by University of South Australia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain University of South Australia researchers have identified an enzyme that may help to curb chronic kidney disease, which affects approximately 700 million people worldwide. This enzyme, NEDD4-2, is critical for kidney health, says UniSA Centre for Cancer Biology scientist Dr. Jantina Manning in a new paper published this month...
by Worcester Polytechnic Institute Pamela Weathers. Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute A team of researchers that includes Worcester Polytechnic Institute Biology Professor Pamela Weathers has found that extracts from the leaves of the Artemisia annua plant, a medicinal herb also known as sweet wormwood, inhibit the replication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and two of its recent variants. The team,...
by University of Washington School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study published today in Nature Communications shows that the drug rucaparib has been effective in treating certain types of ovarian cancers if used early in treatment, after a diagnosis, and before the cancer cells build up a resistance to chemotherapy. Rucaparib is in a relatively new class of...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from Carver College of Medicine, the University of Iowa and the University of California, San Francisco, has found that doctors looking to make predictions about the degree of cognitive impairment in brain-damaged patients might do better by looking at white matter than...
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Turin Medical School has found that applying direct current to the brain’s right dorsal lateral prefrontal cortex can enhance the placebo effect in patients. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,,...
by Brianna Aldrich, University of California, Los Angeles Head and neck cancer stem cells (red) expressing the CD276 gene (green) are found in high proportions at the periphery of tumor bodies; CD276 provides protection against cancer-fighting T cells to stem cells and interior tumor cells (blue). Credit: UCLA School of Dentistry Researchers from the UCLA School of...
By ROGER DOBSON FOR THE DAILY MAIL A once-in-a-lifetime jab may treat back pain. In a new trial, injections of lactic acid — a syrup-like substance formed in sour milk and found naturally in our bodies — are being given to 120 patients with lower back pain caused by disc problems. The researchers say that the jab will...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S MAILMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Exposure to air pollution, even over the course of just a few weeks, can impede mental performance, according to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. However, these adverse effects were lessened in people taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin. The study...
By JACK NEWMAN FOR MAILONLINE Scientists have discovered a frontal-temporal disconnection which could explain why people with Parkinson’s believe they can see ghosts. Around half of people suffering with the disease experience ‘presence hallucinations’ which causes them to sense a shadowy presence nearby. The spontaneous nature of the event has made the phenomena hard to study....
by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Materials Research Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Schematic of three different nano flashlights for the generation of, left to right, focused, wide-spanning, and collimated beams. Each could have different applications. Credit: Robin Singh In work that could turn cell phones into sensors capable of detecting viruses and other minuscule objects, MIT researchers have built...
