News tagged with beta
Protein inhibitor helps rid brain of toxic tau protein
Inhibiting the protein Hsp70 rapidly reduces brain levels of tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease when it builds up abnormally inside nerve cells affecting memory, neuroscientists at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 29, 2009 |
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New IBM Lotus Connections Software Brings Consumer Social Networking Features to the Office
IBM today announced an expanded set of social software tools and capabilities for enterprise collaboration that brings popular features like micro-blogging from the home into the business environment.
Sep 22, 2009 |
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Figuring out the heads or tails decision in regeneration
Amputations trigger a molecular response that determines if a head or tail will be regrown in planaria, a flatworm commonly studied for its regenerative capabilities. Until now, no molecular connection between wounding and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Team reveals molecular mechanism underlying a form of diabetes
By investigating a rare and severe form of diabetes in children, University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new molecular mechanism that regulates specialized pancreatic cells and insulin secretion. The mechanism involves ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Scientists begin to untangle root cause of Alzheimer's disease
In a research report published online in the FASEB Journal, an international team of scientists describe how the N60 fragment of the RanBP9 protein increases the production of the amyloid beta protein, which is present in ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Beta-blockers and stroke -- new insights into their use for older people
A University of Leicester-led study may have uncovered the reason why Beta-blockers are less effective at preventing stroke in older people with high blood pressure, when compared to other drugs for high blood pressure.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Study finds molecular link between insulin resistance and inflammation
An exploration of the molecular links between insulin resistance and inflammation may have revealed a novel target for diabetes treatment, say scientists at the John G. Rangos Sr. Research Center, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Doctor-pharmacist partnership reduces hospitalization for heart failure
Thinking "outside the medicine cabinet" is paying off in Australia, where a doctor-pharmacist partnership is reducing hospitalizations for heart failure — one of the most expensive conditions to treat — researchers report ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Antioxidants not associated with increased melanoma risk
Antioxidant supplements do not appear to be associated with an increased risk of melanoma, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Dermatology.
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Oxygen treatment hastens memory loss in Alzheimer's mice
A 65-year-old women goes into the hospital for routine hip surgery. Six months later, she develops memory loss and is later diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Just a coincidence? Researchers at the University of South ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Physicians bust myths about insulin
People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes often resist taking insulin because they fear gaining weight, developing low blood sugar and seeing their quality of life decline.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Noninsulin-producing alpha cells in the pancreas can be converted to insulin-producing beta cells
In findings that add to the prospects of regenerating insulin-producing cells in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers in Europe -- co-funded by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation -- have shown that insulin-producing ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 06, 2009 |
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More insulin-producing cells, at the flip of a 'switch'
Researchers have found a way in mice to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells that are lost in those with type I diabetes. The secret ingredient is a single transcription factor, ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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MRI may help physicians diagnose, stage and treat diabetes
Noninvasive imaging (MRI) may aid physicians in the early diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA. This is the ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Heart disease patients with previous blockages more likely to die
Heart disease patients with previous atherosclerosis (fat deposits in the walls of the arteries) are more likely to die in the hospital and less likely to be treated with recommended therapies, researchers report in Circulation: Jo ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 03, 2009 |
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