News tagged with failure model
Researchers study potential effects of geoengineering on global food supply
Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas have been increasing over the past decades, causing the Earth to get hotter and hotter. There are concerns that a continuation of these trends could have catastrophic ...
Jan 22, 2012 |
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Study of stem cell diseases advanced by new technique
A rare genetic disease called dyskeratosis congenita, caused by the rapid shortening of telomeres (protective caps on the ends of chromosomes), can be mimicked through the study of undifferentiated induced pluripotent stem ...
May 23, 2011 |
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Structural defects precede functional decline in heart muscle
The disruption of a structural component in heart muscle cells, which is associated with heart failure, appears to occur even before heart function starts to decline, according to a new study by researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Aug 30, 2010 |
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Important clue to understanding the pathogenesis of ciliary disorders
A research team led by Dr. Heiko Lickert of Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen has pinpointed a gene that is essential for the physiologically correct disassembly of cilia. Errors in the regulation of cilia assembly are implicated ...
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Jul 22, 2010 |
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Specific blood-derived cells promote survival in heart attack model
A research team from McGill University (Canada) report a beneficial effect on cardiac function in mouse models when implanted monocytes - a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system - helped preserve cardiac ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Flies offer insight into human metabolic disease
Galactosemia is a metabolic disease resulting from an inherited defect that prevents the proper metabolism of galactose, a sugar commonly found in dairy products, like milk. Exposure of affected people to galactose, can damage ...
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Jun 01, 2010 |
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Compound Shows Promise Against Intractable Heart Failure
(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical compound found normally in the blood has shown promise in treating and preventing an intractable form of heart failure in a mouse model of the disease, report researchers at the University of Illinois ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Beyond liver transplants: Acutely damaged livers may be repaired via transplanted hepatocytes
A research team from the National Taiwan University Hospital has evaluated the efficiency of transplanted hepatocyte (liver) cells in animal models severely damaged by two kinds of chemical toxicity to see whether and how ...
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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Acetaminophen protects kidneys after muscle injury
Severe muscle injuries -- such as crush injuries suffered in earthquakes, car accidents and explosions, and muscle damage from excessive exercise or statin drug interactions - can cause life-threatening kidney damage. Treatment ...
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Feb 01, 2010 |
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Research points to potential treatment for kidney disease
Research performed at UC Santa Barbara points to the drug rapamycin as a potential treatment for kidney disease. The study builds on past research and shows that studies performed on mice are more likely to ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all
It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Study: Evolutionary past may determine how we choose leaders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why did Barack Obama win the US election and did the fact he is over six feet tall influence the voters? The authors of a paper published in Current Biology this month argue that due to 'a ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2009 |
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Mice regain ability to extend telomeres suggesting potential for dyskeratosis congenita therapy
The human genetic disease dyskeratosis congenita (DKC) is an autosomal dominant disease that leads to abnormalities in tissues with a rapid cell turnover - the skin, nails, bone marrow, lungs and gut. Patients with DKC experience ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2009 |
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New mathematical model more accurately diagnoses acute heart failure in emergency rooms
Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have developed the first mathematical model in cardiology and emergency medicine to more quickly and reliably diagnose acute heart failure (AHF) in emergency room patients. Research findings ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Banking on outlier detection: Simple computer model could act as early warning system for failing banks
Recent bank failures point to the continuing need for vigilance by regulators and investors. Now, a report in the International Journal of Operational Research, discusses the possibility of an early-warning system that s ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 07, 2009 |
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