Team creates synthetic enzymes to unravel molecular mysteries
A University of Texas at Dallas bioengineer has developed synthetic enzymes that can control the behavior of the signaling protein Vg1, which plays a key role in the development of muscle, bone and blood...
Study breaks down pigment epithelium-derived factor to understand how it protects and stimulates retinal...
Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have determined how certain short protein fragments, called peptides, can protect neuronal cells found in the light-sensing retina layer at the back of the eye. The peptides...
New insight into a placental gene pathway and its association with vitamin D —...
According to the World Health Organization, preeclampsia affects between 2% to 8% of pregnancies. It can cause serious, sometimes fatal, complications in the mother and child. Among other risk factors, such as obesity and...
Heart-healthy, lower sodium version of traditional Chinese cuisine lowered blood pressure — ScienceDaily
Blood pressure levels dropped significantly among Chinese adults with high blood pressure who ate a modified heart-healthy, lower sodium traditional Chinese cuisine for four weeks, according to new research published today in the American...
Study in middle- to older-aged adults suggests whole grains may protect against heart disease...
Middle- to older-aged adults who ate at least three servings of whole grains daily had smaller increases in waist size, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels over time compared to those who ate less...
Human health records and studies of lab mice suggest that vitamin D levels influence...
Vitamin D deficiency strongly exaggerates the craving for and effects of opioids, potentially increasing the risk for dependence and addiction, according to a new study led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). These...
Researchers develop artificial building blocks of life
The DNA carries the genetic information of all living organisms and consists of only four different building blocks, the nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of three distinctive parts: a sugar molecule, a phosphate group and...
Promising new target for tuberculosis treatment — ScienceDaily
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the hardy bacterial species that causes tuberculosis (TB), has an unexpected vulnerability that future drugs may be able to exploit, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine.
The researchers,...
Bringing multidrug-resistant pathogens to their knees
Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Chinese research team has now introduced a method for the development of...
Clinical Studies say Turmeric May Help with Alzheimer’s Prevention
Clinical Studies say Turmeric May Help with Alzheimer’s Prevention
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
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Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...