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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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Study: Cancer is diagnosed more in patients with type 2 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
People with type 2 diabetes who acquire cancer are more likely to have an advanced form of the disease diagnosed, according to research.
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Research: Growing motor neurons guided by 'love-hate relationship' with bl
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
When neurons involved in movement called motor neurons form, they must build connections that reach from the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord all the way to the head, arms, or the tips of the toes. How neurons navigate these systems and "decide" where and how to grow has largely been a myste
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Study: How men, women react to reduced physical activity, increased sugar
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The study demonstrated how these alterations affect men and women differently.
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Study finds how men, women reacts to reduced physical activity, increased
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that only in men sedentary lifestyle and high sugar intake cause decreased insulin-stimulated leg blood flow.
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Study reveals why brain cells are needed for fever
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The body's response to infection or inflammation is fever, which also serves as a defence mechanism against things like viruses and bacteria. The body releases molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream when it is infected or inflammatory. The blood-brain barrier, a system of microscopi
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Researchers bio-print breast cancer tumours, treat them in a groundbreakin
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Researchers have successfully 3D bioprinted breast cancer tumors and treated them in a breakthrough study to better understand the disease that is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide.
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ABILITY DIABETES GLOBAL - A Landmark RCT in the field of PCI for patients
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Tampa (Florida) [US], September 28 (ANI/PRNewswire): ABILITY DIABETES-GLOBAL (ADG), is the World's largest Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) for patients with DM (Diabetes Mellitus), comparing head-to-head the Sirolimus eluting stent, Abluminus DES+ (Concept Medical Inc.) with the XIENCE fam
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New evidence of how exercise can counter diabetes damage
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 6 (ANI): One way exercise can counter the damage of diabetes is by enabling activation of a natural system we have to grow new blood vessels when this disease ravages existing ones.
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Study finds how gut microbes can lead to scarring, vessel damage in sclero
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 24 (ANI): A substance produced by gut microbes may cause scarring and blood vessel damage in scleroderma patients, according to a recent study
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Study reveals ideas about relationship among diabetes, fat and cardiovascu
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): A team of scientists describe a series of studies designed to determine the relationship among insulin, fats and the vascular system and identified a new pathway in which the cells lining the blood vessels - called endothelial cells - drive the body's metabol
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Researchers explore how blood vessels remember a stroke
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 17 (ANI): Within our body, the vascular system provides a constant flow of nutrients, hormones and other resources, thus ensuring efficient transport. Researchers Komal Bhattacharyya, David Zwicker, and Karen Alim recently investigated in which way such a network is abl
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