New link between fatal muscle wasting disease gene and cancer discovered
Mutations of the gene encoding dystrophins have long been known to cause the debilitating muscle-wasting disease DMD, which affects one ...
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Wasting muscles built back better
(BOSTON) — Muscles waste as a result of not being exercised enough, as happens quickly with a broken limb that ...
EMBARGOED: Targeting enzyme could alleviate muscle wasting for cancer patients
Targeting a specific enzyme in the muscle could help cancer patients preserve muscle mass and potentially prolong their survival, according ...
Scientists studying fatal muscle wasting disease make significant discovery
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by a genetic mutation and affects one in every 5,000 boys born. Because the ...
Oregon State researchers develop messenger RNA therapy for ovarian cancer, muscle wasting
PORTLAND, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have developed a promising, first-of-its-kind messenger ...
Soto receives $13 million NIH grant to further research on chronic wasting disease
A five-year, $13 million grant to study how certain infectious agents evolve to spread chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been ...
OSU finds little genetic basis for some sea stars staying healthy amid deadly wasting syndrome
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Healthy-looking ochre sea stars have minimal genetic difference from those displaying symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome, ...
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A final present from birds killed in window collisions: poop that reveals their microbiomes
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Illinois researchers achieve the first silicon integrated ECRAM for a practical AI accelerator
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Extinction of steam locomotives derails assumptions about biological evolution
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Study shows physical activity prevents, not just delays, cancer recurrence in patients previously treated for colon cancer
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Advanced electrode to help remediation of stubborn new ‘forever chemicals’