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Gene prompts cells to store fat, fueling obesity

Obesity is often attributed to a simple equation: People are eating too much and exercising too little. But evidence is growing that at least some of the weight gain that plagues modern humans is predetermined.
- Source: sciencedaily
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- November 14, 2017
ankyrin-B gene obesity Researches
Gates streams $50m into Britain’s Dementia Discovery Fund

British venture the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) has received a $50 million investment from Bill Gates, to help fuel progress toward disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
- Source: Pharmatimes
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- November 14, 2017
Alzheimer's Market Views therapy
Why head and face pain causes more suffering

Hate headaches? The distress you feel is not all in your—well, head. People consistently rate pain of the head, face, eyeballs, ears and teeth as more disruptive, and more emotionally draining, than pain elsewhere in the body. Duke University scientists have discovered how the brain’s wiring makes us suffer more from head and face pain. The answer may lie not just in what is reported to us by the five senses, but in how that sensation makes us feel emotionally. The team found that sensory neurons that serve the head and face are wired directly into one of the brain’s principal emotional signaling hubs. Sensory neurons elsewhere in the body are also connected to this hub, but only indirectly. The results may pave the way toward more effective treatments for pain mediated by the craniofacial nerve, such as chronic headaches and neuropathic face pain. “Usually doctors focus on treating the sensation of ...
- Source: medicalxpress
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- November 14, 2017
headache sensory neurons
Apps with social media features speed treatment in teen concussions

Research shows that teenagers who used a mobile health app once a day in conjunction with medical care improved concussion symptoms.
- Source: digitalcommerce360
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- November 13, 2017
brain concussion health apps Researches
Robots and AI Will Take Over These 3 Medical Niches First

We’re no stranger to robotics in the medical field. Robot-assisted surgery is becoming more and more common. Many training programs are starting to include robotic and virtual reality scenarios to provide hands-on training for students without putting patients at risk.
- Source: singularityhub
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- November 13, 2017
Artificial Intelligence Market Views robotics surgery
Shooting for a new standard on osteoarthritis, Merck KGaA outlines promising data for a potential game-changer

Merck KGaA’s pharma group is taking one more step in a long journey toward rehabbing its rep in the R&D field this weekend. Company execs turned up at the ACR scientific conference in San Diego to roll out a promising look at some key Phase II osteoarthritis data — which comes with a critical caveat.
- Source: Endpts
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- November 13, 2017
Merck osteoarthritis R&D sprifermin
Cancer cells destroyed in just 3 days with new technique

Cancer cells are relentless, possessing the vexatious ability to develop resistance to current therapies and making the disease hugely challenging to treat. However, an exciting new study may have identified cancer's weak spot; the discovery has already led to the near-eradication of the disease in cell cultures.
- Source: medicalnewstoday
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- November 8, 2017
cancer cell chromatin Researches
Increasing rates of chronic conditions putting more moms, babies at risk

Pregnant women today are more likely to have chronic conditions that could cause life-threatening complications than at any other time in the past decade - particularly poor women and those living in rural communities, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests.
- Source: Medicalxpress
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- November 8, 2017
chronic conditions Researches
Watch out Sanofi–Takeda’s new data on dengue vaccine is good news for PhIII trial

Prospects for Takeda’s dengue vaccine just turned brighter following fresh data from the company’s Phase II trial. For Takeda, the data is likely welcome considering the company already has a massive pivotal trial underway for the vaccine. For competitor Sanofi … perhaps not so welcome.
- Source: endpts
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- November 7, 2017
antibody dengue Phase vaccine
‘Precision Medicine’ may not always be so precise

Precision Medicine in oncology, where genetic testing is used to determine the best drugs to treat cancer patients, is not always so precise when applied to some of the world's more diverse populations, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, and the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC).
- Source: worldpharmanews
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- November 6, 2017
cancer oncology precision medicine Researches

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