New insights into insulin resistance could lead to better drugs for diabetics
Research published in the October Molecular and Cellular Biology moves us closer to developing drugs that could mitigate diabetes.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 21, 2011
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News tagged with heart disease
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Achilles heel: Popular drug-carrying nanoparticles get trapped in bloodstream
Many medically minded researchers are in hot pursuit of designs that will allow drug-carrying nanoparticles to navigate tissues and the interiors of cells, but University of Michigan engineers have discovered that these particles ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 5, 2013
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100 reasons to change the way we think about genetics
For years, genes have been considered the one and only way biological traits could be passed down through generations of organisms. Not anymore.
Cell & Microbiology
May 18, 2009
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First successful ablation of a cardiac arrhythmia in a horse
The Equine Cardioteam, led by Prof Gunther van Loon, has treated a Norwegian showjumper stallion with a cardiac arrhythmia by ablation. The horse had been successfully treated by electroshock therapy several times but showed ...
Other
Apr 30, 2018
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Researchers reveal new strategy to prevent blood clots without increasing the risk of bleeding
A nanoparticle therapy developed by investigators at University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University targets overactive neutrophils, a specific kind of white blood cell, to prevent almost all types of blood ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 30, 2022
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Nanoparticles can turn off genes in bone marrow cells
Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells. These particles could be tailored to help ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 5, 2020
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Reducing the salt in bread without losing saltiness, thanks to a texture trick
Want to make bread taste pleasantly salty without adding more salt? Change the bread's texture so it is less dense, say scientists. They report in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry that simply making the pores, ...
Other
Nov 20, 2013
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Flipping the 'off' switch on cell growth
A protein known for turning on genes to help cells survive low-oxygen conditions also slows down the copying of new DNA strands, thus shutting down the growth of new cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report. Their discovery ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2013
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Research may unlock enzyme's role in disease
A UT Arlington chemist doing National Science Foundation-funded research on enzymes that regulate human biology has uncovered characteristics that could be used to identify predisposition to conditions such as heart disease, ...
Biochemistry
Jan 3, 2014
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Heart attack on a chip: Scientists model conditions of ischemia on a microfluidic device
Researchers led by biomedical engineers at Tufts University invented a microfluidic chip containing cardiac cells that is capable of mimicking hypoxic conditions following a heart attack—specifically when an artery is blocked ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 30, 2020
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