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Drug breakthrough in fight against African sleeping sickness
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Scientists have made a major breakthrough in identifying new treatments for a fatal disease which infects tens of thousands of Africans each year. Their findings describe a new approach to tackling the fatal parasitic disease human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), commonly known as sleeping sickness due to disturbance of the sleep cycle caused by parasites infecting the brain.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Chymase inhibitors could enhance treatment for damaged hearts, study suggests
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Millions of patients with high blood pressure and heart failure take a class of drugs known as ACE (angiotensin-converting enzyme) inhibitors. These drugs prevent the body from processing angiotensin II, a hormone that constricts blood vessels. Scientists have shown that another enzyme present in the heart called chymase is also capable of processing angiotensin II. Adding drugs that interfere with chymase to ACE inhibitors significantly boosted recovery of heart function in animals after heart ” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Personalizing medicine to prevent pandemics
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “What makes some viral infections fatal and others much less severe is largely a mystery. It is thought that a part of the variability can be attributed to differences in how individuals respond to infection. Researchers now describe how computer modeling could be a powerful tool to allow treatments to be tailored to individuals. This approach could ultimately prevent future pandemics.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Pacemaker in stomach helps against vomiting
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “People with severe stomach disorders can sometimes suffer from chronic vomiting. This symptom can be treated with electrical impulses from a pacemaker in the stomach. A new method enables patients who could benefit from this treatment to be identified, and electrical stimulation leads to reduced nausea and fewer days in hospital, shows a study from Sweden.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Radon in residential buildings: A risk factor for lung cancer
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “About 1900 deaths from lung cancer per year in Germany are due to radon within residential buildings, according to new research.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Adapting to change? Remember the good, forget the bad!
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “It's not easy being a bacterium and constantly having to adapt to whatever your environment throws at you. Bacteria rely on their "memories" to fine-tune their ability to sense food and danger.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Impaired brain connections traced to schizophrenia mutation; Like patients, engineered mice falter at working memory tasks
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “The strongest known recurrent genetic cause of schizophrenia impairs communications between the brain's decision-making and memory hubs, resulting in working memory deficits, a study in mice has found. The new animal model shows how genetics affects brain circuitry, at the level of single neurons, to produce a core feature of the disorder.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Unequal leg length tied to osteoarthritis, study finds
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “A new study shows that arthritis in the knee is linked to the common trait of having one leg that is longer than the other. Whether or not leg length differential is a direct cause of osteoarthritis is not clear, but the findings may allow people to take preventive measures before the onset of the chronic and painful condition.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Unequal leg length tied to osteoarthritis, study finds: A new study shows that arthritis in the knee is linked to ... http://bit.ly/cS4CyY
Will genetics ever have the promised impact on medical practice?
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Since the discovery of gene sequencing in the late 1970s, it was predicted that genetics would revolutionize medicine and provide answers to the causes of many of our common killers. But has genetic research delivered its promise?” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Why the Earth's surface was not one big lump of ice four billion years ago when sun radiation was much weaker than today
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “Scientists have solved one of the great mysteries of our geological past: Why the Earth's surface was not one big lump of ice four billion years ago when sun radiation was much weaker than today. Scientists have presumed that the Earth's atmosphere back then consisted of 30 percent CO2 trapping heat like a greenhouse. However, new research shows that the reason for Earth not going into a deep freeze at the time was quite different.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Common copy number variations unlikely to contribute significantly toward common diseases
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “A study of the genetics of common diseases including diabetes, heart disease and bipolar disorder has found that commonly occurring copy number variations -- duplicated or missing chunks of DNA in our genome -- are unlikely to play a major role in such diseases.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Songbird genome sings of the communicating brain
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “The Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, weighs less than half an ounce, mates for life and, unlike most vocalizing animals, learns its songs from its elders. A new analysis of its genome, the first of a songbird, is providing tantalizing clues to the mechanisms and evolution of vocal communication.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Songbird genome sings of the communicating brain: The Australian zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata, weighs less tha... http://bit.ly/dspziG
Songbird's genome to provide clues on language learning -- and relearning
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “The genome of the Australian zebra finch sets a framework that could provide insights into how humans learn language and new ways of studying speech disorders.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Words easily trigger painful memories
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “"Watch out, it'll hurt for a second." Not only children but also many adults get uneasy when they hear those words from their doctor. And, as soon as the needle touches their skin the piercing pain can be felt very clearly. "After such an experience it is enough to simply imagine a needle at the next vaccination appointment to activate our pain memory," say researchers.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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Dinosaur skull changed shape during growth
feeds.sciencedaily.com — “The skull of a juvenile sauropod dinosaur, rediscovered in museum collections, illustrates that some sauropod species went through drastic changes in skull shape during normal growth.” View full resource at feeds.sciencedaily.com
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