Studying The Earliest Brain Changes That Could Lead To Alzheimer's Disease


Five researchers receive grants to investigate biological, genetic, and environmental causes of ADFive early-career scientists were awarded The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Alzheimer's Disease.

Polymorphisms Of The Interleukin-1 Gene Complex May Influence Alcohol Dependence


Cytokines are small proteins secreted by cells that serve as molecular messengers between cells.

Stem Cell Transplantation Successfully Reverses Rare Genetic Disease In Mouse Model

A recent study by Scripps Research Institute scientists offers good news for families of children afflicted with the rare genetic disorder, cystinosis.

Blinding Disease May Be Prevented By Blocking Protein

Blocking a protein that battles infection may help thwart a common cause of vision loss in chronic diseases such as diabetes, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

Top Tips For Healthy And Young Looking Skin


Skin experts say that the best way to keep your skin healthy and looking young is to protect it from the sun and not smoke: and after that, taking care with how you wash and moisturize your skin and also shaving carefully also helps.

Role Of Protein In Distinguishing Chromosome Ends From DNA Breaks Demonstrated By Baumann Lab


The Stowers Institute's Baumann Lab has demonstrated how human cells protect chromosome ends from misguided repairs that can lead to cancer.

How HIV Cripples Immune Cells


In order to be able to ward off disease pathogens, immune cells must be mobile and be able to establish contact with each other.

Pain Makes You Old


Pain appears to speed the aging process, bringing on functional limitations at a younger age, according to an analysis of data from the 2004 Health and Retirement Study.

Vaccination Against Cancer


Preventive vaccination against infectious diseases has been a major milestone for the health of modern society.

Americans at Low Cardiac Risk Are Vanishing Breed


When an American adult looks in the mirror, he or she is likely to see an out-of-shape, overweight, hypertensive, or diabetic adult -- which is why Americans considered at low-risk for heart disease now make up less than 8% of the population.

Soy Pills Fail to Prevent Bone Loss

Soy protein extracts showed no evidence of preventing bone loss in postmenopausal women in two placebo-controlled trials, researchers said here.

Acute Kidney Injury Predisposes to Chronic Dialysis


Hospitalized patients who developed acute kidney injury requiring short-term dialysis were three times more likely than controls to require subsequent chronic dialysis, a Canadian study found.

Early HIV Therapy Saves Lives


For HIV patients in countries where resources are limited, early treatment can reduce mortality by up to 75%, a researcher said here.

Mainstay Diabetes Drugs Don't Reduce Inflammation


Although they improve glucose control, neither insulin nor metformin reduces biomarkers of inflammation in type 2 diabetes patients, researchers say.

One Dose of H1N1 Vaccine Spurs Fast Immune Response



Results from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) pandemic H1N1 flu vaccine trials show a strong immune response from just one dose of the investigational vaccine after just eight to 10 days.