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Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity, is asking people to take part in a new survey that could help shape future treatments for dementia.
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida recently published a study in the journal Science describing a newly discovered biological system that manages how cells respond to exposure to opioids.
Research scientists representing Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI are joining – and in some cases leading – the global health conversation at the 17th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics (MedInfo).
Susan Hickman, PhD, director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research at Regenstrief Institute, and her colleagues nationwide are stressing the importance of including orders about artificial nutrition preferences on POLST forms.
Carbon nanotubes are a type of nanomaterials made up of a two-dimensional lattice of carbon atoms. Researchers at Texas Heart Institute recently used bio-compatible nanotubes invented at Rice University to restore electrical function to damaged hearts.
An article published in Experimental Biology and Medicine describes a new class of kinase inhibitors.
Osteoporosis is a disease where the bones become more porous and fragile, which dramatically increases the risk of bone fractures. It affects about 200 million people worldwide, is a progressive disease, and there are often are no symptoms until a fracture.
The research team found that some pancreatic tumors create a molecule that helps enable the spread of the cancer cells.
Researchers from Singapore and the United States are focused on a novel drug candidate with marine origins as a new method to prevent or treat vision loss.
This combination targeted therapy may offer hope to infants diagnosed with a deadly type of leukemia
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