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• Promising drug for Parkinson's disease: Study supports fast track to clinical trials
• First steps towards preventing suicide attempts by offenders
• Common medications could delay brain injury recovery
• Universal iodine supplementation during pregnancy could offer huge cost savings
• Statistical technique helps cancer researchers understand tumor makeup, personalize care
• Can music help people with epilepsy?
• New endoscopic, non-surgical bariatric options show promise for treating obesity
• Familiar drugs may block Ebola virus infection
• Very little evidence for cutting out certain carbs to ease irritable bowel
• Adding price tag to medicine packs just 'headline grabbing gimmick' says new article
• Gene deletions, duplications reveal our genetic storyline
• Childhood physical, sexual abuse linked to ulcerative colitis
• One size does not fit all when it comes to marrow fat, scientists say
• Mutant cells that can't copy DNA keep dividing when they shouldn't
• Scientists report explanation for protein clumps in brain cells of patients with ALS
• New algorithm aimed at combating science's reproducibility problem
• Patient-funded trials may do more harm than good, ethicists warn
• New research tool tracks real-time DNA-protein binding in cells
• Scientists discover how key proteins segregate vital genetic information during mitosis
• Researchers identify drug candidate for skin, hair regeneration in scarred burn and trauma victims
• How a single genetic mutation causes autism
• Study finds association between blood levels of trace metals and risk of glaucoma

Promising drug for Parkinson's disease: Study supports fast track to clinical trials Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT A drug which has already been in use for decades to treat liver disease could be an effective treatment to slow down progression of Parkinson's disease, scientists have discovered.

First steps towards preventing suicide attempts by offenders Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT While the risk of suicide by offenders in prison has been identified as a priority for action, understanding and preventing suicides among offenders after release has received far less attention.

Common medications could delay brain injury recovery Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT Drugs used to treat common complaints could delay the recovery of brain injury patients according to new research.

Universal iodine supplementation during pregnancy could offer huge cost savings Posted: 09 Aug 2015 07:39 PM PDT Giving all pregnant women iodine supplements, even in mildly iodine deficient countries like the UK, could result in huge cost savings for health care systems and society, according to new modelling research.

Statistical technique helps cancer researchers understand tumor makeup, personalize care Posted: 09 Aug 2015 02:02 PM PDT A new statistical method for analyzing next-generation sequencing data helps researchers study the genome of various organisms such as human tumors and could help bring about personalized cancer treatment.

Can music help people with epilepsy? Posted: 09 Aug 2015 06:28 AM PDT The brains of people with epilepsy appear to react to music differently from the brains of those who do not have the disorder, a finding that could lead to new therapies to prevent seizures, according to new research.

New endoscopic, non-surgical bariatric options show promise for treating obesity Posted: 07 Aug 2015 07:07 PM PDT Endoscopic bariatric therapies can be effective options and are most beneficial when used as part of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary treatment program, a new meta-analysis has concluded.

Familiar drugs may block Ebola virus infection Posted: 07 Aug 2015 07:07 PM PDT A well-known class of molecules, many of which are already in use therapeutically, may be able to block the Ebola virus's entry into cells and halt the disease in its tracks, according to researchers.

Very little evidence for cutting out certain carbs to ease irritable bowel Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:23 AM PDT There is very little evidence to recommend avoiding certain types of dietary carbohydrate, known as the FODMAP diet, to ease the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS for short, concludes a review of the available data.

Adding price tag to medicine packs just 'headline grabbing gimmick' says new article Posted: 07 Aug 2015 06:23 AM PDT Adding the price tag to more expensive prescription medicines in England is just a 'headline grabbing gimmick,' which, among other things, could potentially mislead patients into believing that cheaper drugs are somehow less important, says a new article.

Gene deletions, duplications reveal our genetic storyline Posted: 06 Aug 2015 01:09 PM PDT By looking closely at DNA variation across a vast number of populations, researchers now have a better idea of how selection affects the human genome around the globe.

Childhood physical, sexual abuse linked to ulcerative colitis Posted: 06 Aug 2015 01:09 PM PDT Adults who were exposed to childhood physical or sexual abuse were approximately twice as likely to have ulcerative colitis, according to a new nationally representative Canadian study.

One size does not fit all when it comes to marrow fat, scientists say Posted: 06 Aug 2015 11:46 AM PDT While most of us worry about the fat cells building up on the fleshy parts of our bodies, scientists are paying serious attention to another kind of fat cell deep inside our bones, in the marrow. Now they've published new important clues about it, including a discovery that there are two types.

Mutant cells that can't copy DNA keep dividing when they shouldn't Posted: 06 Aug 2015 11:46 AM PDT Scientists have created a yeast model for studying an unusual gene mutation that is associated with cancer. Their work will inform future studies into how a cancer cell evades biological checkpoints that should halt its division and spread.

Scientists report explanation for protein clumps in brain cells of patients with ALS Posted: 06 Aug 2015 11:45 AM PDT Autopsies of nearly every patient with the lethal neurodegenerative disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and many with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), show pathologists telltale clumps of a protein called TDP-43. Now, working with mouse and human cells, researchers report they have discovered the normal role of TDP-43 in cells and why its abnormal accumulation may cause disease.

New algorithm aimed at combating science's reproducibility problem Posted: 06 Aug 2015 11:44 AM PDT A research team that bridges academia and industry has developed a new tool that can help identify false discoveries made through adaptive analysis. In their study, they have outlined a method for successively testing hypotheses on the same data set without compromising statistical assurances that their conclusions are valid.

Patient-funded trials may do more harm than good, ethicists warn Posted: 06 Aug 2015 10:31 AM PDT A new article outlines how patient-funded trials may seem like a beneficial new way to involve more patients in research and establish new funding opportunities, but instead they threaten scientific rigor, relevance, efficiency and fairness.

New research tool tracks real-time DNA-protein binding in cells Posted: 06 Aug 2015 10:30 AM PDT Researchers have developed a new technology that precisely marks where groups of regulatory proteins called transcription factors bind DNA in the nuclei of live cells. Reporting their data in a new article, scientists say the new technology -- called SpDamID -- could allow scientists to answer basic questions about tissue development and disease that existing technology cannot address.

Scientists discover how key proteins segregate vital genetic information during mitosis Posted: 06 Aug 2015 10:30 AM PDT Chromosomes are responsible for carrying our genes and essentially protecting the information that helps ensure normal growth, with vital instructions being passed on by mitosis. While this copying mechanism has been well understood for decades, scientists have been unable to describe exactly how genetic information is protected and properly segregated as mitosis is happening. New research has identified an interaction between proteins that provides a pivotal role in organizing chromosomes so that vital genetic information gets passed on safely.

Researchers identify drug candidate for skin, hair regeneration in scarred burn and trauma victims Posted: 06 Aug 2015 10:30 AM PDT A novel cell signaling pathway in mice through which mammals -- presumably including people -- can regenerate hair follicles and skin while healing from wounds has been discovered by researchers.

How a single genetic mutation causes autism Posted: 06 Aug 2015 09:19 AM PDT Researchers have identified more than 1,000 gene mutations in individuals with autism, but how these mutations increased risk for autism was unclear. Now, a team is the first to show how one of these mutations disables a molecular switch in one of these genes to cause autism.

Study finds association between blood levels of trace metals and risk of glaucoma Posted: 06 Aug 2015 09:18 AM PDT In an analysis that included a representative sample of the South Korean population, a lower blood manganese level and higher blood mercury level were associated with greater odds of a glaucoma diagnosis, according to a study.

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