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Baculovirus-recognizing human cell receptor identified for the first time
Date: Oct-01-2013The receptor used by baculovirus to enter and interact with human cells has been identified. This syndecan-1 receptor was identified for the first time in a recent collaborative study carried out by the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland. The findings increase our understanding of the strategies by which the virus causes infection in cells and further facilitates the development of baculovirus for applications of gene transfer...
Progression of squamous cell carcinomas reduced in mice
Date: Oct-01-2013The c-Fos oncogene has traditionally been linked to cellular activities related to cancer, such as cell division, differentiation - conversion from one cell type to another - or survival. Any alteration of these activities can set off the development of tumours, which has made c-Fos an important target for the understanding and treatment of cancer...
Ssocio-economic status impacts mortality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhage in US
Date: Oct-01-2013Americans in the highest socio-economic groups have a 13 per cent greater chance of surviving a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage than those in the lowest socio-economic groups, a new study has found. However, social and economic status have no bearing on mortality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhages, or SAH, in Canada, according to the study led by Dr. Loch Macdonald, a neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto...
Smartphone app aims to strike at the same moment as binge eating urges
Date: Oct-01-2013Two new treatment methods under investigation at Drexel University aim to help people reduce binge-eating behavior. A smartphone app in development will track users' individual patterns of eating and binge eating behavior and alert them at times when they are at risk for binge behaviors, among a comprehensive suite of other features. Another treatment is a new, evidence-based approach to small-group behavioral therapy that will equip patients with psychological tools that may help them adhere to, and benefit from, standard treatments for binge eating disorder...
Association between survival after cancer diagnosis in Europe and amount governments spend on health care
Date: Oct-01-2013The more an EU (European Union) national government spends on health, the fewer the deaths after a cancer diagnosis in that country, according to new research to be presented to the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1] today (Sunday) and published simultaneously in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [2]. Researchers will tell the meeting that higher wealth and higher health expenditure are strongly associated both with increased cancer incidence and decreased cancer mortality...
'Irrefutable' evidence that colorectal cancer screening has led to fall in death rates
Date: Oct-01-2013Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in European countries is highly effective in reducing mortality from the disease. Some of the resources currently being devoted to breast and prostate screening programmes, where the evidence of effectiveness is much less clear-cut, should be reallocated to the early detection of CRC, according to research presented at the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013)...
Latest research on coffee and cardiovascular health
Date: Oct-01-2013Coffee is one of the most extensively researched components in the diet. New studies are regularly being added to the already large body of scientific research, which overall suggests that moderate habitual coffee consumption is not associated with detrimental effects on cardiovascular health Among recent studies, a new review paper1 highlights that for most healthy people, moderate coffee consumption is unlikely to adversely affect cardiovascular health...
Cell nuclei harbor factories that transcribe genes
Date: Oct-01-2013Our genetic heritage is contained - and protected - in the nucleus of the cells that compose us. Copies of the DNA exit the nucleus to be read and translated into proteins in the cell cytoplasm. The transit between the nucleus and the cytoplasm takes place through the nuclear pores, genuine "customs agents" that monitor the import-export between these two compartments. Françoise Stutz, professor in the Faculty of Science at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, and her team have just discovered how nuclear pores also regulate the production speed of these DNA copies...
Breast cancer: 'critical gaps' found in research
Date: Oct-01-2013A new study published in the journal Breast Cancer Research has identified 10 "critical gaps" that exist in the research of the disease, which could see the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives if not addressed urgently. Researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research in London and the University of Dundee have conducted what they say is the most "comprehensive review of breast cancer to have ever taken place," called the Gap Analysis 2013, which has been facilitated by leading UK breast cancer charity Breast Cancer Campaign...
Warning about resveratrol supplements for MS
Date: Oct-01-2013People with multiple sclerosis (MS) are being warned against taking resveratrol supplements, after a new study using two MS models has found that the compound worsened MS-like neuropathology and inflammation, and had no neuroprotective effects. Results of the study were published in The American Journal of Pathology. Reservatrol is a naturally occurring polyphenol compound found in the skin of red grapes, red wine and peanuts, and it is believed to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties...
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