Concussion symptoms–such as loss of balance, hazy comprehension, sleep disturbance and ability to walk straight–can be reversed by a new type of magnetic stimulation, research at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows. Magnetic stimulation using a laptop-style device for 20 minutes per day improved the ability of rodents with concussion to walk in a straight line, navigate a...
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These 5 tropical plants may ‘provide anticancer benefits’
By David McNamee Fact checked by Jasmin Collier In a recent study, scientists identified several tropical plants that have anticancer properties. Researchers from the National University of Singapore, Department of Pharmacy (NUS Pharmacy) spent 3 years investigating the pharmacological properties of local plants. They found that three species were particularly effective at inhibiting the growth of several cancers, and they have...
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CBD: The next weapon in the war against opioid addiction?
by Jenny Wilkerson And Lance Mcmahon, The Conversation CBD, or cannabidiol, is everywhere, with word on the street saying that it can cure everything from a bad mood to cancer. However, most of these claims are not based on scientific evidence. Animal studies suggest that CBD might be beneficial for some health indications, such as pain, inflammation, arthritis and anxiety. However, until recently,...
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Deletion in mouse neutrophils offers clues to pathogenesis in multiple sclerosis
by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that damages the insulating sheaths of nerve cells of the central nervous system. People with the disease can lose vision, suffer weak limbs, show degenerative symptoms and exhibit impaired cognition. While multiple sclerosis has 17 approved therapies to modify the disease, none is able to halt disease...
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Drug-resistant cancer cells create own Achilles heel
by Nicole Giese Rura, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research The cells of most patients’ cancers are resistant to a class of drugs, called proteasome inhibitors, that should kill them. When studied in the lab, these drugs are highly effective, yet hundreds of clinical trials testing proteasome inhibitors have failed. Now scientists may have solved the mystery of these cells’ surprising hardiness....
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A robot may one day perform your colonoscopy
Posted Today A team from CU Boulder is taking a page from The Magic School Bus and journeying inside the body.. Graduate student Gregory Formosa inspects a robot that could one day change how doctors performcolonoscopies. Credit: CU Boulder/Glenn Asakawa The researchers, led by engineer Mark Rentschler, aren’t traveling by shrinking bus like the one in the cartoon and book series. Instead, they’re using...
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A new molecule to boost modern cancer therapies
Posted Today Highly effective modern cancer therapies rely on immune cells to attack and shrink tumours. Medicine instructs body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, which is a safer approach, but scientists from the University of Edinburgh found a way to boost this effect. They found a molecule that boosts the function of immune cells and allows patient’s body to launch a powerful anti-cancer immune response. The molecule is...
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Signalling protein discovery may lead to drug-based therapies to treat hyperparathyroidism
DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL SINGAPORE, 28 May 2019 – Overactive parathyroid glands,which control the body’s blood calcium levels, can lead to kidney stones, neuropsychiatric disorders and bone abnormalities, particularly among elderly women. Researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School have discovered a signalling protein that appears to protect these glands from excessive activity, providing insights for drug development to treat hyperparathyroidism – a condition currently treatable only through surgery....
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High LDL linked to early-onset Alzheimer’s
by Veterans Affairs Research Communications Researchers with the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Emory University have found a link between high LDL cholesterol levels and early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The results could help doctors understand how the disease develops and what the possible causes are, including genetic variation. According to Dr. Thomas Wingo, lead author...
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Norwegian robot is made to help scientists – and seniors
You might think that most new robots are designed to head off into factories or other workplaces, but the fact is that many of them are made to be used in the lab, by robotics developers. That’s the case with EVE r3, although its successor may find use in applications such as home care for the elderly....