Research at UT Southwestern has shown that targeting metabolism in growing cells holds promise for the treatment of skin diseases like psoriasis that are characterized by skin overgrowth resulting from excess cell division, known as hyperproliferation. A research team led by Dr. Richard Wang, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, demonstrated in mice that inhibiting glucose transport may be a safe and effective treatment for these diseases. Actively dividing cells, like those underlying psoriasis, are more dependent on glucose for their growth. By inhibiting glucose transport in those cells, disease-associated skin overgrowth…
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For a royal visit to the Henry Fawcett Children’s Centre in London yesterday, the Duchess of Cambridge looked dashing in a purple silk-crepe Gucci top that she accidentally wore backwards, and we almost missed it. According to Net-a-Porter’s product description of the top, the pussy-bow blouse “features fabric-covered buttons that run down the back.” Similarly, Nordstrom’s description of the shirt says there’s a “row of dainty covered buttons inching down the back.” However, photographs of Kate Middleton show that when she wore the piece, the button closures were at the front instead. That also…
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A new study analyzing data from Canadian parents has found that babies sleep less at three months of age if their mothers do not have a university degree, experienced depression during pregnancy or had an emergency cesarean-section delivery. The study, which examined associations between a mother’s level of education, prenatal depression, method of delivery and her infant’s sleep duration, was published this month in Sleep Medicine. It found that infants born to mothers without a university degree slept an average of 13.94 hours per day — 23 minutes less than infants…
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Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in a new study. Mice fed a diet of 2 percent green tea extract fared far better than those that ate a diet without it, a finding that has prompted an upcoming study of green tea’s potential benefits in people at high risk of diabetes and heart disease. The benefits seen in the new study, published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, appear to stem from improved gut health, including more beneficial microbes in the intestines of…
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