An unusual hantavirus outbreak at sea is drawing global focus to a rare rodent-borne disease capable of causing severe lung or kidney failure. Credit: Shutterstock Hantavirus spreads through airborne rodent…
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…pressure. The new calculator, known as Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease EVENTs (PREVENT), incorporates additional measures, including blood sugar and kidney health indicators. It is recommended for use beginning at…
…great promise in patients with bladder, brain, breast, esophageal, gastrointestinal, hepatocellular, kidney, lung, melanoma, ovarian, prostate, sarcoma, and uterine tumors. The NY-ESO-1 vaccine, tailor-made for each patient, will be produced…
…and kidney stones — and in extreme cases, a neurological disorder called Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Losing another salvage enzyme produces a disease called severe combined immunodeficiency. Abnormal purine metabolism can also…
…report said anyone exposed to these byproducts, especially children, could suffer short- and long-term health problems. Prolonged exposure to meth byproducts may cause cancer; damage the brain, liver, kidney, spleen…
…cells can distinguish and develop highly specific left–right asymmetry. What if we could engineer a liver or kidney from a patient’s own stem cells? How about helping regenerate tissue damaged…
…the body without affecting the brain, which could be useful for treating chronic pain, kidney problems, and many other disorders. Reference: “Structure of the human κ-opioid receptor in complex with…
…only reduce its digestive system, but also its kidney-like excretory organs,” stresses Dubilier, “something that has not been discovered in any other marine animal.” For their investigations, the researchers used…
…of Medicine, and David Hachey from Vanderbilt University. The study was funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the National Center for Research Resources, the…
…Li Li (now at Harvard Medical School); and Bo Wang. Support for research came from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes…
…eggs, and omega-3 fatty acids are found in a variety of sources, including fish, eggs, flaxseed and meat from grass-fed animals. Uridine is produced by the liver and kidney, and…
…we’re eating.” Diabetes is caused by an accumulation of glucose in the blood, which can lead to heart disease, strokes, kidney failure and blindness. In type 1 diabetes, the destruction…
…around their mouths, they avoid having to get rid of the salt. Reference: “The Chinese soft-shelled turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis, excretes urea mainly through the mouth instead of the kidney” by…
…of GABA and the drug has been used safely as a diuretic to treat a wide range of heart, lung, and kidney conditions. The scientists used a pool of 60…
…Research and Evaluation Network); the New Balance Foundation; the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health….
…scientists also created an online repository (at tcga.lbl.gov) for these images, which also includes images of low-grade glial and kidney renal carcinoma tumor sections. The website allows for Google-map style…
…Ph.D. Author disclosures are on the manuscript. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases funded the study. The study was presented (March 19) at an American Heart…
…for Pediatric Healthcare Technology Innovation at Georgia Tech, the Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review Program and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney…