A team of neuroscientists and engineers at McMaster University has created a nasal spray to deliver antipsychotic medication directly to the brain instead of having it pass through the body. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) The leap in efficiency means patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other conditions could see their doses of powerful...
Research into motion sensitivity could lead to improved rehabilitation programmes and an improvement in building designs for people with a rare inner ear condition that affects their balance. Dr Jessica Tyrrell at the University of Exeter’s Medical School will use the VSimulators research facility at Exeter Science Park to explore the response to different types and degrees of floor...
By Michael Irving January 21, 2021 Researchers have found a mechanism by which T cells become “exhausted” fighting cancer – and potentially uncovered a way around it for four/Deposit photos VIEW 1 IMAGES One of the most promising emerging cancer therapies is CAR T cell immunotherapy, where a patient’s own immune cells are supercharged to fight...
NANJING UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES In a new study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, Chen-Yu Zhang’s group at Nanjing University, School of Life Sciences, and Antonio Vidal-Puig’s group at University of Cambridge report that pancreatic β cells secrete miR-29 family members (miR-29s) via exosomes in response to high levels of free fatty acids (FFAs)....
KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: GRAPHICAL SCHEMA SHOWING THE MECHANISM FOR OVERCOMING INTRINSIC RESISTANCE TO ALK-TKIS OWING TOTP53 MUTATIONS CREDIT: KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY Most lung cancers are of a type called non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). This type of cancer is relatively insensitive to chemotherapy, so NSCLC therapies are usually based on drug treatment. Alectinib is a drug commonly...
by Denise Mann As worldwide obesity rates continue to soar, new research shows that growing numbers of people are developing a potentially blinding type of weight-linked headache that was once considered rare. Though the study was conducted in Wales, one U.S. expert said the same surge in these headaches is likely happening in this country and elsewhere,...
by Queen Mary, University of London A pancreatic islet from a mouse in a typical position, close to a blood vessel; insulin in red, nuclei in blue. Credit: Generated in the Solimena lab, Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, have identified a protein that may represent a novel therapeutic target for the...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Baby boomers and Generation X are at the greatest risk of mental ill-health in middle age, finds new UCL research. The study, published today in Psychological Medicine, reveals that 20% of those born in 1970—part of Generation X—19% of baby boomers born in 1946, and 15% of baby boomers born...
IOS PRESS IMAGE: UNIDAD DE DETERIORO COGNITIVO CREDIT: VALDECILLA Amsterdam, January 21, 2021 – A new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease carried out by researchers at the Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL University Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Bonn Medical Center, proposes that major surgery is a promoter or accelerator of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The...
by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed the first comprehensive framework to classify small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) into four unique subtypes, based on gene expression, and have identified potential therapeutic targets for each type in a study published today in Cancer Cell. SCLC is...
