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• Steroid hormone receptor prefers working alone to shut off immune system genes

  Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have obtained a detailed molecular picture that shows how glucocorticoid hormones shut off key immune system genes. The finding could help guide drug discovery efforts aimed at finding new anti-inflammatory drugs with fewer side effects. Synthetic g more

• Targeting inflammation to treat depression

  Researchers at Emory University have found that a medication that inhibits inflammation may offer new hope for people with difficult-to-treat depression. The study was published in Archives of General Psychiatry."Inflammation is the body's natural response to infection or wounding, says Andrew H. Mi more

• Novel compound halts tumor spread, improves brain cancer treatment in animal studies
  

  Treating invasive brain tumors with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation has improved clinical outcomes, but few patients survive longer than two years after diagnosis. The effectiveness of the treatment is limited by the tumor's aggressive invasion of healthy brain tissue, which restricts ch more

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• Primary brain tumors, delta 24 and tumor metabolism

  Interview by Rona Williamson, Commissioning Editor Mark R Gilbert studied medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore (MD, USA). He completed residency training in internal medicine and neurology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, then was named the first Keck Foundation Fellow in Neur more

• Glycosylation effects on cancer development

  Glycosylation effects on cancer development Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-2 DOI 10.1007/s10719-012-9448-4 Authors Sen-itiroh Hakomori, Division of Biomembrane Research, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, 720 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122, USA Richard D. Cummings, Department of B more

• Study designs and methods post genome-wide association studies

  Study designs and methods post genome-wide association studies Content Type Journal Article Category Editorial Pages 1-7 DOI 10.1007/s00439-012-1209-8 Authors Andreas Ziegler, Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig–Holste more

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