Mix Of Gut Microbes May Play Role In Crohn's Disease
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/12/289041150/mix-of-gut-microbes-may-play-role-in-crohns-disease
The particular assortment of microbes in the digestive system may be an important factor in the inflammatory bowel condition known as Crohn's disease. Research involving more than 1,500 patients found that people with Crohn's disease had less diverse ...
50-cent Paper Microscope Can Detect Diseases
http://mashable.com/2014/03/13/paper-microscope/
Its creator, Manu Prakash, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, hopes such a microscope will allow for easier and more wider detection of blood-borne diseases like malaria, African sleeping sickness, schistosomiasis and Chagas.
A versatile mouse that can teach us about many diseases and drugs
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-03-versatile-mouse-diseases-drugs.html
The mouse can also easily be adapted to study diseases other than cancer by expressing the biosensor in different disease models. Dr Paul Timpson began the study with colleagues from the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research in Glasgow and completed ...
Breakthroughs on the Horizon for CTE and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/breakthroughs-on-the-horizon-for-cte-and-other-neurodegenerative-diseases-2014-03-13?reflink=MW_news_stmp
Mar 13, 2014 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Whitefish MT / March 13, 2014 / The quest to address long-term neurodegenerative problems associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and concussions has received plenty of attention recently, in part because ...
NRL Team Works with DTRA to Better Predict Deadly Diseases
http://www.nrl.navy.mil/media/news-releases/2014/nrl-team-works-with-dtra-to-better-predict-deadly-diseases
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) scientists have spent the past two years helping the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) better predict pending epidemics and regional disease outbreaks. This objective is at the heart of two linked programs at ...
Epigenetic changes may offer insight into obesity-related diseases
http://www.healio.com/endocrinology/obesity/news/online/%7Beaebcd48-3996-4873-81b1-40f31546018c%7D/epigenetic-changes-may-offer-insight-into-obesity-related-diseases
Epigenetic changes in the HIF3A gene caused by obesity may offer researchers a clue to how BMI affects related diseases, according to recent study findings. ?Obesity increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and a host of other problems ...
Education, the Best Protection Against Obesity and Related Diseases
http://blog.seattlepi.com/timigustafsonrd/2014/03/12/education-the-best-protection-against-obesity-and-related-diseases/
With growing wealth in many developing countries around the world, diet and lifestyle changes are showing dramatic increases in obesity and related diseases like diabetes, heart disease and cancer. From Central and South America to the Middle East to ...
Crisis biology: Can bacteria save bats and frogs from deadly diseases?
http://www.summitdaily.com/news/10581819-113/chytrid-frogs-bacteria-bats
Scientists suspect the disease is so devastating because most amphibians have never encountered this strain of the fungus before. Humans likely transported it around the globe in the pet trade, on American bullfrogs, whose legs are a delicacy, or on ...
