Posts by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Fat cells can sense sunlight — not getting enough increases metabolic syndrome risk
Fat cells deep under your skin can sense light and when bodies do not get enough exposure to the right kinds of light, fat cells behave differently. …
Read Full ArticleStem cell therapy helps broken hearts heal in unexpected way
Stem cell therapy helps hearts recover from a heart attack, although not for the biological reasons originally proposed two decades ago …
Read Full ArticleNew drug target discovered for the lung disease PAH
Scientists have identified a molecular pathway that contributes to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, often fatal condition that has no cure. …
Read Full ArticleHuman pancreas on a chip opens new possibilities for studying disease
Scientists created human pancreas on a chip that allowed them to identify the possible cause of a frequent and deadly complication of cystic fibrosis …
Read Full ArticleCardiovascular screenings uncover diabetes, high cholesterol in middle schoolers
A pilot study of 45 middle school kids shows that more than a third of those screened had abnormal levels of blood sugar or high cholesterol. …
Read Full ArticleEarly clinical trial data show gene therapy reversing sickle cell anemia
After over a decade of preclinical research and development, a new gene therapy treatment for Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) is reversing disease symptoms in two adults and showing early potential …
Read Full ArticleSickle cell anemia treatment safely lowers disease burden in African children
A daily hydroxyurea pill may finally bring some relief for young children living with the painful and deadly blood disease sickle cell anemia (SCA) in resource-challenged sub-Saharan Africa …
Read Full ArticleDetecting epigenetic signature may help people stay ahead of IBD
With an estimated 1.6 million people in the U.S. dealing with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), physicians can have a hard time telling which newly diagnosed patients have a high risk of severe inflammation or what therapies …
Read Full ArticleOverall well-being of a population associated with less per capita healthcare spending
A new study in JAMA Network Open finds that the overall well-being of a population on a county level is associated with lower healthcare spending for each Medicare fee-for-service beneficiary. …
Read Full ArticleScientists block RNA silencing protein in liver to prevent obesity and diabetes in mice
Obesity and its related ailments like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease pose a major global health burden, but researchers report in Nature Communications that blocking an RNA-silencing protein …
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