New model to measure disease burden of postmenopausal osteoporosis
00:01 09-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Researchers report the development of a validated new model that can be used to forecast the current and future burden of postmenopausal osteoporosis in different national settings.
Parents report a widely prescribed antibiotic is effective for fragile X treatment
00:01 09-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
One of the antibiotics most commonly prescribed to treat adolescent acne can increase attention spans and communication and decrease anxiety in patients with fragile X syndrome, according to a new study.
Insulin may reduce several inflammatory factors induced by bacterial infection
00:01 09-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Treating intensive care patients who develop life-threatening bacterial infections, or septicemia, with insulin potentially could reduce their chances of succumbing to the infection, if results of a new preliminary study can be replicated in a larger study.
Critical 'traffic engineer' of the nervous system identified
22:01 08-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have identified a critical enzyme that keeps traffic flowing in the right direction in the nervous system, and the finding could eventually lead to new treatments for conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Why the biological clock? Aging reduces centromere cohesion, disrupts reproduction, biologists discover
22:01 08-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Biologists studying human reproduction have identified what is likely the major contributing factor to the maternal age-associated increase in aneuploidy, the term for an abnormal number of chromosomes during reproductive cell division.
New compound safely reduces plaques in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
22:01 08-09-2010; source: www.sciencedaily.com
A team of scientists has synthesized hundreds of new compounds with the potential of reducing the production of the A-beta 42 peptide, a primary component of Alzheimer's disease. In mouse models, one tested compound specifically reduced levels of A-beta 42, which is believed to be responsible for the destruction of neurons, but left other essential enzymatic activities in the brain unaffected.
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