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Traumatic injury sets off a ‘genomic storm’ in immune system pathways

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Serious traumatic injuries, including major burns, set off a “genomic storm” in human immune cells, altering around 80 percent of the cells’ normal gene expression patterns. In a report to appear in the December Journal of Experimental Medicine, membe…

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U-M develops a potential ‘game changer’ for pathologists

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Ulysses Balis, M.D., clicks a mouse to identify a helicopter in a satellite photo of Baghdad, Iraq. With another click, an algorithm that he and his team designed picks out three more choppers without highlighting any of the buildings, streets, tree…

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Third trimester group B streptococcus test doesn’t accurately predict presence during labor

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SAN FRANCISCO (February 11, 2011) — In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting ™, in San Francisco, researchers will present findings that show that many women are h…

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Tumor microvesicles reveal detailed genetic information

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The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team that first discovered tumor-associated RNA in tiny membrane-enclosed sacs released into the bloodstream by cancer cells has now found that these microvesicles also contain segments of tumor DNA,…

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Generic drug may improve the effectiveness of cancer nanotherapies

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Low doses of an inexpensive, FDA-approved hypertension medication may improve the results of nanotherapeutic approaches to cancer treatment. In a report in the early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Massachusetts General …

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Researchers unlock the potential for exploring kidney regeneration

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Boston, MA – It is estimated that up to 10 percent of the U.S. population may have some form of renal disease, with 450,000 patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachuset…

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Growth-factor-containing nanoparticles accelerate healing of chronic wounds

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have developed a novel system for delivery of growth factors to chronic wounds such as pressure sores and diabetic foot ulcers. In their work published in the Jan. 18 Proceedings of the National Ac…

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Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in 8 weeks

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Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Ne…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Suicide risk greater for people living at higher elevations

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New Rochelle, NY, January 13, 2011 — Twenty years of mortality data from counties across the United States led to the striking discovery that living at higher altitudes may be a risk factor for suicide, according to a provocative study publishe…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Structure deep within the brain may contribute to a rich, varied social life

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Scientists have discovered that the amygdala, a small almond shaped structure deep within the temporal lobe, is important to a rich and varied social life among humans. The finding was published this week in a new study in Nature Neuroscience and i…

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Newborns with low vitamin D levels at increased risk for respiratory infections

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The vitamin D levels of newborn babies appear to predict their risk of respiratory infections during infancy and the occurrence of wheezing during early childhood, but not the risk of developing asthma. Results of a study in the January 2011 issue …

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MGH researchers develop faster method of engineering zinc-finger nucleases

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A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed a faster way to engineer synthetic enzymes that target specific DNA sequences for inactivation, repair or alteration. The report from the MGH Molecular Pathology Unit, bei…

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