Scientists at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC have identified a protein that is critical to the development of inflammation during lung infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The identification of this protein, called interleukin-23 (IL-23), is an important finding that gives res...
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Researchers have found a highly unusual distribution of two proteins in the lungs and airways of people with cystic fibrosis, a discovery that could be a step in determining how the disease progresses. The proteins, first uncovered as a result of the human genome project, are thought to play a role ...
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Major advances in Cystic Fibrosis research mean that the future looks brighter for Gordon Brownâ??s family and all sufferers of this disease than it would have done 20 years ago.What does Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Mean For People?Cystic Fibrosis is the UKâ??s most common life-threatening inherited diseas...
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The dyslexic brain struggles to read because even small distractions can throw it off, according to a new model of dyslexia emerging from a group of recent studies.The studies contradict an influential, 30-year-old theory that blamed dyslexia on a neural deficit in processing the fast sounds of lang...
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Children as young as 2 who suffer from arthritis can be treated with Celebrex, but to ensure the painkiller doesn't put them at later risk for heart attacks, their health should be tracked for decades, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel said yesterday.
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A new study has found that teenagers who play violent video games have increased activity in those areas of the brain which control emotional arousal, and decreased activity in the regions associated with control, focus and concentration.
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CHILDREN as young as four are at risk of developing high blood pressure and eventual cardiovascular disease because of high levels of salt in many processed foods.
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