Mayo Clinic has revealed the use of a new method in the complex field of in vitro fertilization. a target="_blank" href="http:www.mayoclinic.org/"Mayo Clinic/a recently marked its first births resulting from a target="_blank" href="http:www.mayoclinic.com/health/in-vitro-fertilization/MY01648"in vitro fertilization/a using a new time-lapse incubator that minimizes disturbances from human handling as embryos develop and helps fertility specialists better ...
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Researchers at by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) have identified a protein known as galectin-3 that can help identify people who have a higher risk of suffering from heart failure. This research is based on work from the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1948 and has been the leading source of research findings about heart disease risk factors. "Galectin-3, a Marker of Cardiac Fibrosis, Predicts Incident Heart Failure ...
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A synthetic protein that can help doctors identify regions of the body affected by a number of serious diseases such as arthritis and cancer has been developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University. The technique could lead to a new type of diagnostic imaging technology and may someday serve as a way to move medications to parts of the body where signs of disease have been found. In a study published in the Aug. 27-31 Online Early Edition of iProceedings of ...
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A reduction in the number of the bone marrow cells that go on to form the different cell types present in blood leads to a condition called aplastic anemia. In most cases, the causes of the disorder are hard to determine, but some patients have been found to have genetic alterations leading to a shortening of their telomeres (the end regions of chromosomes that protect and stabilise DNA). A team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) led ...
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A new study by American researchers has attempted to identify the factors that play a role in regulating the size of lipid droplets, with oversized droplets often linked with obesity and related health problems. Until recently researchers understood little about factors that regulate lipid droplet size. Now, a study from the Stowers Institute of Medical Research published in an upcoming issue of iJournal of Cell Biology/i reports a genetic screen of roundworms ...
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