Knowing what type of lung cancer a patient has is critical to determine which drug will work best and which therapies are safest in the era of personalised medicine. Key to making that judgement is an adequate tumour specimen for the pathologist to determine the tumour’s histology, a molecular description of a tumour based on […]
It turns out the love hormone oxytocin is two-faced. Oxytocin has long been known as the warm, fuzzy hormone that promotes feelings of love, social bonding and well-being. It’s even being tested as an anti-anxiety drug. But new Northwestern Medicine research shows oxytocin also can cause emotional pain, an entirely new, darker identity for the […]
Researchers have developed a reliable way to use a finger-stick blood sample to detect fibromyalgia syndrome, a complicated pain disorder that often is difficult to diagnose. If it were someday made available to primary care physicians, the test could knock up to five years off of the wait for a diagnosis, researchers predict. In a […]
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers and their colleagues have used digital versions of a standard molecular biology tool to detect a common tumour-associated mutation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with brain tumours. In their report, the investigators describe using advanced forms of the gene-amplification technology polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to analyse bits of […]
A gene long presumed dead comes to life under the full moon of inflammation, Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have found. The discovery may help explain how anti-inflammatory steroid drugs work. It also could someday lead to entirely new classes of anti-inflammatory treatments without some of steroids’ damaging side effects. Chronic inflammation plays a […]
Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90 % of cases of diabetes around the world, afflicting 2.5 million Canadians and costing over 15 billion dollars a year in Canada. It is a severe health condition which makes body cells incapable of taking up and using sugar. Dr. Alexey Pshezhetsky of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center, […]
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers and their colleagues have used digital versions of a standard molecular biology tool to detect a common tumour-associated mutation in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with brain tumours. In their report the investigators describe using advanced forms of the gene-amplification technology polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to analyse bits of […]
Deposits of a hormone called amylin in the brain may indicate risk for developing dementia and type 2 diabetes. The analysis by researchers at the NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Center at the University of California, Davis, is the first to identify amylin deposits in post-mortem brain tissue from older people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s […]
A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers involves a classic case of evolution’s fickle nature: a genetic mutation that protects against a potentially fatal infectious disease also appears to increase the risk of developing a chronic, debilitating condition. Such a relationship exists between malaria and sickle cell anaemia. Individuals who carry a gene […]
New Northwestern Medicine research on the genetics of diabetes could one day help women know their risk for developing gestational diabetes before they become pregnant — and lead to preventive measures to protect the health of offspring. Gestational diabetes affects 18 percent of pregnancies but usually disappears when a pregnancy is over. Babies born to […]
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