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Promising findings for treating damaged heart valves

13.12.2019 Health Problems

Aortic valve calcification is a challenging condition for the health service and for the patients concerned. The only treatment currently available is surgery. Mariia Boganova recently defended her thesis which addresses the options available for future pharmacological treatment. Mechanisms behind the disease The Russian doctoral research fellow explains that her thesis first looks at the mechanisms behind the disease. She […]

In vitro cell culture findings could lead to novel interventions for schizophrenia

01.12.2018 Health Problems

A study recently published in Translational Psychiatry, a Nature journal, has shown how using cultured cells from patients with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, to investigate abnormalities in nerve connections in the brain could lead to new treatments. Strong correlations were observed between the findings in the cells in culture—grown outside the body in a controlled environment—and findings from brain […]

Mouse study mirrors human findings that link chemotherapy and APOE4 to cognitive issues

05.10.2018 Health Problems

The research, led by Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) investigators and published in Neurotoxicity Research, complements findings from another GUMC-led study, published Oct. 3, that found a subset of breast cancer patients who experience long lasting cognitive deficits also have the APOE4 gene. Cancer survivors often report memory difficulties and this study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), […]