by Keck School of Medicine of USC Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A synthetic aftertaste might not be the only side effect of switching to diet soda, especially if you’re trying to lose weight. Drinks that contain the artificial sweetener sucralose may increase food cravings and appetite in woman and people who are obese, according to a...
by Hong Kong Baptist University The cell sensor with a barcode-like micro-channel structure comprises two main parts: a cell culture zone and a “barcode” cell sensor. Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University A research team led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has developed a novel cell sensor with a barcode-like micro-channel structure that enables rapid and...
by University of South Australia Figure 1. Sites of arterial diameter measurement in cerebral angiography images. White lines perpendicular to the long axes of vessels show the measurement sites and white arrows depict the components of cerebral basal arterial network (CBAN). (A) Axial image showing the sites of measurement; (B) coronal image showing the sites of...
by Michael Merschel, American Heart Association Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 vaccines offer protection against life-threatening disease caused by the coronavirus to people with heart disease and stroke, and a booster dose could bolster that protection, health experts said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which sets policy on vaccine use, recommended Pfizer booster vaccines for several...
by University of Geneva Schematic representation of longitudinal network analyses applied to developmental psychiatry. Networks are reconstructed by calculating correlations between different symptoms, both at each assessment and over time. This allows the risk of developing a psychotic disorder in adolescence to be estimated and the most important targets for treatment to be identified. Credit: UNIGE...
by Tracey Bryant, University of Delaware Professor Jessica Tanis and doctoral student Andy Lam examine tiny worms (C. elegans) under the microscope for signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: University of Delaware Worms don’t wiggle when they have Alzheimer’s disease. Yet something helped worms with the disease hold onto their wiggle in Professor Jessica Tanis’s lab at...
by Liu Jia, Chinese Academy of Sciences Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hypercholesterolemia is a metabolic disorder commonly found in people with obesity. It has been reported as a risk factor in the development of the cancers derived from steroid-targeted tissues, such as breast and prostate cancer. However, little is known about the effects of hypercholesterolemia on...
by Niigata University Demethylation of DNA in the TDP-43 autoregulatory region using dCas9-TET1 fusion system attenuates alternative splicing involved in autoregulation and increases TDP-43 gene expression. Credit: Niigata University Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an intractable neurological disease. Aging is a risk factor for the accumulation of TDP-43 (transduction responsive region DNA-binding protein of 43kDa)...
by Erin Digitale, Stanford University Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain On Sept. 20, Pfizer-BioNTech announced that it’s preparing to submit data to the Food and Drug Administration on the initial results of its COVID-19 vaccine study in school-age children. The move signaled a big step toward expected emergency use authorization of the vaccine for kid...
by University of Waterloo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As people return to offices and students to classrooms, masks are recommended indoors to limit the spread of COVID-19. Though N95 and KN95 masks offer the highest degree of protection, any mask is better than no mask. Serhiy Yarusevych, a professor in Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the...
