IMAGE: NEW RESEARCH FROM UVA’S ZHEN YAN, PHD, AND COLLEAGUES REVEALS HOW OUR CELLS SENSE PROBLEMS AND PERFORM QUALITY CONTROL ON CELLULAR “BATTERIES” KNOWN AS MITOCHONDRIA. YAN HAS SPENT MANY YEARS SEEKING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE WORKINGS OF MITOCHONDRIA, AND HE CALLS THE NEW DISCOVERY THE MOST EXCITING OF HIS CAREER. CREDIT: DAN ADDISON |...
by University of Reading Cysteamine reduced existing atherosclerosis in low‐density lipoprotein receptor–deficient mice. A, Representative images to show atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta of baseline, control, and mice treated with cysteamine (2.2 mmol/L in drinking water) stained with Oil Red O. Bar=500 μm. Data points show lesion areas in individual mice in each group in the aortic arch...
by Australian National University Credit: Robina Weermeijer/Unsplash It’s estimated that a quarter of the world’s population is infected with tuberculosis (TB). Now, these people are being given a fighting chance to avoid long-term disability caused by the disease thanks to world-first research undertaken at The Australian National University (ANU) in partnership with the World Health Organization. Despite being both curable...
by Marla Paul, Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A biomarker in the brain predicts future cognitive decline in patients with the language form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. Northwestern Medicine scientists discovered the buildup of tau protein in the brain predicts the amount of future cognitive decline over one year...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A large study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found a link between ADHD and dementia across generations. The study, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, shows that parents and grandparents of individuals with ADHD were at higher risk of dementia than those with children...
by University of Barcelona Team led by Professor Francisco Ciruela. Credit: UB-IDIBELL-UBNeuro Photopharmacology is an emerging area of science based on the development of photosensitive drugs, that is, drugs that activate with light. A team from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona has worked on two treatments based on this innovative technology: a morphine derivative that...
by University of Oslo Professor Farrukh Abbas Chaudhry (at the back) and his research group has taken an important first step towards finding a cure for liver encephalopathy, or at the very least a treatment for its symptoms. Up front lead author El Hassan Hamdani, who is now working at OsloMet, in the middle Marivi Moen. Credit: El Hassan Hamdani Liver encephalopathy is one...
by Julie Nybakk Kvaal, University of Oslo From left to right: Guro L. Goll, consultant physician and postdoc, Silje W. Syversen, consultant physician and postdoc, Kristin K. Jørgensen, consultant physician and postdoc at Ahus and Espen A. Haavardsholm, professor at Institute of Clinical Medicine and Head of research and innovation at Diakonhjemmet hospital. Credit: Nicolas Tourrenc It is not...
by Amy Mone, Johns Hopkins University A tumor-specific T cell engages with a tumor cell. Bystander T cells do not engage with the tumor. Credit: PNAS Dec. 10, 2002, Copyright (2002) National Academy of Sciences Cancer-fighting immune cells in patients with lung cancer whose tumors do not respond to immunotherapies appear to be running on a different “program”...
by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Credit: CC0 Public Domain Genetic muscle diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting and often early death, with few treatment options and no cure. Some gene therapies that use a harmless virus to deliver a functioning copy of a disease-causing gene to cells have shown promise in clinical trials for...
