Although the molecular events that trigger neuronal death in each of these neurodegenerative diseases is distinct, the downstream apoptotic process through…
The findings help to better explain some of the damage these medications can do, and set the stage for new ways to study and offset those impacts.
Radiation therapy for cancer therapy usually lasts for several weeks. During this time, the situation of the patient changes often: bodyweight decreases,…
The findings, which appear in Environmental Health Perspectives, found that mercury – even at low levels generally considered safe – was associated with…
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer, followed by environmental and occupational exposure to pollutants.
For patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D), the burden of constantly monitoring their blood sugar and judging when and how much insulin to self-inject, is bad…
The study, published online February 5, 2015, in the journal Nature Communications, is the first to describe a high-throughput screening drug-discovery…
A similar drug might be able to tame some brain cancers, new research from Columbia University Medical Center has shown. A team led by Antonio Iavarone, MD,…
Don't go chomping on a handful of chili peppers just yet, but there may be help for hopeful dieters in those fiery little Native American fruits.
When the mucosal surfaces in the lungs of healthy people come into contact with allergenic substances, so-called regulatory T cells also known as Treg cells,…
Strokes, heart attacks and traumatic brain injuries are separate diseases with certain shared pathologies that achieve a common end – cell death and human…
When we think of how we fight disease, the image of cells in our immune system fending off microbial invaders often comes to mind. Another strategy our bodies…
Forget the five-million plus commuters and untold number of rats – many of the living things crowded into the New York City subway system are too small to see….
A fluorescent probe may make it easier to diagnose and monitor osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease affecting nearly 27 million Americans. The disease is…
Some laboratory studies and a number of observational studies suggest that metformin may prevent cancer, but the data from human studies, however, are…
“We have known for a long time that nutrition can affect the course of infectious disease, but we were surprised at how rapidly a mild reduction in food intake…
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