Approximately a year ago, the leading journal Science published an article about bexarotene as a potential Alzheimer’s drug. A significant breakthrough and an important starting point for further Alzheimer’s research.
The research group of Bart De Strooper*– Alzheimer’s researcher at VIB and...
Research on promising new therapies and data on the relative benefits of established treatments for genitourinary cancers were released, in advance of the fourth annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, being held February 14-16, 2013, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, FL...
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A study in The Journal of General Physiology examines the consequences of muscle activity with surprising results, indicating that the extracellular accumulation of potassium that occurs in working muscles is considerably higher than previously thought. Muscle excitation involves the influx of...
Neuroscientists from New York University and the University of California, Irvine have isolated the "when" and "where" of molecular activity that occurs in the formation of short-, intermediate-, and long-term memories. Their findings, which appear in the journal the Proceedings of the National...
When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. Now the fruit flies, widely used for genetics research, are returning to Africa and establishing new populations alongside flies that never left - offering new...
“In a room sit three great men, a king, a priest, and a rich man with his gold. Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. Each of the great ones bids him slay the other two. ‘Do it,’ says the king, ‘for I am your lawful ruler.’ ‘Do it,’ says the priest...
Muscles have a pool of stem cells which provides a source for muscle growth and for regeneration of injured muscles. The stem cells must reside in special niches of the muscle for efficient growth and repair. The developmental biologists Dr. Dominique Bröhl and Prof. Carmen Birchmeier of the...
The latest research builds on ground-breaking new knowledge on a special 'family' of natural trans fats that are produced by ruminant animals such as dairy and beef cattle, goats and sheep, and found in the milk and meat from these animals. The findings strengthen the evidence that, unlike...
A research team led by the University of Melbourne has developed a novel technique that tracks diseased proteins behaving badly by forming clusters in brain diseases such as Huntington's and Alzheimer's. The technique published in Nature Methods is the first of its kind to rapidly identify and...
How do genes control us? This fundamental question of life still remains elusive despite decades of research. Genes are blueprints for proteins, but it is the proteins that actually carry out vital functions in the body for maintaining life. Diseases such as cancer are not only characterized by...
R.I.P Severus Snape.
"He was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."
—Harry Potter tells his son about Severus Snape
Despite his cold personality, I've always admired his unconditional love for Lily. His unrequited love tells a sad story; how he made a mistake that broke...
The development of vascular dementia, the most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's dementia, may soon be able to be diagnosed before the first appearance of cognitive symptoms, and could be stopped or at least slowed down by targeted preventative measures. This has been demonstrated by...
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) announced that the Company will present data for its FDA-approved diabetes drugs, BYETTA® (exenatide) injection and SYMLIN® (pramlintide acetate) injection, and its investigational diabetes drug candidate BYDUREON™ (exenatide extended-release for...
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMLN) announced that the Company will present data for its FDA-approved diabetes drugs, BYETTA® (exenatide) injection and SYMLIN® (pramlintide acetate) injection, and its investigational diabetes drug candidate BYDUREON™ (exenatide extended-release for...