News tagged with heart disease

Speeding up drug discovery with rapid 3-D mapping of proteins

A new method for rapidly solving the three-dimensional structures of a special group of proteins, known as integral membrane proteins, may speed drug discovery by providing scientists with precise targets ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pivotal role for proteins -- from helping turn carbs into energy to causing devastating disease

Research into how carbohydrates are converted into energy has led to a surprising discovery with implications for the treatment of a perplexing and potentially fatal neuromuscular disorder and possibly even cancer and heart ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists solve a mystery of bacterial growth and resistance

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have unraveled a complex chemical pathway that enables bacteria to form clusters called biofilms. Such improved understanding might eventually aid the development ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find new evidence on how cholesterol gets moved from HDLs to LDLs

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesterol from "good" high ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Discovery of 'bioelectric' arteries opens path to heart disease treatment

Bionic eyes and limbs made television's six million dollar man an icon, but new research suggests our existing biological structure already exhibits a valuable electrical property. Scientists have found that ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify major source of cells' defense against oxidative stress

Both radiation and many forms of chemotherapy try to kill tumors by causing oxidative stress in cancer cells. New research from USC on a protein that protects cancer and other cells from these stresses could one day help ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New study makes key finding in stem cell self-renewal

A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Testosterone low, but responsive to competition, in Amazonian tribe

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a rough life for the Tsimane, an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia. They make a living by hunting and foraging in forests, fishing in streams and clearing land by hand to grow crops. ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Newly identified oral bacterium linked to heart disease and meningitis

A novel bacterium, thought to be a common inhabitant of the oral cavity, has the potential to cause serious disease if it enters the bloodstream, according to a study in the International Journal of Systematic an ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Orangutans sit still for heart ultrasound at zoo

(AP) -- The 9-year-old patient sits still, munching on popcorn and sipping grape juice while he gets an ultrasound of his heart.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heart disease

Heart disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. As of 2007, it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, killing one person every 34 seconds in the United States alone.

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