Chagas Disease :: Bayer helps WHO expand fight against Chagas Disease
The World Health Organization (WHO) is expanding the global effort to eliminate Chagas, a parasitic disease which affects an estimated nine million people, mostly children.
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Sperm :: Human sperms made from bone marrow cells
Immature sperm cells have been created from stem cells in human bone marrow. The research has potential application for the treatment for male infertility.
Diabetes :: deCODE T2 – a DNA-based test for assessing Type 2 Diabetes
deCODE genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq:DCGN) announced the launch of deCODE T2?, a novel DNA-based reference laboratory test for the first common and well-validated genetic risk factor for type 2 diabetes (T2D).
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer risk linked to epigenetic changes related to race, smoking and birth size
Women can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth and extending until menopause.
Leukemia :: Progress toward a targeted therapy for a specific form of leukemia
Leukemia, or cancer of the bone marrow, strikes some 700 Belgians each year. Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or T-ALL.
Medicare :: AARP to Track Senate Vote on Medicare Rx Bargaining Bill
AARP will be sending the following letter from CEO Bill Novelli to every member of the U.S. Senate alerting them that the association will be recording the upcoming Senate vote on a bill to allow Medicare to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices.
Brain :: Information processing in the central nervous system
Research by Renee Theiss, Jason Kuo and C J Heckman, which has just been published in The Journal of Physiology, throws light on how information is processed in the Central Nervous System (CNS) to drive movement.
Medicare :: Provide people with limited incomes extra help with Medicare drug costs
Today, AARP endorsed the Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), that would help people with limited incomes on Medicare get the prescription drugs they need.
Immunity :: Microbes start immune response by sneaking inside cells
Immune cells that are the body?s front-line defense don?t necessarily rest quietly until invading bacteria lock onto receptors on their outside skins and rouse them to action, as previously thought.
Breast Cancer :: Breast cancer diagnosis from combined MRI-optics method
By combining two techniques, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and near-infrared optics, researchers at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth Medical School may have devised a new, potentially more accurate method for diagnosing breast cancer.