A new study found that non-inherited mutations account for many heart defects, suggesting that common pathways may underlie a wide range of common congenital diseases. New mutations that are absent in parents but appear in their offspring account for at least 10% of severe congenital heart disease, reveals a massive genomics study led by researchers [...]

In a new study, UCLA researchers increased parkin levels in the cells of fruit flies, discovering that this extended their life span by more than 25 percent as compared with a control group that did not receive additional parkin. UCLA life scientists have identified a gene previously implicated in Parkinson’s disease that can delay the [...]

In a newly published study, researchers detail how they controlled seizures in epileptic mice with the one-time transplantation of medial ganglionic eminence (MGE) cells. Epilepsy that does not respond to drugs can be halted in adult mice by transplanting a specific type of cell into the brain, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered, raising hope [...]

Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, with research collaborators at the MIND Institute, have found that abnormal placental folds and abnormal cell growths called trophoblast inclusions are key markers to identify newborns that are at risk for autism. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine have figured out how to measure an infant’s risk [...]

Scientists at the University of Guelph have developed a carbohydrate-based vaccine against the gut bug Clostridium bolteae. This is the first vaccine designed to control constipation and diarrhea potentially caused by C. bolteae and perhaps control autism-related symptoms associated with this microbe. University of Guelph researchers have created a first-ever vaccine for gut bacteria common [...]

Researchers have developed a chemical compound, Anle138b, that prevents clumping of synunclein protein, slowing down the onset and progression of Parkinson’s disease in mice. The earliest signs of Parkinson’s disease can be deceptively mild. The first thing that movie star Michael J. Fox noticed was twitching of the little finger of his left hand. For [...]

In another step forward for personalized medicine, scientists at UCLA have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes that will help tailor individual cancer treatment. Researchers with UCLA’s Institute of Urologic Oncology and department of urology have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a breakthrough that will help physicians tailor treatment to individual kidney [...]

Using nanoscale diamond-like particles called nanodiamonds, researchers have developed a potentially more effective treatment for “triple-negative” breast cancer, notably decreasing tumor growth and eliminating the devastating side effects of cancer treatment during testing with mice. Recently, doctors have begun to categorize breast cancers into four main groups according to the genetic makeup of the cancer [...]

A newly published study suggests that a “Western-style” diet reduces a person’s likelihood of achieving older ages in good health, finding that avoidance of the “Western-type foods” might actually improve the possibility of achieving older ages free of chronic diseases and remaining highly functional. Data from a new study of British adults suggest that adherence [...]

Researchers at CWRU School of Medicine have discovered a new technique that converts fibroblasts into oligodendrocytes, enabling “on demand” production of myelinating cells. Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have discovered a technique that directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and [...]

UCLA and UC Berkeley researchers have completed the first visual map of the telomerase enzyme, reporting the positions of each component of the enzyme relative to one another and the complete organization of the enzyme’s active site. Like finally seeing all the gears of a watch and how they work together, researchers from UCLA and [...]

Researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice without the harmful side-effects of conventional chemo and radiation cancer therapies. Columbia, Missouri – Cancer painfully ends more than 500,000 lives in the United States each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control [...]