The hallmark of an excellent researcher is an open mind. That flexibility and openness is what led Nina Schor, the William H. Eilinger Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester, to follow a hunch about a brain receptor– resulting in…
New Brain Protein Tied to Alzheimer’s Disease
Scientists have linked a new protein to Alzheimer’s disease, different from the amyloid and tau that make up the sticky brain plaques and tangles long known to be its hallmarks. The discovery could give a new target for developing drugs and…
Research Shows Cannabis Compound Could Slow Tumor Growth
Scientists at the University of East Anglia have shown how the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis could reduce tumor growth in cancer patients. Research reveals the existence of previously unknown signaling platforms which are responsible for the drug’s success in shrinking tumors….
Gene’s Role in Diabetes Revealed in Research
New research described details of how a diabetes-related gene functions on a biological pathway that affects the release of insulin. The study authors say that finding drugs that act on that pathway may eventually lead to a new treatment for type…
“Alter-the-Backbone” Approach Promising in Osteoporosis & Diabetes
By swapping replacement parts into the backbone of a synthetic hormone, UW-Madison graduate student Ross Cheloha and his mentor Sam Gellman, along with collaborators at Harvard Medical School, have built a version of a parathyroid hormone that resists degradation in laboratory…
Insulin Pump Outperformed by ‘Bionic Pancreas’
From right, researcher Dr. Steven Russell of Massachusetts General Hospital stands with Frank Spesia and Colby Clarizia, two participants in a type 1 diabetes trial testing an electronic device called a bionic pancreas – the cellphone-sized device shown – which replaces…
Drug Discovery May be Revolutionized by Scientists’ Findings
Proteins are chains of amino acids that, when folded into certain structural patterns and also when unfolded, exert functions within cells. Proteins receive signals that are transmitted from one to the next and that are essential for life. However, within a…
Researchers Discover New Breast Cancer Targets
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found new targets for potential intervention in breast cancer. These hormone cancer studies new targets could eventually increase effectiveness and reduce the undesirable side effects associated with current treatments….
Why Clinical Research in Latin America?
Many industry key opinion leaders thought healthcare among other systems in Latin America did not meet U.S. and European standards. But today, the region is valued for its time and cost efficiencies, more accessible and compliant customers and patients, and also…
NIDA review summarizes research on marijuana ’s negative health effects
Comprehensive review published in the New England Journal of Medicine also discusses why marijuana health risks are greatest for teen users. The current state of science on the adverse health effects of marijuana use links the drug to several significant adverse…