by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID An international team of researchers has found evidence suggesting that the P.1 coronavirus variant that was first seen in parts of...
by Kelly Malcom, University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine—these substances are familiar to many as a source of both pain relief and the cause of a painful epidemic of addiction and death. Scientists have attempted for years to balance the potent pain-relieving properties of opioids with their numerous negative side effects—with mostly mixed...
A dementia diagnosis turns the world upside down, not only for the person affected but also for their relatives, as brain function gradually declines. Those affected lose their ability to plan, remember things, or behave appropriately. At the same time, their motor skills also deteriorate. Ultimately, dementia patients are no longer able to handle daily life...
SHINSHU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: STRAWBERRY GERANIUM (SAXIFRAGA STOLONIFERA), CALLED YUKINOSHITA IN JAPANESE. CREDIT: MARUZEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD Strawberry geranium (Saxifraga stolonifera) has been used in Japan as a herbal medicine to treat wounds and swelling, and continues to be an ingredient in food and cosmetics. Pharmacological studies have shown that extracts of strawberry geranium have antioxidant...
SAARLAND UNIVERSITY IMAGE: PROFESSOR JOCHEN HUB, SAARLAND UNIVERSITY CREDIT: THORSTEN MOHR There are many different types of cancer, but they all have one thing in common: errors in the signals that control normal cell behaviour can cause uncontrolled cell growth and cell division, leading to a tumour. An enzyme called SHP2 plays a key role...
CEMM RESEARCH CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE OF THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IMAGE: GREEN-SCREEN COMPOSITION SHOWING A USER IMMERSED IN THE GENOME-SCALE MOLECULAR INTERACTION NETWORK. CREDIT: SEBASTIAN PIRCH, PUBLISHED IN NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 2021. Networks offer a powerful way to visualize and analyze complex systems. However, depending on the size and complexity of the network, many visualizations are...
LAVOIEHEALTHSCIENCE Etrasimod 2 mg treatment group achieved statistical significance in the percentage change in weekly peak pruritis (PP-NRS), in the change in Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), and in the change in Patient-Oriented Eczema Measure (POEM) Etrasimod 2 mg was generally well tolerated, consistent with data in previous trials Park City, Utah, April 23, 2021...
UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN – FACULTY OF SCIENCE IMAGE: MIXED CELL POPULATIONS AUTONOMOUSLY SORT THEMSELVES INTO SEPARATE DOMAINS: ISLANDS OF EXTENSILE CELLS WITH NORMAL CELL-CELL CONTACTS (PURPLE) SURROUNDED BY CONTRACTILE CELLS THAT HAVE WEAKENED CELL-CELL CONTACTS (GREEN). CREDIT: AMIN DOOSTMOHAMMADI How do the billions of cells communicate in order to perform tasks? The cells exert force...
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MARTIN DE VITA IS A RESEARCHER IN THE PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND COAUTHOR OF THE STUDY. CREDIT: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY It’s been hailed as a wonder drug and it’s certainly creating wonder profits. By some estimates, the Cannabidiol (or CBD) market could be worth $20 billion...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Wikipedia Art appreciation is considered essential to human experience. While taste in art varies depending on the individual, cognitive neuroscience can provide clues about how viewing art...
