Health And Medicine
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New report shows prevalence of autism rising in U.S.
The prevalence of U.S. children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now 1 in 59, according to new estimates released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a significant increase from the 1 in 68 estimate in 2016. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Study seeking to isolate antibodies against rabies virus
Few people die from rabid animal bites in the United States thanks to the near-universal availability of human rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine, which are given as separate shots as soon as possible after exposure to the rabies virus. Read MoreApr 26, 2018
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Gene expression in mitral valve disease
A protease gene family may be new targets for treating mitral valve disease, which causes blood to flow backwards in the heart. Read MoreApr 25, 2018
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Toxin floats on lipid rafts
The bacterium H. pylori is a leading cause of stomach cancer, and 菠萝视频 researchers are studying how one of its toxins gets into cells. Read MoreApr 23, 2018
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Disease-fighting antibody production
New research links nutrient-responsive cellular signaling to the antibody-mediated immune response. Read MoreApr 20, 2018
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How the skin protects
Treatments for common skin conditions such as atopic dermatitis may be improved by understanding the enzymes responsible for forming the skin鈥檚 water-tight barrier. Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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MRI鈥坱echnique detects spinal cord changes in MS patients:鈥坰tudy
A 菠萝视频 University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Read MoreApr 19, 2018
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Characterizing 鈥榢eyhole鈥 is first step to fighting obesity at the cellular level
A 菠萝视频 team and their international colleagues characterized for the first time a complex, little-understood cellular receptor type that, when activated, shuts off hunger. Read MoreApr 18, 2018
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Agreement renewal bolsters liver tumor research
Sirtex Medical Ltd. has renewed a grant award to Dan Brown, MD, professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences and chief of Interventional Oncology, and his 菠萝视频 Health colleagues, for a research program designed to treat patients with liver tumors that cannot be addressed with surgery. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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VICC鈥坆reast cancer leaders named Komen Scholars
Ingrid Mayer, MD, MSCI, Ingram Professor of Cancer 菠萝视频 and leader of the Breast Cancer 菠萝视频 Program at 菠萝视频-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC), has been named a Komen Scholar for her leadership in breast cancer research. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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菠萝视频 lab honored by World Vaccine Congress
The laboratory of James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the 菠萝视频 Vaccine Center, received the 2018 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Academic 菠萝视频 Team at the 18th World Vaccine Congress in Washington, DC, this week. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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Alpha-gal found to be both a medication and red meat allergy
Alpha-gal allergy has commonly been referred to as 鈥渢he red meat鈥 allergy, but doctors at the 菠萝视频 Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program (ASAP) helped uncover that not only red meat, but some medications, can contain alpha-gal. Read MoreApr 12, 2018
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鈥淚dling鈥 cancer cells may return
菠萝视频 investigators have discovered that cancer treatment induces an 鈥渋dling鈥 state for cells, which could promote resistance to treatment. Read MoreApr 11, 2018
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菠萝视频 scientists test potential new way to treat anemia
Treatment of anemia caused by chronic kidney disease or other diseases often requires repeated 鈥 and costly 鈥 injections or infusions of an artificial form of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO), which stimulates production of red blood cells. Read MoreApr 10, 2018
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Aqueous humor, microRNAs and glaucoma
New findings highlight microRNAs 鈥 molecules that regulate gene expression 鈥 that are differentially expressed in glaucoma and could be candidate biomarkers or targets for therapy. Read MoreApr 10, 2018
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New view of the heartbeat
Structural views of the proteins that regulate the heartbeat may help improve existing treatments for cardiac arrhythmias. Read MoreApr 6, 2018
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Study reveals frogs bouncing back in Panama
A new study reports that some Central American frog species are recovering from a deadly fungal epidemic, perhaps because they have better defenses against the pathogen. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Lung diseases share molecular signature
Lung diseases of infancy and aging share a molecular signature, pointing to a potential target for treatment and prevention. Read MoreApr 5, 2018
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Sedative-associated delirium increases risk of dementia
A 菠萝视频 study of more than 1,000 intensive care unit patients around the country, nearly three-fourths of whom experienced delirium, showed that many drugs given to sedate patients in the ICU are actually increasing their chances of 鈥 and duration of 鈥 delirium instead of helping them recover. Read MoreMar 29, 2018
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Study finds broken circadian clock in human tumors
Human tumors appear to have a broken circadian clock, researchers at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center report in the journal PeerJ. Read MoreMar 29, 2018