News tagged with pathophysiological mechanisms

Novel biomarkers in heart failure

Several new biomarkers have been recently described in Heart Failure (HF) syndrome either in stable chronic patients as in the settings of acute decompensation. Biomarkers are used to diagnose disease risk, to predict outcome ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Researchers find extensive RNA editing in human transcriptome

In a new study published online in Nature Biotechnology, researchers from BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, reported the evidence of extensive RNA editing in a human cell line by analysis of RNA-seq data, demons ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple injection could limit damage from heart attacks and stroke

(PhysOrg.com) -- This weeks Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) will publish a fascinating new milestone achievement in the search for novel clinical therapies to significantly reduce the lo ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Novel association between Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer

University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have found compelling evidence that Parkinson's disease is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer and melanoma, and that this increased cancer risk also extends ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic alteration may represent early stage of smoking-induced cardiovascular damage

A new study uncovers a previously unrecognized link between tobacco smoking and a gene known to influence the cardiovascular system, possibly identifying an early stage of smoking-associated cardiovascular pathology. The ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find novel role for calcium channels in pacemaker cell function

Pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node control heart rate, but what controls the ticking of these pacemaker cells? New research by Angelo Torrente and his colleagues of the M.E. Mangoni group's, reveals, for the first time, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Effects of alcohol on risk factors for cardiovascular disease

A summary paper on the effects of alcohol consumption on biologic mechanisms associated with coronary heart disease provides an excellent review of a large number of intervention studies in humans. Appropriate analyses were ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young rats given polyphenols show less endothelial function deterioration with aging

The endothelium is the inner lining of our blood vessels and normal functions of endothelial cells include enabling coagulation, platelet adhesion and immune function. Endothelial dysfunction is associated with reduced anticoagulant ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New insight into dementia pathophysiology

New research unravels a key molecular pathway underlying a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a devastating type of dementia. The study, published by Cell Press in the November 18 issue of the journal Neuron, sheds light ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What happens after traumatic brain injury occurs?

Results from a study published in the November issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) show that powerful imaging techniques––positron emission tomography (PET) fused with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)& ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts advocate realigning type 2 diabetes treatments with disease's natural history

A new consensus statement published in the September, 2010, issue of The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) finds that the increasing recognition that beta-cell failure occurs much e ...

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created Oct 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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