By Abdulrahman Olagunju on December 29, 2021 Hippocampi, one in each brain hemisphere. Credit: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images How does our brain know that “this” follows “that”? Two people meet, fall in love, and live happily ever after—or sometimes not. The sequencing of events that takes place in our head—with one thing coming after another—may have something to do...
THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY (NAMS) CLEVELAND, Ohio (Jan. 12, 2022)—Menopause is often accompanied by an array of symptoms that can detract from a woman’s quality of life. A new study suggests that the severity of some of those symptoms—especially depression and sexual dysfunction—were linked to a woman’s cognitive performance. Study results are published online...
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH Bottom Line: For patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) carrying the Philadelphia chromosome and whose disease relapsed after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT), the two-year overall survival rate has nearly doubled from the period between 2000 and 2004 to the period between 2015 and 2019. Journal in Which the Study...
By Michael Irving January 12, 2022 Researchers have repurposed an experimental Alzheimer’s drug to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria credit: ktsdesign/Depositphotos Our antibiotics are failing in large numbers, threatening a future “dark age of medicine” where once-simple infections become lethal again. A team of scientists has now found a way to restore common antibiotics to their former...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES IMAGE: SCIENTISTS DERIVED THE CONCENTRATE, WHICH CONTAINS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES, FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED TOMATOES. CREDIT: ARINA KRASNIKOVA/PEXELS New UCLA-led research in mice suggests that adding a certain type of tomato concentrate to the diet can reduce the intestinal inflammation that is associated with HIV. Left untreated,...
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: AN OREGON STATE STUDENT SHIELDS HERSELF FROM THE SUN. CREDIT: CELENE CARILLO, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. – Research by the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy suggests that a vaccine stimulating production of a protein critical to the skin’s antioxidant network could help people bolster their defenses against skin cancer. Ultraviolet radiation...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINEP IMAGE: PLOTS FOR BIOCHEMICAL RELAPSE STRATIFIED BY PROGNOSTIC MODELS BASED ON CLINICAL DATA ALONE (TOP) OR CLINICAL DATA PLUS AN ERV PANEL (BOTTOM). “WE FOUND THAT THE COMBINATION OF ERVS AND CLINICAL INFORMATION OUTPERFORMED PREDICTION MODELS BASED ON CLINICAL PROGNOSTICATORS ALONE,” SAYS FARAHNAZ RAHMATPANAH, PHD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCY IN...
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET In a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified the presence of a specific connection between a protein and an lncRNA molecule in liver cancer. By increasing the presence of the lncRNA molecule, the fat depots of the tumor cell decrease, which causes the division of tumor cells to cease, and they eventually...
INSTITUT PASTEUR Multiple myeloma is a cancer of the bone marrow, with a life expectancy of less than 5 years post-diagnosis. Proteasome inhibitors, the therapeutic backbone of current treatments, are very effective in treating newly diagnosed cancers but resistance or intolerance to these molecules inevitably develop, leading to relapses. While studying a neglected tropical disease,...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Certain brain wave patterns that occur while an individual sleeps may be assessed by clinicians to help them diagnose dementia and other conditions related to memory, language, and thinking. A new study published in Sleep that was led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) could...
