by University of Montreal Histopathology of gastrocnemius muscle from patient who died of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy, Duchenne type. Cross section of muscle shows extensive replacement of muscle fibers by adipose cells. Credit: Public Domain A research team led by Nicolas Dumont, a researcher at CHU Sainte-Justine and professor at the Université de Montréal, has discovered...
by University of Minnesota Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a pilot human study, researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital show it is possible to improve specific human brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility by merging artificial intelligence with targeted electrical brain stimulation. Alik Widge, MD,...
by University of Nottingham Schematic 3D model of Toxoplasma gondii inside a host cell. Credit: Nottingham, University of Scientists have discovered that a deadly parasite, known to cause ill health in pregnant women and immunocompromised patients, could potentially be used to treat various types of tumors. The research, published today in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy...
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY VIDEO: RESEARCHERS RECORD THE ACTIVITY OF NEURONS IN THE BRAIN’S OLFACTORY LEARNING CENTER (BOTTOM), AS THE FLY RECEIVES A DROP OF SUCROSE. CREDIT: LABORATORY OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR AT THE ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY Among the neurotransmitters in the brain, dopamine has gained an almost mythical status. Decades of research have established its contribution to...
by Catherine Caruso, Harvard Medical School Credit: CC0 Public Domain Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese technique that has been used for millennia to treat chronic pain and other health problems associated with inflammation, yet the scientific basis of the technique remains poorly understood. Now, a team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A zinc supplement might help stave off the symptoms of respiratory tract infections, such as coughing, congestion, and sore throat, and cut illness duration, suggests a pooled analysis of the available evidence, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. But the quality of the evidence on which...
by Robin Marks, University of California, San Francisco Microscope image of skin fascia showing TIFFs labeled in green. Selected TIFFs are labeled in pink to visualize their star-like shape. Credit: Rosenblum Lab The surprise discovery of a new type of cell explains how distress to the skin early in life may prime a person for...
by Tohoku University Perfusion defect in the lymph node visualized by contrast-enhanced micro-computed tomography and high-frequency ultrasound (arrows). Credit: Tohoku University If not caught quickly, cancer cells often spread to other organs in a process called metastasis. Lymph nodes (LNs) are the organs with the highest risk of metastasis. Metastasis in the LNs also influences...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University This figure shows that chemotherapy treatment to combat cancer paradoxically alters the blood vessel wall to allow circulating cancer cells to adhere, thus increasing their ability to spread to distant sites. Credit: Justin Middleton, BioRender.com software A new study adds to the evidence that chemotherapy enhances cancer’s spread beyond...
by Federico Graciano, Duke-NUS Medical School Figure 1. UMAPs depicting cell lineages marked by genes specific to each cluster. The epithelial cell meta-cluster is marked by CDH1 expression and the different subclusters of epithelial cells such as pit mucous cell (Pit) marked by MUC5AC, TFF1, chief cells (Chief) marked by LIPF and PGA3 expression and intestinal...
