Imperial Valley News Center
Culture Clash: How Stem Cells Are Grown Affects Their Genetic Stability
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- Written by Scott LaFee
San Diego, California - The therapeutic promise of human stem cells is indisputably huge, but the process of translating their potential into effective, real-world treatments involves deciphering and resolving a host of daunting complexities.
Molecular Link between Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Reveals Potential Therapy
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- Written by Heather Buschman, PhD
San Diego, California - Obesity causes inflammation, which can in turn lead to type 2 diabetes. What isn’t well established is how inflammation causes diabetes - or what we can do to stop it. Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that the inflammatory molecule LTB4 promotes insulin resistance, a first step in developing type 2 diabetes. What’s more, the team found that genetically removing the cell receptor that responds to LTB4, or blocking it with a drug, improves insulin sensitivity in obese mice. The study is published Feb. 23 by Nature Medicine.
Income inequality "not just low wages" is taking a toll on the health of American workers
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- Written by Mark Wheeler
Los Angeles, California - “Income inequality” has already become a buzz phrase for the campaigns leading up to the 2016 elections. Likely candidates and pundits on both ends of the political spectrum have begun to talk about how fairness, social justice and — even after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act - the cost of health care insurance are contributing to the large and growing gap between the rich and poor.
In Hollywood, a major disconnect between economic interests and business practices
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- Written by Eric Greene
Hollywood, California - “The best and the whitest” was how host Neil Patrick Harris described the Hollywood elite being honored at the February 22 Academy Awards ceremony.
Physicists offer a solution to the puzzle of the origin of matter in the universe
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- Written by Stuart Wolpert
Los Angeles, California - Most of the laws of nature treat particles and antiparticles equally, but stars and planets are made of particles, or matter, and not antiparticles, or antimatter. That asymmetry, which favors matter to a very small degree, has puzzled scientists for many years.
Cutting-edge technology optimizes cancer therapy with nanomedicine drug combinations
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- Written by Brianna Aldrich
Los Angeles, California - In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is resistant to the drugs being used. To treat drug-resistant tumors, doctors typically use multiple drugs simultaneously, a practice called combination therapy. And one of their greatest challenges is determining which ratio and combination - from the large number of medications available - is best for each individual patient.
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