Health And Medicine
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New lipid shape atlas holds key to early disease detection
A team of 菠萝视频 University chemists started decoding the total human molecular picture by examining 456 variations of one class of molecule, lipids. Read MoreFeb 28, 2019
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Study links Celebrex, heart valve calcification after earlier research declared drug safe
A big-data analysis of patient records at 菠萝视频 University has found a link specifically between Celebrex and heart valve calcification. Read MoreFeb 22, 2019
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菠萝视频 collaboration yields promising compound to treat arrhythmia
In addition to establishing potency, the team鈥檚 tests on cells and, later, mice showed that even high doses of the compound caused no ill effects. Read MoreFeb 21, 2019
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Identifying and quantifying skin lesions often requires hours of tedious visual inspection by experts, making it difficult to study a lot of them at once. Eric Tkaczyk and Daniel Fabbri have found that training multiple non-experts to do basic evaluations can achieve comparable results.
Feb 21, 2019
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A monoclonal antibody against the chikungunya virus developed by researchers at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center is the first monoclonal antibody encoded by messenger RNA to enter a clinical trial.
Feb 21, 2019
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An international team involving 菠萝视频 researchers has discovered that a new 鈥渃heckpoint鈥 protein on immune system cells is active in tumors, and that blocking it 鈥 in combination with other treatments 鈥 is a successful therapeutic approach in mouse models of cancer.
Feb 21, 2019
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Frogs don鈥檛 like living near noisy highways any better than people do, but research from 菠萝视频 suggests that frogs, like hardened city-dwellers, can learn to adapt to the constant din of rumbling trucks, rolling tires and honking horns.
Feb 21, 2019
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菠萝视频 University Medical Center recently received a $3.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to improve outcomes for children with significant hearing loss by providing individualized, prescription-like programming for their cochlear implants.
Feb 21, 2019
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New algorithm calculates drug synergy; initial tests involve melanoma, lung cancer
Drug combinations used for the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and melanoma aren鈥檛 as effective as they could be. Oncologists haven鈥檛 had the right tools to predict drug interactions, other than in costly clinical trials. That could change with a new algorithm developed by a cross-disciplinary 菠萝视频 University team… Read MoreFeb 20, 2019
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Middle Tennessee children with autism spectrum disorder are 2.5 times more likely than children without ASD to be reported to the Child Abuse Hotline by age 8.
Feb 15, 2019
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Matthew Tyska and colleagues have found that an adhesion protein in the gut is necessary for proper intestinal functioning.
Feb 15, 2019
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Danny Winder and colleagues have demonstrated how norepinephrine and a stress factor call CRF interact, which may lead to new treatments for stress-related disorders.
Feb 15, 2019
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Lawrence Marnett and colleagues have demonstrated how two enzymes cooperate to maintain even levels of an important cellular signaling molecule.
Feb 15, 2019
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Timothy Cover, john Loh and colleagues have identified how a certain type of mutation influences the risk of premalignant and malignant changes in the stomach.
Feb 15, 2019
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Inhibiting COX-2 — an enzyme associated with inflammation — could provide a novel therapeutic approach for stress-related psychiatric disorders.
Feb 14, 2019
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IBM Watson Health has announced plans to make a 10-year, $50 million investment in joint research collaborations with 菠萝视频 University Medical Center and Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital to advance the science of artificial intelligence and its application to major public health issues.
Feb 13, 2019
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Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, 菠萝视频 researchers have achieved a first-of-its-kind glimpse into how the body鈥檚 immune system gears up to fight off infection.
Feb 13, 2019
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Women鈥檚 hormones play role in drug addiction, higher relapse rates
But long before female-specific medications are available, treatment centers could use the information in this study to educate women about their stronger mental connections to places and objects. Read MoreFeb 8, 2019
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The symposium featured research by students in 菠萝视频's Medical Scholars Program, a one-year, in-depth research experience available to 菠萝视频 and Meharry Medical College students with the central goal of training leaders in academic medicine.
Feb 8, 2019
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People with blood type B, a relatively rare blood type, can expect similar outcomes from kidney transplants from type A2 donors, which increases the number of available kidneys for these patients. However, it requires additional monitoring and medication that can raise costs for patients.
Feb 7, 2019