A rare form of kidney disease linked to a genetic mutation in the innate immune system has been identified by researchers funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research CouncilSo far, the disease, which the researchers have named CFHR5 nephropathy, has been identified in over one hundred pe

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A 13-member research team led by University of Oregon scientist Dr. Albert O. Edwards has found a gene likely responsible for Fuchs corneal dystrophy, an inheritable genetic disorder and leading cause of corneal transplant operationsEdwards performed a genome-wide analysis comparing patients with

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Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy can distinguish between neurological diseases in patients without clear symptomsA team of American scientists claim that a new method of testing for neurological diseases could provide doctors with a rapid and non-invasively method of diagnosing degenerative disorde

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, and collaborators at The Parkinson's Institute and the Mayo Clinic have published new research findings in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoSThe new data show effective silencing of the

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- To their deep dismay, researchers at Mayo Clinic discovered several years ago that laboratory samples of anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) they were using to help them find new treatments for this lethal disease were probably some other kind of cancerIt quickly became evident t

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PHILADELPHIA -- Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School have identified a novel approach of combining chemotherapy with a targeted therapy to decrease the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and aggressive brain tumor"Glioblastomas are horrendous tumors,

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A North Carolina State University researcher has helped to locate and identify a gene responsible for a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects American Staffordshire terriersThis same gene may be responsible for a similar rare, fatal disease in humans. Its discovery will lead to improved scr

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Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that using specific drugs can protect nerve cells in mice from the lethal effects of Parkinson's diseaseThe researchers' findings are published in the August 22 issue of Nature MedicineThe newly discovered drugs block a protein that, when altered in people,

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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Taligen Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing therapies that regulate the complement system to treat inflammatory and immune diseases, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent No. 7,759,304, entitled “Targeting Complement

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Although the medical community has already accepted that colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is cost effective and saves lives, researchers have found that computed tomography colonography (CTC or virtual colonoscopy) not only identifies CRC but also doubles the yield of identifying significant early

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