Newly Discovered Hormone Mimics the Effects of Exercise
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Los Angeles, California - Scientists at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology have discovered a new hormone that fights the weight gain caused by a high-fat Western diet and normalizes the metabolism – effects commonly associated with exercising.
Low sugar uptake in brain appears to exacerbate Alzheimer’s disease
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Los Angeles, California - A deficiency in the protein responsible for moving glucose across the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier appears to intensify the neurodegenerative effects of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new mouse study from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
Unlocking the Key to Immunological Memory in Bacteria
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - A powerful genome editing tool may soon become even more powerful. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have unlocked the key to how bacteria are able to “steal” genetic information from viruses and other foreign invaders for use in their own immunological memory system.
New Protein Booster May Lead to Better DNA Vaccines and Gene Therapy
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Austin, Texas - Scientists have discovered a new way to manipulate how cells function, a finding that might help advance an experimental approach to improving public health: DNA vaccines, which could be more efficient, less expensive and easier to store than traditional vaccines.
New nanodevice defeats drug resistance
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Cambridge, Massachusetts - Chemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow back. A new nanodevice developed by MIT researchers can help overcome that by first blocking the gene that confers drug resistance, then launching a new chemotherapy attack against the disarmed tumors.
Sense of purpose may lower risk of death, heart attack, stroke
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- Written by Randy Cohen, M.D.
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Baltimore, Maryland - Those who possess a low sense of purpose in life are more likely to die or have heart attacks or strokes.
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