Medical Wellness

Dietary inorganic nitrate may reduce heart dysfunction caused by powerful anti-cancer drug

Since the 1960s, the anti-cancer drug doxorubicin has remained a top choice for chemotherapy because of its superior efficacy to fight cancer. However, the…

Pitt researchers build a better mouse model to study depression

The findings, which were published online today in the American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics EarlyView, could help to clarify…

From Gene to Protein – New Insights of MDC/BIMBS Researchers

Diseases such as cancer are characterized by altered genes, but also by disturbed protein production. But how is protein production controlled? Researchers of…

Extremely obese children have higher prevalence of psoriasis, higher heart disease risk

Children who are overweight or obese have a significantly higher prevalence of psoriasis, and teens with psoriasis, regardless of their body weight, have…

Preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS with humanized BLT mice

The more than 2.7 million new HIV infections recorded per year leave little doubt that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread globally. That’s why there’s…

Sporadic mutations identified in children with autism spectrum disorders

Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) Department of Genome Sciences have identified several sporadic or “de novo” genetic mutations in children with…

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