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Common Childhood Asthma Not Rooted in Allergens, Inflammation
Allergens? No. Inflammation? No. An over-active gene that interrupts lipid synthesis appears to be the cause of 20-30% childhood asthma cases.
5/23/2013 10:25 AM EDT
Computational Tool Translates Complex Data into Simplified 2-Dimensional Images
Researchers at Columbia University and Stanford University have developed a computational method that enables scientists to visualize and interpret “high-dimensional” data produced by single-cell measurement technologies such as mass cytometry....
5/16/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Columbia Licenses 3-D Organ & Tumor Imaging Software to Varian
Columbia University has signed a licensing agreement with Varian Medical Systems for novel imaging software that facilitates 3-D segmentation, the process by which anatomical structures in medical images are distinguished from one another—an...
5/16/2013 7:00 PM EDT
Type 1 Diabetes and Heart Disease Linked by Inflammatory Protein
Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes appears to increase the risk of heart disease, the leading cause of death among people with high blood sugar, partly by stimulating the production of calprotectin, a protein that sparks an inflammatory process...
5/6/2013 12:20 PM EDT
Hundreds of Potential Drug Targets to Starve Tumors Identified
A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer, as well as hundreds of potential drug targets that could cut off a tumor’s fuel supply or interfere...
4/17/2013 5:40 PM EDT
High Levels of Glutamate in Brain May Kick-Start Schizophrenia; Implications for Early Diagnosis and New Treatment Strategies
An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate may cause a transition to psychosis in people who are at risk for schizophrenia.The findings suggest 1) a potential diagnostic tool for identifying those at risk for schizophrenia and 2) a possible...
4/18/2013 10:55 AM EDT
Columbia Experts at American Assoc. for Cancer Research Mtg.
The following research from clinician-scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center will be presented at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting,...
4/3/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Gene Linked to Nearly 2x Alzheimer's Risk in African-Americans
African-Americans with a variant of the ABCA7 gene have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease compared with African-Americans who lack the variant. The largest genome-wide search for Alzheimer’s genes in...
4/4/2013 5:00 PM EDT
