(Howard Hughes Medical Institute) Rajesh Gokhale has created a compound in his lab in India that stops tuberculosis by hitting four of the bacterium’s crucial metabolic pathways at the same time, weakening and ultimately destroying the pathogen. While his compound is not ready for use in humans, Gokhale said it is a step toward a [...]
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(Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) Researchers have uncovered a vast new class of previously unrecognized mammalian genes that do not encode proteins, but instead function as long RNA molecules, and seem to play critical roles in both health and disease, including cancer, immune signaling and stem cell biology.
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(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson’s disease has been discovered by a research team. They found a genetic interaction between two Parkinson’s disease genes (alpha-synuclein and PARK9) and determined that the PARK9 protein can protect cells from manganese poisoning, which is an environmental risk factor for [...]
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Medical News Today is pleased to announce the launch of a new Ovarian Cancer channel. The section will include news on cancer of the ovary; symptoms and causes, research, treatments and information on living with ovarian cancer.
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(Stanford University Medical Center) Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein critical for the growth of pancreatic cancer.
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(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal Sleep was the first to use twin data to examine the longitudinal link between sleep problems and depression. Results of this study demonstrate that sleep problems predict later depression; the converse association was not found. These findings are consistent with [...]
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(American Gastroenterological Association) The administration of infliximab after intestinal resective surgery was found to be effective at preventing endoscopic and histological recurrence of Crohn’s disease. To date, there have been no randomized controlled trials evaluating infliximab for postoperative Crohn’s disease prevention.
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(American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery) A simple test to swallow three ounces of water can help determine whether a child has the swallowing disorder oropharyngeal dysphagia, establishing for the first time a way to screen for the ailment in children, according to new research published in the February 2009 issue of [...]
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(Elsevier Health Sciences) A special supplement to the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association presents findings from the recently released Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III), conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., as well as research from other studies using SNDA-III data. Sponsored by the Food and Nutrition Service [...]
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(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP shows that sleep duration is associated with changes in the levels of specific cytokines that are important in regulating inflammation. The results suggest that inflammation may be the pathway linking extreme sleep durations to an increased risk for [...]
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