver. However, this syndrome is...
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A potential chemotherapeutic drug to treat hepatocellular carcinoma
A research team from China investigated the effect of galangin on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. They found that galangin mediates apoptosis through a mitochondrial pathway,...
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Secret of AA: After 75 Years, We Don't Know How It Works
Despite all that contemporary medicine knows about psychology, neurology and human behavior, it has yet to devise anything that works better than Alcoholics Anonymous to...
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Sergey Brin's Search for a Parkinson's Cure
Google's cofounder has a 50 percent chance of developing Parkinson's. It's coded in his DNA. So he's pushing for a new kind of science to...
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EPA Reverses Controversial 'Human Guinea Pig' Rule
Reversing a 2006 decision, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will no longer accept toxicity studies that use human subjects to test the effects...
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Robotic Pancreas: One Man's Quest to Put Diabetics on Autopilot
When Jeff Brewer, co-founder of two early internet juggernauts, learned his son had diabetes, he became advocate-in-chief for bringing to market a fully automated, self-regulating...
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Designers Want to Improve Your Health With These Strange Objects
Everyone's got a fix for the American health care system, but a group of design students are imagining and building some out-of-the-ordinary objects for making...
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What Cuba Can Teach Us About Health Care
With relations between Cuba and the United States improving, Stanford University physician Paul Drain says it's time for us to pay attention to our neighbor's...
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1889 Pandemic Didn't Need Planes to Circle Globe in 4 Months
Without planes or automobiles, people traveling on steam-powered transport spread the flu across the globe in just four months, according to a comprehensive new look...
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Diagnosing Parasite Infections With Dye and a Blacklight
Scientists devise a diagnostic test for parasitic infections that requires just dye and a blacklight. The technique could bring cheap diagnosis to hard-hit areas where...
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Research Reveals Early Signs of Autism in Some Kids
What if you could reliably diagnose autism at age 14 months? Findings in a new study could lead to better outcomes for autistic kids because...
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Big Earthquakes Cause Premature Births
Large earthquakes can shorten pregnant women's gestation period by small but significant amounts, a new study finds.
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Dispersants making spill more toxic?
Amid growing concern about the use of dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico, a group of scientists working for law firms suing BP says their...
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Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer
Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea to regenerate tissue...
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'Fat free' for real? 5 food labels demystified
Advertising that uses words like "sugar free" or "fat free" doesn't necessarily mean that a product is 100 percent healthy. Some national supermarket chains are...
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NY reps. spar in House over 9/11 responder bill
The House's rejection of bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust has opened...
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Mo. ballot measures tests federal health care law
More than 1 million people are expected to participate in what amounts to the largest-ever public opinion poll on the nation's new health care law.
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Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on...
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Health insurer 2Q profits rise as flu threat fades
Last fall's swine flu scare has helped health insurer profits in this year's second quarter by preventing expensive medical claims and creating healthy amounts of...
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DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and...
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Flooded Dominican towns fight disease outbreaks
Officials in the Dominican Republic are warning people living near low-lying areas flooded by recent rainstorms to be on alert for two diseases that have...
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Colorado commotion could dim GOP hopes
If Republicans wake up on November 3rd to find their majority-making hopes dashed, they may be looking at a state like Colorado for evidence of...
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New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans
Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm...
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Tests aim to settle if fresher blood works better
Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people...
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Japanese women extend life expectancy to new high
Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday.
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Discouraged, progressives look beyond Obama
LAS VEGAS - Progressives helped elect President Barack Obama, but some of those who gathered in Las Vegas for the annual Netroots Nation convention over...
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A real nightmare: Bed bugs biting all over U.S.
Forget about fictional, glitter-skinned teen vampires. You're far more likely to have your blood sucked by bed bugs.
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Full face transplant Spaniard displays new look
A Spanish man who underwent the world's first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his...
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US drops fraud case against wanted Filipino doctor
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a doctor from the Philippines who went into hiding after being accused of scamming a military health program out...
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Medical device problems hurt 70,000+ kids annually
More than 70,000 children and teens go to the emergency room each year for injuries and complications from medical devices, and contact lenses are the...
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FDA approves larger dose of Pfizer's Aricept
Drugmakers Eisai Inc. and Pfizer Inc. said on Saturday that government regulators have given them permission to make a larger dose of its Alzheimer's disease...
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Duke scientist's cancer research is questioned
Concerns are being raised about the validity of research done by a Duke University cancer scientist who recently was placed on leave while the school...
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FDA panel wants more restrictions on painkillers
Federal health advisers said Friday a government proposal to curb misuse of powerful painkillers does not go far enough to fix a problem linked to...
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Health insurers win concession on kids' coverage
The health insurance industry has won a concession from the Obama administration on insurance coverage for children.
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Feds move to improve health insurance appeals
The Obama administration took the first step Thursday to guarantee that consumers can appeal to a neutral referee if their health insurance company denies a...
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CDC: 15 US deaths tied to rare tropical fungus
A fungus usually found in the tropics has taken root in the Pacific Northwest and has been blamed in the deaths of 15 people over...
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When 'till death do us part' has added meaning
Time: Shelly Sundstrom knew she didn't have much of it. Days, hours, minutes were slipping away -- but Sundstrom knew what she wanted to do.
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