Chop off a salamander’s leg and a brand new one will sprout in no time. But most animals have lost the ability to replace missing limbs. Now, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo — a species not known to be able to regrow limbs — suggesting that the potential for such regeneration exists innately in all vertebrates, including humans.
Data published today from a retrospective study of over 33,000 postmenopausal women showed that among patients newly prescribed one of the two most popular osteoporosis treatments, patients taking Actonel? (risedronate sodium) were approximately half as likely to sustain a hip fracture as those taking alendronate in the first year of treatment. These results were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Osteoporosis International.1
A new study shows that blood flow to the legs is relatively normal in people with diastolic heart failure, suggesting other potential causes of their inability to do everyday activities, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
A new study showed that it can be safe and cost-efficient to discharge pediatric tonsillectomy patients after a short post-operative recovery period at an outpatient surgery center.
Cells in the outermost layer of the heart can be guided by a specific protein to move deeper inside and help to repair a failing adult heart. Research published today by Nature, reveals how thymosin ?4, a protein already known for its ability to reduce muscle cell loss after heart attack, can instruct the heart to heal itself.
Some chocoholics who just couldn?t give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow chocolate lovers – and science – a big favor.
Asian Indian men are at increased risk to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus because of chronic liver disease rather than obesity, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the November 13 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The third annual ?Discovery to Cure Gala? A Fall Fantasy will take place at 6 p.m. November 18 at Yale University Commons at Woolsey Hall, 168 Grove St.
While exercise and weight loss are equally effective ways to lose weight, exercising helps to maintain muscles, new research finds.
New research at Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that certain inhaled asthma medications — as well as similar chemicals our bodies produce during times of high stress — may worsen diseases such as asthma, heart failure and lupus that involve inflammation.