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1. UF Scientists Find First Link in Humans Between Memory and Nerve Cell Production
Listed On: Thursday, August 26, 2010
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Production of new nerve cells in the human brain is linked to learning and memory, according to a new study from the University of Florida. The research is the first to show such a link in humans....
University of Florida

2. Accelerating the Search for New Cancer Therapies: SickKids Scientists Find New Twist on Drug Screening to Treat Common Childhood Cancer
Listed On: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
TORONTO – A study led by scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) reveals a new method of identifying drugs to treat children suffering from fatal cancers for which an effective treatment has not been found....
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

3. Early Discovery May Aid Search for Anti-Aging Drugs (Gene’s action may help explain why restricting diet lengthens life)
Listed On: Monday, August 23, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A team of University of Michigan scientists has found that suppressing a newly discovered gene lengthens the lifespan of roundworms. Scientists who study aging have long known that significantly restricting food intake makes animals live longer....
University of Michigan Health System

4. Scientists Uncover Achilles Heel of Chronic Inflammatory Pain
Listed On: Saturday, August 21, 2010
Researchers have made a discovery that could lead to a brand new class of drugs to treat chronic pain caused by inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and back pain without numbing the whole body....
University College London

5. Researchers Identify Potential New Target for Ovarian Cancer (Inhibiting a Cell Division-regulating Protein Can Improve Response to Taxane Chemotherapy)
Listed On: Saturday, August 21, 2010
For the first time, Salt Inducible Kinase 2 (SIK2) has been found to play a critical role in cell division and to regulate the response of some ovarian cancers to chemotherapy....
MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas

6. Black Patients, Women Miss Out on Strongest Medications for Chronic Pain (University of Michigan Health System Study Shows Blacks are Prescribed Fewer Pain Medications, Women Get Weaker Doses from Primary Care Physicians)
Listed On: Friday, August 20, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich.– Black patients are prescribed fewer pain medications than whites and few women receive medications strong enough to manage their chronic pain, according to a study in the August issue of Journal of Pain....
University of Michigan Health System

7. A Pharmacy on the Back of a Cell (Drugs Encapsulated in New MIT Nanoparticles can Hitch a Ride to Tumors on the Surface of Immune-system Cells)
Listed On: Friday, August 20, 2010
Clinical trials using patients' own immune cells to target tumors have yielded promising results. However, this approach usually works only if the patients also receive large doses of drugs designed to help immune cells multiply rapidly, and those drugs have life-threatening side effects....
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

8. Preclinical Inquiry into One Mutation Sheds Light on Addiction and a Birth Defect
Listed On: Thursday, August 19, 2010
When a certain protein is mutated or missing, symptoms of the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome arise, causing a gradual loss of brain function during early development....
Duke University Health System

9. Diabetes Drugs Linked with Higher Risk of Fractures in Postmenopausal Women (Team Led by University of Michigan Takes a Closer Look at TRIAD Study to Discover Older Women Who Took Drugs Called Thiasolidinediones were at Higher Risk for Bone Fractures)
Listed On: Thursday, August 19, 2010
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Postmenopausal women taking certain diabetes medications, including the popular drugs Avandia and Actos, may be at increased risk for bone fractures, according to a new study led by the University of Michigan Health System....
University of Michigan Health System

10. Studies Pinpoint Key Targets for MRSA Vaccine
Listed On: Thursday, August 19, 2010
Two recent studies provide evidence for a new approach to vaccines to prevent infections caused by drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- better known as MRSA – the leading cause of skin and soft tissue, bloodstream and lung infections in the United States. One demonstrates a way to counteract the bacteria's knack for evading the immune system....
Medical Center, University of Chicago

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