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‘Beeglue’ may help deliver new treatments for fatal infections
Bees could have a key role to play in urgently-needed new treatments to fight the virulent MRSA bug, according to research led at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. The scientists found that a substance...
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Transposons create genomic instability and are implicated in cancer and other diseases
Transposons, or "jumping genes," make up roughly half of the human genome. Geneticists previously estimated that they replicate and insert themselves into new locations roughly one in every 20 live births. New results, published in the...
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CXCL12/CXCR4 chemokine axis plays a critical role in pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by frequent diarrheal attacks and anal bleeding. Histologic characteristics of UC are the invasion of the crypt epithelium and lamina propria by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), disruption of the epithelial lining, and...
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Cyclosporine treatment develops higher de novo cancer risk in liver transplant patients: Researchers
Researchers at Erasmus MC University Medical Centre in The Netherlands found that cyclosporine treatment is a significant risk factor for the development of de novo cancer in liver transplant patients. Full details appear in the July issue of...
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New research suggests resveratrol may inhibit pathogenic blood vessel formation
Current research suggests that resveratrol, a naturally occurring compound found in red wine, grapes, blueberries, peanuts, and other plants, inhibits pathogenic new blood vessel growth. The related report by Khan et al, "Resveratrol regulates pathologic angiogenesis by a...
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Cardio-respiratory aerobic exercise reduces joint pain in RA patients
Researchers from the University of Grenoble Medical School in France determined that cardio-respiratory aerobic exercise is safe for patients with stable rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The team found that RA patients who exercised regularly had improved function, less joint...
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Researchers find why patients with XPV are more susceptible to skin cancer
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found why patients with a variant form of xeroderma pigmentosum (XPV), an inherited genetic disorder characterized by extreme sensitivity to the sun, are more susceptible to skin cancers than the...
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