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UNSOLVED MYSTERIES: SEQUENCING TO SOLVE NEUROLOGIC DISEASE WITH STRUCTURAL REARRANGEMENTS
Kristen Sund Please join us in congratulating Kristen Sund from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for winning our 2018...
PEOPLE WITH RARE DISEASES GET 'UNEQUAL TREATMENT' FROM 'INFLEXIBLE' NHS DRUG REGULATOR, WARNS REPORT
A study by MAP BioPharma found only 13 per cent of rare disease medicines made it through The National Institute for Health and Care...
WHY WE NEED INNOVATION IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Two of our most beloved breakfast beverages - coffee and orange juice - are under serious threat from disease, insects and climate...
CERVICAL CANCER WILL BE 'ELIMINATED BY 2100' THANKS TO LIFE-SAVING HPV VACCINE AND IMPROVED TESTING
Researchers from the Cancer Council New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, made the prediction - which could see 1,000 British women...
PLANTS CAN SKIP THE MIDDLEMEN TO DIRECTLY RECOGNIZE DISEASE-CAUSING FUNGI
Scientists have revealed that direct physical associations between plant immune proteins and fungal molecules are widespread during...
DOES CHRONIC ANXIETY LEAD TO ALZHEIMER'S? NEW STUDY LINKS NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS WITH THE DISEASE
In a study of data gathered on 270 cognitively normal older adults between the ages of 62 and 90, called the Harvard Brain Aging Study,...
WALNUTS, ALMONDS HELP HEARTS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES
Eating five or more weekly servings of nuts also appears to lower the risk of premature death from heart disease or any other cause...
EATING A HIGH-FAT DIET IN YOUR 20S AND 30S MAKES YOU LIKELY TO GET HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES LATER
According to researchers at Qingdao University, China, fatty foods cause a reduction and mutation of good bacteria in the gut, which...
IMBALANCES IN GUT MICROBIOME STRONGLY LINKED TO LUPUS
The disease systemic lupus erythematosus marked by the attack on joints, skin, and kidneys by the body's immune system is linked to...
FDA WARNS RISKY PLASMA INFUSIONS FROM YOUNG DONORS WON'T PREVENT AGING
The FDA has issued a report warning the public against receiving blood plasma infusions from young donors under the assumption that...
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE FOUND IN DEER IN 24 STATES
There is no evidence the disease can spread to people, the CDC said, but hunters should be careful around potentially infected animals.
COMMON ACID REFLUX MEDICATIONS LINKED TO INCREASED KIDNEY DISEASE RISK
PUTTING THE BRAKES ON AGING
LA JOLLA-Aging is a leading risk factor for a number of debilitating conditions, including heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer's disease,...
CUT OUT AN HOUR OF SITTING EVERY DAY TO SLASH YOUR HEART DISEASE RISK BY 25%, STUDY SAYS
A new study from UC San Diego found that women who sat for uninterrupted long periods of time had a 52% higher risk than those who...
HEAD POSITION DURING SLEEP HAS POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE
CARLSBAD, Calif.--Head Position During Sleep Linked to Neurodegenerative Disease - Advanced Brain Monitoring, Inc....
RIFAMYCIN SV EXHIBITS STRONG ANTI-INFLAMMATORY IN VITRO ACTIVITY THROUGH PREGNANE X RECEPTOR STIMULATION AND NFKB INHIBITION
ABSTRACTRifamycin SV , is a member of the ansamycin family of antimicrobial compounds which kills bacteria commonly associated with...
ANIMAL VENOMS ARE SOURCES IN THE SEARCH FOR NEW MEDICINES
A new study of natural toxins and their derivatives may help in the development of medicines to treat diseases like cancer and osteoarthritis.
DISRUPTION OF GENE SPL35, ENCODING A NOVEL CUE DOMAIN‐CONTAINING PROTEIN, LEADS TO CELL DEATH AND ENHANCED DISEASE RESPONSE IN RICE
Summary Lesion mimic mutants that exhibit spontaneous hypersensitive response ‐like necrotic lesions are ideal experimental systems...
LEE RADZIWILL, SOCIALITE AND SISTER OF JACKIE KENNEDY, DEAD AT 85
The younger sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, had suffered from age-related disease in recent years, but was still in good health.
STEALTH BIO'S IPO RAISES $78M FOR CLINICAL TESTS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DRUGS
Stealth BioTherapeutics has popped up on the radar with a $78 million IPO to fund clinical trials for drugs treating rare mitochondrial...