A report led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) helps explain the origins of cardiac fibrosis, a stiffening of the heart muscle that leads to a variety of cardiac diseases, most notably heart failure.
People with dieting blues should try swapping white corn tortillas for blue. A recent study suggests that the coloured flatbreads are healthier, especially for diabetics and dieters, Sara Jensen reports in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
A method for making instant steam, without the need for electricity, promises to be useful for tackling antibiotic resistant ?superbugs? like MRSA and C. difficile, as well as removing chewing gum from pavements and powering environmentally friendly cars, reports Nina Morgan in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI.
A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health has revealed two genes that influence the risk of getting multiple sclerosis (MS) ? data sought since the discovery of the only other known MS susceptibility gene decades ago.
New research at The University of Nottingham is paving the way for techniques that use stem cells to repair the damage caused by heart attacks.
Research on the DNA of 15 mouse strains commonly used in biomedical studies is expected to help scientists determine the genes related to susceptibility to environmental disease. The body of data is now publicly available in a catalog of genetic variants, which displays the data as a mouse haplotype map, a tool that separates chromosomes in to many small segments, helping researchers find genes and genetic variations in mice that may affect health and disease.
A gene discovered by scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine has been linked to lupus and related autoimmune diseases. The finding, reported in the current issue of Nature Genetics, is the latest in a series of revelations that shed new light on what goes wrong in human cells to cause the diseases.
A new study that examined the work-family experiences of recent Latino immigrants working in low-wage, nonprofessional jobs, found that they reported infrequent work-family conflict, according to lead author Joseph G. Grzywacz, Ph.D., of Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Twenty-one years after they first described a fatal genetic disorder in Missouri and Arkansas families, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have linked the condition to mutations in a gene known as TREX1.
“The American Medical Association applauds Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for signing into law a new state-wide smoking ban ? the strongest clean indoor air law in the country”, stated by Ronald M. Davis, MD, President, American Medical Association.