Pregnant women who are exposed to air pollution are more likely to have children with ASTHMA dailymail.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
E-Mail
New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by an international team of scientists discovered a mechanism that leads to Herceptin resistance, representing a significant clinical obstacle to successfully treating HER2-positive breast cancer. They also identified a new approach to potentially overcome it. The work is published online in
Nature Communications, available here. This work attempts to understand why some HER2-positive breast cancer patients do not benefit from treatment with Herceptin, which is a generally effective HER2-targeted therapy, explains Bolin Liu, MD, Professor of Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center.
Chinese scientists discover gene associated with epilepsy
1 2021-05-10 16:18:32Xinhua
Editor : Li Yan
ECNS App Download Screenshot from the journal Brain s website shows the study, led by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, on finding novel UNC13B variants associated with partial epilepsy. (Xinhua)
Chinese scientists have recently discovered a gene responsible for epilepsy, a neurological disorder of the brain.
The new study published in the international journal Brain described the gene as UNC13B, which has the loss-of-function variants that can cause intractable seizures and abnormal sensations and behaviors.
Using gene screening methods, a research team led by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in south China s Guangdong Province, found novel UNC13B variants in eight unrelated families from 446 cases with partial epilepsy.
2021-05-08 11:35:54 GMT2021-05-08 19:35:54(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
GUANGZHOU, May 8 (Xinhua) Chinese scientists have recently discovered a gene responsible for epilepsy, a neurological disorder of the brain.
The new study published in the international journal Brain described the gene as UNC13B, which has the loss-of-function variants that can cause intractable seizures and abnormal sensations and behaviors.
Using gene screening methods, a research team led by the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University in south China s Guangdong Province, found novel UNC13B variants in eight unrelated families from 446 cases with partial epilepsy.
According to researchers, in some patients, partial epilepsy has variable causes such as trauma, infection, immune abnormalities or neoplasm. However, in most cases the cause was previously unknown.
Being exposed to higher air pollution levels for a month could speed up cognitive decline in older men, a study has suggested.
Researchers found people performed poorer in recall and reaction time tests if air pollution levels increased in the 28 days before they were quizzed.
But men taking commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin were less affected, scientists discovered.
The study, by Peking University in China, looked at a cohort of nearly 1,000 men with an average age of 70 who lived in Boston in the US.
Cognitive function was assessed using a series of tests over time to determine their memory, attention and learning.