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Charlottesville, VA – University of Virginia Alzheimer’s researchers have discovered how harmful tau proteins damage the essential operating instructions for our brain cells, a finding which could lead to new treatments. The toxic protein, the researchers found, warps the shape of the nuclei of nerve cells, or neurons. This alters...
London, England – Five cases of Alzheimer’s disease are believed to have arisen as a result of medical treatments decades earlier, reports a team of UCL and UCLH researchers. Alzheimer’s disease is caused by the amyloid-beta protein, and is usually a sporadic condition of late adult life, or more rarely...
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and MENLO PARK, Calif. — Ambry Genetics, a prominent leader in clinical genomic testing and a subsidiary of REALM IDx, Inc., along with PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced their companies’ selection by the University of California, Irvine (UCI)...
DALLAS, TX — Adults who reported drinking two liters (about 67 ounces) or more of sugar- or artificially sweetened drinks per week had a higher risk of an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation compared with adults who drank fewer such beverages, according to new research published today in Circulation: Arrhythmia...
Amsterdam, Netherlands – Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the bacteria that causes a tuberculosis infection, is present in exhaled breath of 90% of those presenting with suspected tuberculosis. This includes those who were negative on conventional sputum testing and not diagnosed with TB. This raises the possibility that those who have tested...