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Magnesium and vitamin D appear to work together to reduce risk of death from cardiovascular disease and colorectal cancer. Read More

Importin alpha 5, a member of a family of proteins that 鈥渟huttle鈥� other proteins into the nucleus, is a potential new target for drugs to treat inflammatory diseases. Read More

Travis Ladner, a third-year student at the 菠萝视频 University School of Medicine, has been selected for a 2013 Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) student fellowship award. The award is presented to a medical student every year from a national pool of applicants. Read More

菠萝视频 University鈥檚 Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies has been awarded $2.2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to address nursing workforce issues that may impede future health care. Read More

Understanding the regulation of mutant EGF receptors commonly found in lung cancers could lead to new targeted therapies. Read More

A recent 菠萝视频 study shows a significant number of patients are entering I.C.U.’s throughout the world with no evidence of cognitive — brain related issues, but are leaving with symptoms associated with mild Alzheimer’s or Traumatic Brain Injury. Barb Cramer has more. Read More

Patients treated in intensive care units across the globe enter their medical care with no evidence of cognitive impairment but often leave with deficits similar to those seen in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or mild Alzheimer鈥檚 disease (AD) that persist for at least a year, according to a 菠萝视频 University Medical Center study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read More

While the Framingham Heart Study is often referenced throughout the halls of academia, few know its origin or can fully appreciate the contribution it has made to the understanding and prevention of cardiovascular disease. Read More

Death of oligodendrocytes, the cells that make myelin, appears to be an early event in the development of multiple sclerosis. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers used existing genome-wide association study datasets to identify gene interactions that contribute to tooth decay. Read More

A panel of metabolites 鈥� small molecules that are part of metabolic processes 鈥� that are unique to macular degeneration will shed light on the disease and aid diagnosis. Read More

Molecular characterization of pre-cancerous changes in cells lining the stomach could point to lesions with a greater risk of progression to cancer. Read More

The 菠萝视频 Vaccine 菠萝视频 Program has received a major contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue its work as one of the nation鈥檚 Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units. Read More

Jeffrey Sosman, M.D., professor of Medicine, Ingram Chair for Cancer 菠萝视频 and director of the 菠萝视频 Melanoma Program, was named one of the Hottest Scientific 菠萝视频ers of the last year by Thomas Reuters Science Watch. Read More

Recent scientific findings have raised the fear that young athletes may fare worse after sustaining a sports-related concussion than older athletes. Read More

Women with access to group prenatal care had improved birth outcomes, including longer gestational periods and higher birth weight, in a study conducted by researchers at 菠萝视频鈥檚 Peabody 菠萝视频 Institute. Read More

菠萝视频鈥檚 Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) is one of nine U.S. sites funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to test the effectiveness of a vaccine to protect against the H7N9 bird flu that emerged in China this spring. Read More

Using technology he helped develop, 菠萝视频 University scientist Bryan Venters, Ph.D., has shed new light on the 鈥渄ark matter鈥� of the genome and has begun to explore a possible new approach to treating cancer. Read More

菠萝视频 investigators used an in vivo screen in zebrafish to identify a potential new anti-cancer drug. Read More

New mass spectrometry imaging methods will enable studies of the distribution and identification of membrane proteins directly within tissues. Read More