10-03-12 Early detection is key to more effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of cognitive(认知的,认识的) impairment(损害,损伤) , and new research shows that a test developed at the University of Tennessee is more than 95 percent...
10-03-11 The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) has analyzed the first whole genome(基因组) sequences of a human family of four. The findings of a project funded through a partnership between ISB and the University of Luxembourg was published online today...
10-03-07 There's an epidemic(流行病,传染病) in progress, and it has nothing to do with the flu. A ground-breaking study published in the March 2010 Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found an astonishing 59 percent of study subjects had too...
10-03-05 Imagine a mosquito- borne(忍受,负荷) virus that has already infected millions of people in recent outbreaks in South and Southeast Asia, the islands of the Indian Ocean, Africa and northern Italy. Although seldom fatal(致命的,毁灭性的) , it ca...
10-03-01 A new University of Colorado at Boulder study shows mice infected with the bacteria salmonella(沙门氏菌) develop clinical signs(临床症状) consistent with(一致,符合) a deadly and poorly understood human inflammatory(炎症的) disease, a findin...
10-03-01 New research has identified four aspects of immune system disturbance(干扰,骚乱) which lead to the development of coeliac disease(乳糜泄,脂泄病) . Nearly 40 different inherited risk factors which predispose(预先处置,使安排于) to the disease...
10-02-25 Integrating real-time Internet-based infectious disease(传染病) surveillance(监督,监视) with knowledge of worldwide air traffic patterns could help in confronting infectious disease threats at mass gatherings, such as the Olympics and other lar...
10-02-20 Tiny bits of molecular(分子的) trash found in circulating blood appear to be good predictors(预报器,预言者) of cardiovascular disease(心血管疾病) and untimely death, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. The discovery, published...
10-02-10 It is widely known that genetic mutations(基因突变) cause disease. What are largely unknown are the mechanisms by which these mutations wreak(发泄,报仇) havoc(大破坏,浩劫) at the molecular level, giving rise to clinically observable symptoms...
10-02-09 A medication(药物治疗) previously studied in patients with Alzheimer's disease (latrepirdine) appears well tolerated and may improve thinking, learning and memory skills among individuals with Huntington's disease, according to a report in the Feb...