by The Scripps Research Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has found evidence that a compound contained in the medicinal and culinary herb rosemary could be a two-pronged weapon against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The scientists, in experiments described in a paper published January 6, 2022...
By Laura Lovett January 26, 202211:56 am Photo courtesy of Royal Philips Med tech giant Royal Philips is rolling out a new at-home ECG system for decentralized clinical trial use. The company is pitching this new technology as a way for clinical trial participants to record ECG data without traveling to a clinical site or...
by National Cancer Institute Woman with breast cancer had metastatic lesions in chest wall (top, left) and liver (bottom, left). After receiving the immunotherapy, tumors shrank completely. Recent scans (R) show she is cancer free more than 5 years later. Credit: The National Cancer Institute (NCI) An experimental form of immunotherapy that uses an individual’s...
Clues suggest anti-inflammatory macrophages are different in people with diabetes. The link between obesity and illness, particularly type 2 diabetes, is well known. Yet researchers are actively working to understand what it is about fat tissue that leads to metabolic disease. Studies in mice have shown that an increase in immune cells called macrophages in fat tissue...
JANUARY 31ST, 2022 CONN HASTINGS DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH Researchers at the University of Washington developed a new COVID testing technology that can provide accurate results in as little as 30 minutes. The technology intends to be a bridge between PCR tests, which are accurate but slow, and antigen tests, which are rapid but suffer from...
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IMAGE: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN KUPFFER (RED), STELLATE (GREEN) AND ENDOTHELIAL (BLUE) CELLS IN THE LIVER. KUPFFER CELLS CAN REMOVE BACTERIA AND FUNGI FROM THE BLOOD. CREDIT: IMAGE BY JOHNNY BONNARDEL. HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY-SA/4.0/” In patients with cirrhosis, or liver scarring, infections are associated with poor outcomes and a very high death rate, report researchers...
TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY IMAGE: (LEFT TO RIGHT): PROF. INNA SLUTSKY, DANIEL ZARHIN AND REFAELA ATSMON. CREDIT: DR TAL LAVIV The researchers believe that low-arousal states such as sleep and anesthesia expose failures in a mechanism that regulates stability of brain activity in the early, pre-symptomatic stage of Alzheimer’s disease. This discovery paves the way to early...
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER IMAGE: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. CREDIT: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. TERAVOLT Study Identifies Seven Factors That Increase Mortality Risk for Patients with COVID-19 (Denver, Colo. 9 a.m. EST/February 1, 2022) –The risk of...
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Plastic breaks down into microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics. These plastics can be found almost everywhere around the globe. Researchers can now confirm the presence of microplastics in the placenta and in newborns. The possible effects of nano- and microplastics on children’s health and development intensifies the interest in...
by University of Maryland School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers have developed a technique in laboratory animals to consistently and reproducibly open the blood-brain barrier. This barrier serves as a barricade securing the brain from the external world blocking out certain environmental toxins, but also prevents drug...
