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Gene Variations Linked to Lung Cancer Susceptibility |
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 An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The specific genetic variations found in this study had not been associated with lung cancer risk in other populations. An italian researcher, Maria Teresa Landi, took part to the research.
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Promising Drug Slows Down Advance of Parkinson's Disease |
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 Treating Parkinson's disease patients with the experimental drug GM1 ganglioside improved symptoms and slowed their progression during a two and a half-year trial. The study was published online November 28 in the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. An italian researcher, Franca Cambi, took part to the research.
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Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Models |
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 A new study published online in PLOS ONE reveals that primitive human stem cells are resistant to human cytomegalovirus (HCMV. The lead author of the report is an italian researcher, Leonardo D'Aiuto, Ph.D., of the University of Pittsburgh. Collaborators on this study include italian researchers as Roberto Di Maio and Giorgio Raimondi.
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Social Media as Preventative Method for Infectious Diseases |
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 A Kansas State University-led research team is looking at social media as a tool to reduce and prevent diseases from spreading. Researchers are studying whether a well-timed post from a public authority or trustworthy person could be as beneficial as flu shots, hand-washing or sneezing into an elbow. An italian researcher, Caterina M. Scoglio, directed the research.
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Atypical angiopoietin-like protein that regulates ANGPTL3 |
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 Researchers identified a new Angiopoietin-like proteins (ANGPTLs) family member, ANGPTL8, expressed in liver and adipose tissue, and circulates in plasma of humans. An italian researcher, Fabiana Quagliarini, working at the University of Texas Medical Center, is the study's first author.
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"Homing Beacon Drugs" to Target Cancer Cells |
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 Researchers developed an unbiased multiplex “beads on a bead” strategy to isolate, characterize, and validate high affinity ligands from OBOC libraries. The peptides identified represent novel integrin-targeted agents that can be used to develop targeted nanomedicines without the risk of increased tumor invasion and metastasis. An italian researcher, Giulio A. Amadei, took part to the research.
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Researchers Discover Gender-based Differences in Alzheimer |
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 All patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) lose brain cells, which leads to a shrinking, or atrophy, of the brain. But the pattern of gray matter loss is significantly different in men and women, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). An italian researcher, Maria Vittoria Spampinato is the lead researcher.
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Viral Therapy for Brain Cancer |
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 A new study led by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center shows that cancer-killing viruses are safe but less effective than expected. The findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, show that the body responds to the anticancer virus as it does to an infection. An italian researcher, E. Antonio Chiocca, is a senior author of the study.
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