RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY THE LINK BETWEEN INHERITED DNA SEQUENCES AND HEART DISEASE.

A study to examine recessively inherited genome-wide DNA sequences has for the first time discovered a potential link with Britain’s biggest killer, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).  The research led by a team from the University of Leicester is the first time that recessively inherited DNA sequences in the whole genome called Runs of homozygosity were examined for...

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RESEARCHERS DEVELOP WORLD’S MOST SENSITIVE UNIVERSAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ALL DISEASE.

July 13, 2015 Infectious diseases such as hepatitis C and some of the world’s deadliest superbugs, C. difficileand MRSA among them, could soon be detected much earlier by a unique diagnostic test, designed to easily and quickly identify dangerous pathogens.  Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new way to detect the smallest traces of metabolites,...

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FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION IN HUMANS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

FIRST EVER TRIAL OF FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION IN HUMANS WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS SUCCESSFUL. There is currently great interest in treating ulcerative colitis with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), which involves transplanting gut fecal bacteria from healthy people into patients with ulcerative colitis.  Now, two new studies, one animal and the...

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STUDY SUCCESSFULLY TARGETS NERVE ENDINGS TO CURB ALLERGIC ASTHMA IN ANIMAL MODEL.

Current asthma medications, which work by suppressing inflammatory signaling by immune cells or by dilating the airways, can stop working over time. Now, a new study from Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School supports a highly innovative approach to controlling asthma; by targeting certain sensory nerve endings in the lungs...

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RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY GENE RESPONSIBLE FOR OBESITY AND DIABETES IN OLD AGE.

July 14, 2015 Practically everyone gets fatter as they get older, however, according to a new study from researchers at Duke University some people can blame their genes for the extra padding. The new findings show that two different mutations in a gene called ankyrin-B causes cells to suck up glucose faster than normal, fattening them up and eventually triggering the...

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UCLA researchers identify new mechanism that delivers glucose to cancer cells

UCLA scientists have identified a new mechanism that delivers a key substance that fuels the growth of pancreatic and prostate cancer cells, a finding that offers new hope in the fight against two of the deadliest forms of the disease. Cancer cells require high amounts of the sugar glucose to survive and grow, and long-standing research has established passive glucose...

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