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FDA approves Myalept to treat rare metabolic disease
Date: Feb-27-2014On Feb. 24, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Myalept (metreleptin for injection) as replacement therapy to treat the complications of leptin deficiency, in addition to diet, in patients with congenital generalized or acquired generalized lipodystrophy. Generalized lipodystrophy is a condition associated with a lack of fat tissue. Patients with congenital generalized lipodystrophy are born with little or no fat tissue. Patients with acquired generalized lipodystrophy generally lose fat tissue over time.
UCLA study finds robotic-assisted prostate surgery offers better cancer control
Date: Feb-27-2014An observational study from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer comparing robotic-assisted prostate surgery to open surgery for prostate cancer found that patients who had robotic surgery had fewer instances of cancer cells at the edge of the surgical specimen, or fewer positive margins, and less need of additional cancer treatments, such as hormone therapy or radiation, than patients who had open surgery.Led by Dr. Jim Hu, Associate Professor and Henry E.
Immune function may be compromised by Vitamin D deficiency
Date: Feb-27-2014Older individuals who are vitamin D deficient also tend to have compromised immune function, according to new research accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).Vitamin D plays an important role in helping the body absorb calcium needed for healthy bones. The skin naturally produces vitamin D when it is exposed to sunlight. People also obtain smaller amounts of the vitamin through foods, such as milk fortified with vitamin D.
32 years of U.S. filicide arrests analysed
Date: Feb-27-2014Over the last three decades U.S. parents have committed filicide - the killing of one's child - about 3,000 times every year. The horrifying instances are often poorly understood, but a recent study provides the first comprehensive statistical overview of the tragic phenomenon. The authors also suggest underlying hypotheses of motives with the hope of spurring research on filicide prevention.Instances in which parents kill their children may seem so horrifying and tragic that they defy explanation.
32 years of U.S. filicide arrests analysed
Date: Feb-27-2014Over the last three decades U.S. parents have committed filicide - the killing of one's child - about 3,000 times every year. The horrifying instances are often poorly understood, but a recent study provides the first comprehensive statistical overview of the tragic phenomenon. The authors also suggest underlying hypotheses of motives with the hope of spurring research on filicide prevention.Instances in which parents kill their children may seem so horrifying and tragic that they defy explanation.
Alzheimer's protein regulated by brain cell activity
Date: Feb-27-2014Increased brain cell activity boosts brain fluid levels of a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.Tau protein is the main component of neurofibrillary tangles, one of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. It has been linked to other neurodegenerative disorders, including frontotemporal dementia, supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration.
In mouse model of melanoma, nanoparticles and magnetic fields train immune cells to fight cancer
Date: Feb-27-2014Using tiny particles designed to target cancer-fighting immune cells, Johns Hopkins researchers have trained the immune systems of mice to fight melanoma, a deadly skin cancer. The experiments, described on the website of ACS Nano, represent a significant step toward using nanoparticles and magnetism to treat a variety of conditions, the researchers say."Size was key to this experiment," says Jonathan Schneck, M.D., Ph.D., a professor of pathology, medicine and oncology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Institute for Cell Engineering.
Image transport through new fiber architecture rivals that of current endoscopy imaging fibers
Date: Feb-27-2014After having recently discovered a new way to propagate multiple beams of light through a single strand of optical fiber, engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) now have found that their novel fiber architecture can transmit images with a quality that is comparable or better than the current commercial endoscopy imaging fibers.Because of this, the work has potential not only in next-generation high-speed communication, but also biomedical imaging.The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Can babies learn to read?
Date: Feb-27-2014Can babies learn to read? While parents use DVDs and other media in an attempt to teach their infants to read, these tools don't instill reading skills in babies, a study by researchers at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development has found.
Missing link identified that could impact the treatment of muscular diseases
Date: Feb-27-2014A team led by Jean-Francois Cote, researcher at the IRCM, identified a ''conductor'' in the development of muscle tissue. The discovery, published online by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), could have an important impact on the treatment of muscular diseases such as myopathies and muscular dystrophies."For several years, we have been studying myogenesis, a process by which muscles are formed during embryonic development," says Jean-François Côté, PhD, Director of the Cytoskeletal Organization and Cell Migration research unit at the IRCM.
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