The study find that the inherited bleeding disorder of hemophilia, and 418,000 of those have a severe version of the mostly undiagnosed disease, says a new study led by McMaster University researchers. This is three times what is previously know. Only 400,000 people globally are estimated to have the disorder which is cause by a…
Tel Aviv University and Sheba Medical Center researchers say they have discover why more than half of patients with metastatic melanoma do not respond to immunotherapy cancer treatments. Wielding proteomics, an innovative “protein mapping” approach, a team of researchers led by Prof. Tami Geiger, Prof. Gal Markel, and Dr. Michal Harel of TAU’s Sackler School…
As microtubules are protein polymers; that assemble into dynamic structures; essential for cell division, shape, motility, and transport of intracellular cargos. Proteins that regulate microtubule function and activity have been implicated in disorders ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to cancer. By learning how microtubules work, scientists hope to find new ways to treat these diseases. The plus and…
Medical Research (WIMR) have discovered how fatty liver disease develops in lean people, aiding the development of potential treatments for these patients. Fatty liver disease a condition characterised by a build-up of fat in the liver affects a quarter of the world’s population. Although it commonly develops in overweight and obese people, many individuals with a…
The study find that the five scientists have won prestigious medical awards for creating an innovative breast cancer treatment and discovering key players of the disease-fighting immune system. They will share two $250,000 awards from the Lasker Foundation’ to be present later this month in New York; the foundation announced Tuesday. One prize honors the…
Researchers developing an new tools for editing genetic code offer; hope for new treatments for inherited diseases, some cancers, and even stubborn viral infections. But the typical method for delivering gene therapies; to specific tissues in the body can be complicating and may cause troubling side effects. So study addressing many of those problems by…
How is the retina formed? And how do neurons differentiate to become individual components of the visual system? By focusing on the early stages of this complex process, researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE); Switzerland, in collaboration with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), have identified the genetic programs governing the birth of…
Stress is considered an important risk factor for the physical and psychological health of pregnant women. Hence, it is very important to study those protective factors that attenuate the negative effects of stress, such as resilience. The objective of this study was to verify the role of resilience as a stress-reducing factor during pregnancy. Resilience…
Theprimary care physicians across the United States suggest that these primary care providers lack sufficient knowledge, clinical support tools and time to effectively identify and manage patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study, published Aug. 22 in PloS ONE, suggests that much work is needed in order for HHS to achieve its goal. By…
Vitamin D an essential for healthy bones and calcium in the body, is prepared by the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. A daily exposure of around 10 to 15 days; considered to be adequate for fulfilling the needs of vitamin D in the body. This may hold true during the summers for…
No study has yet assessed the effect of medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy (MOWHTO); on the patellofemoral joint according to postoperative alignment. According to recently published results, medial open-wedge high tibial osteotomy adversely affected; the patellofemoral joint. Overcorrection causing excessive valgus alignment led to further progression of degenerative changes in the patellofemoral joints; and inferior…
Sports; Scientists at Trinity College Dublin today announced a significant advance in our understanding of mild head trauma (concussive brain injury) and how it may be manage and treat in the future. It seems that repetitive impacts as oppose to single events cause the all important damage to blood vessels in the brain. Mild head trauma…