Synthetic vitamin D receptor ligands reduce murine kidney fibrosis Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with kidney disease including fibrosis. Some studies have even suggested that treatment with vitamin D or vitamin D analogs can reduce renal fibrosis; ...

Itch maintains regulatory T cell stability Regulatory T cells (Tregs) function to suppress immune responses of other cells, and their dysfunction has been associated with development of immune disorders. Recent studies suggest that Tregs maintain plasticity ...

'High-risk' organs from deceased donors safe when screened with current methods Relabeling them may provide additional organs to patients in need Atlanta, GA (October 25, 2013)—Approximately 10% of deceased donor kidneys are considered "high-risk" for ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine news tips from the 2013 American Society of Human Genetics conference INVESTIGATING THE GENETIC MECHANISM BEHIND DELUSIONS IN SCHIZOPHRENICS Wednesday, October 23, 3:30 PM EST SESSION 15 – Psychiatric Disease: GWAS to Genes Room 253, Level ...

Expert panel issues recommendations for 'Dyspnea Crisis' Report calls for improved care for patients who experience severe shortness of breath PORTLAND, Ore., October 25, 2013 – An American Thoracic Society panel of experts is calling for better care for thousands ...

Genetic variants associated with bronchodilator responsiveness How patients with COPD respond to their meds may be influenced by their DNA Boston, MA – A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reveals several new ...

Baylor, DNAnexus, Amazon Web Services collaboration enables largest-ever cloud-based analysis of genomic data HOUSTON – (Oct. 25, 2013) – With their participation in the completion of the largest cloud-based analysis of genome sequence data, researchers from the Baylor ...

New low-cost, nondestructive technology cuts risk from mercury hot spots Hot spots of mercury pollution in aquatic sediments and soils can contaminate local food webs and threaten ecosystems, but cleaning them up can be expensive and destructive. Researchers from the Smithsonian ...

Lou Gehrig's disease: From patient stem cells to potential treatment strategy in one study Translational research goes seamless: After creating neurons from patients' skin cells, cedars-sinai-led researchers 'treat' gene defect in a dish, indicating the therapy may ...

Recognizing cancer diseases at an early stage RUB researchers develop label-free automatic cancer diagnostics Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a new spectroscopic method to support pathologists in diagnosing cancer. In the ...

Salvianolate for treatment of cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injuries Salvianolic acid B, also called salvia magnesium acetate, is a phenolic acid compound composed of three Danshensu units and one molecule of caffeic acid. Salvianolic acid B exerts strong resistance ...

Loss and damage from climate change Despite attempts at adaption losses and damage from climate change are significant An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from ...

What determines which sources within an episode are successfully remembered? Memory about a core item (such as a word, object, or picture) is called item memory while memory about the context or related features of a core item is defined as source memory. What determines ...

How does ursolic acid induce neural regeneration after sciatic nerve injury? Ursolic acid (chemical name 3-hydroxy-12- ursen-28-oic acid) is a triterpenoid extracted from natural plant-based drugs, and has anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and anti-scarring ...

Hope of new treatment for severe asthma patients New research from Japan brings hope of a new treatment for asthma patients resistant to corticosteroids. In a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences ...

An antibody fragment designed at the UAB ameliorates first hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in mice Researchers at the Biosciences Unit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in ...

Important step towards stem cell-based treatment for stroke Brain infarction or stroke is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to interruption of blood flow and shortage of oxygen. Now a reserach group at Lund University, Sweden, has ...

Scientists' new approach improves efficiency of solar cells An international team of scientists, led by researchers from the Universities of York and St Andrews, has developed a new method to increase the efficiency of solar cells. The new approach achieves highly ...

Saarbrücken physicists aim to make transition to quantum world visible This news release is available in German. Theoretical physicist Frank Wilhelm-Mauch and his research team at Saarland University have developed a mathematical model for a ...

Scientists develop new method to help global coasts adapt to sea-level rise A team of scientists, led by the University of Southampton, has developed a new method to help the world's coasts adapt to global sea-level rises over the next 100 years. Future ...

Proteins in one of the world's main biodiesel plants have been mapped -- and it does not look good The castor oil plant produces some very fatty beans from which oil is refined into biodiesel in several countries, eg. Brazil. Now a team of researchers from the University ...

Mexico does not love Raymond, NASA sees weaker storm South-central Mexico was inundated with heavy rains from Hurricane Raymond during the week of Oct. 20, and Raymond has finally weakened to a tropical storm and is moving away from the coast. Infrared data from ...

Nano-dwarves turn tumor assassins This news release is available in German. Hair loss, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, loss of appetite, loss of eye lashes and eye brows, susceptibility to infection – the list of possible side effects ...

Social service barriers delay care among women with abnormal cancer screening (Boston) – A recent study performed by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH), ...

Parents greatly underestimate how often their children are cyberbullied 30 percent of children admit to being cyberbullied, 15 percent admit to cyberbullying Washington, DC (October 25, 2013) – Cyberbullying has become a destructive force in many children's ...