by University of Melbourne Figure 1. Gender-affirming hormone therapy model induced progressive change in blood DNA methylation. A Longitudinal GAHT model with blood collection at baseline (before hormone therapy), and 6 and 12 months after treatment. In total, samples from 13 transgender women and 13 transgender men were included in the study. B Number of differentially...
by Melissa Rohman, Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a novel mechanism that connects circadian rhythm-controlled cellular metabolism and regeneration with muscle repair after injury, according to recent findings published in the journal Genes & Development. Clara Peek, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, was senior author of the...
by Robin Marks, University of California, San Francisco Microscopic image showing parts of the HER2 receptor touching each other inside the cells (green) and outside the cells (red) in a process called dimerization. The lack of red shows that cells with high levels of HER2 can have a lot of dimerization of their inside halves,...
by Leslie Orr, University of Rochester Medical Center Distribution of prognostic understanding regarding curability and life expectancy estimates reported by patients and oncologists. A, Patients and oncologists were asked about their beliefs about the curability of the cancer: “What do you believe are the chances the cancer will go away and never come back with...
By SHAUN WOOLLER HEALTH CORRESPONDENT PUBLISHED: 21:01 EST, 27 February 2022 | UPDATED: 03:36 EST, 28 February 2022 Staying fit into middle age can reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by up to a third, a study suggests. Even small gains in heart and lung health can be hugely beneficial. Analysis of 649,605 people with an average age...
February 28, 2022 8:01 PM ET VANESSA ROMO ROB STEIN A medical staff member prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up site in New York City last October. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The low-dose version of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine appears to be much less effective at protecting young children against infection than the...
