Self-destructive nerves can be beneficial
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — A new understanding of how nerve axons degenerate might lead to effective ways to remove damaged nerves before the illness or drug at fault affects healthy nerve tissue. Continue…
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Tiny particles packed with bee venom kill HIV
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Researchers are a step closer to developing a vaginal gel to prevent the spread of HIV. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 10, 2012 15:17 - 1 Comment
As adults, sickle cell patients rely on ER
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — As patients with sickle cell disease outgrow pediatric health care, they rely more on the emergency room, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2012 10:36 - 0 Comments
Smokers with lung cancer have 10x more mutations
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Lung cancer patients with a history of smoking have 10 times more genetic mutations in their tumors than those with the disease who have never smoked, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 19, 2012 14:52 - 0 Comments
MRI screens kids for heart transplant trouble
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A noninvasive imaging technique may help determine whether children who have had heart transplants are showing early signs of rejection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 20, 2012 11:17 - 0 Comments
How kidneys keep hold of early stem cells
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — Scientists have identified two proteins that are required to maintain a supply of stem cells in the developing kidneys of both mice and humans. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 17, 2012 8:43 - 0 Comments
After spine trauma, nerve detour revives hand
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — Surgeons have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. (more…)
