Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients with type 1diabetes have a 200 percent to 400 percent greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease than those without…
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Discovery Of New Gene Test For Inherited Neuromuscular Disorder
Newcastle University scientists have identified a new gene which will allow rapid diagnosis and earlier treatment of a debilitating neuromuscular condition. The gene, GFPT1, is crucial in causing a variation of Congenital…
Study Identifies Blood Glucose Levels That Predict 10-Year Risk Of Retinopathy
Individuals who have higher blood glucose levels and poorer control of those levels over time appear more likely to develop eye-related complications 10 years later, according to a report in the February…
The Brain’s Development Affected By Partnership Of Genes
The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific other cells during the brain’s development in order to form a fully…
First Evidence That Gonorrhea Acquires A Piece Of Human DNA
If a human cell and a bacterial cell met at a speed-dating event, they would never be expected to exchange phone numbers, much less genetic material. In more scientific terms, a direct…
Oestrogen reduces risk of breast cancer
A team of researchers at CIC bioGUNE has revealed that oestrogen can reduce the risk of breast cancer. Their work shows that oestrogen is capable of reducing the number of breast cancer…
Novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear
UT Southwestern Medical Center scientists have helped develop a novel technology to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease from blood samples long before symptoms appear. This preliminary technology, which uses synthetic molecules to seek out…
Interaction of two genes helps growing nerve cells realise reaching of target
The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific other cells during the brain’s development in order to form a fully…
Expensive ‘high tech’ therapy not superior to home training for walking recovery of stroke survivors
Home-based physical therapy to improve the strength and balance of stroke survivors works about as well to get them walking again as treadmill training done in a physical therapy lab, according to…
Sequencing of whole prostate cancer genomes – an historic development
Today’s announcement regarding the sequencing of whole prostate cancer genomes is an historic development in the fight against prostate cancer. The ability to sequence whole genomes will spare some patients from unnecessary…
Study shows beneficial anti-fibrotic effects of Pentraxin-2 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapies to treat fibrotic and inflammatory diseases, announced today the publication of collaborative research in the International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology…
Young survivors covered by Medicare Part D often can’t afford stroke medications
Young, uninsured stroke survivors or those covered by the Medicare Part D drug benefit often can’t afford medications – increasing the risk for future strokes or other cardiovascular disease-related events, according to…
Less than one-third of acute stroke patients receive clot-busting drug within 60 minutes of hospital arrival
Every minute counts after the onset of a stroke. The more time that elapses before a patient receives an intravenous drug to help break up the clot that is blocking a blood…
Vitamin D levels not linked to prostate cancer development
Vitamin D levels do not affect men’s chances of developing prostate cancer, according to new research published in the journal Cancer Causes and Control. In a detailed review – funded by Cancer…
First chromogenic culture medium to simultaneously detect Salmonella and Shigella
Hardy Diagnostics, an ISO certified biomedical firm, is pleased to announce the release of HardyCHROM™ SS, a highly selective chromogenic medium recommended for use as a primary screening medium for the isolation…