By Michael Irving May 26, 2021 Scientists have identified an enzyme in the brain that may protect against damage caused by low oxygen levels Some of the most devastating health effects of a stroke or heart attack are caused by oxygen deprivation in the brain. Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified an enzyme that...
By Rich Haridy May 26, 2021 The new scan involves a patient inhaling xenon gas, allowing clinicians to see structure and regional ventilation in the lungsUniversity of Oxford Department of Oncology. A new type of imaging technology has detected lung damage in patients suffering from the long-term effects of COVID-19. The weakened lung function was...
Described in a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the vaccine has the potential to: Improve the effectiveness of seasonal flu vaccines, which typically work 40-60% of the time, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Take less time to produce large quantities because, unlike most seasonal flu vaccines, it...
A project to measure the effects of electrical stimulation of a major nerve that could hold the key to new treatments for a range of diseases from epilepsy to depression is underway at the University of Bath. Members of C3Bio, the University’s Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices, are working to improve understanding of how the...
The Software Engineering Lab (SEL) research group at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) has been involved in the development of a tool for monitoring infectious diseases, along with the companies Dantia Tecnología, Viamática and the University of Murcia. The project was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Finance, Industry and Competitiveness and the Centre for the...
Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and affects more than 10 million people around the world. To better understand the origins of the disease, researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed an integrative approach, combining experimental and computational methods, to understand how individual proteins...
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, NEWS BUREAU IMAGE: A FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE IMAGE OF A THIN SECTION OF A HUMAN KIDNEY STONE REVEALS A COMPLEX HISTORY OF CRYSTAL GROWTH LAYERING, FRACTURING, DISSOLUTION AND RECRYSTALLIZATION. CREDIT: IMAGE COURTESY OF MAYANDI SIVAGURU, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Advanced microscope technology and cutting-edge geological science are giving new...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IMAGE: FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: FRANCESCA PUCA, PH.D., ANDREA VIALE, M.D., AND GIULIO DRAETTA, M.D., PH.D. CREDIT: MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER HOUSTON – Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a novel function for the metabolic enzyme medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) in glioblastoma (GBM)....
LUND UNIVERSITY New research could enable better healthcare for patients with benign tumours of the adrenal glands. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the levels of cortisol produced by the tumours which are associated with higher mortality rates. Up to half of benign adrenal tumours produce excessive amounts of the hormone cortisol. Until now, researchers did not know at...
SHINSHU UNIVERSITY IMAGE: MYODN RECOVERS THE IMPAIRED MUSCLE DIFFERENTIATION OF PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 AND TYPE 2 DIABETES CREDIT: MODIFIED FROM NAKAMURA ET AL., FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY (2021) 12: 679152 Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body that accounts for 30 to 40% of body weight and is responsible for multiple functions such...
