EMOTIVE (Vienna, Sunday, 26 June 2022) How long someone lives with Parkinson’s disease may be down to specific gene mutations, according to new research presented today at the 8thEuropean Academy of Neurology (EAN) Congress.1 Scientists from four institutes in Paris, including the prestigious Paris Brain Institute at the Sorbonne Université, studied the records of 2,037...
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Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
By LAURAN NEERGAARD Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and works—just days before regulators debate whether to offer Americans updated booster shots this fall. The vaccines currently used in the U.S. still offer strong protection against severe COVID-19 disease and death—especially if people...
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The surprising link between SARS-CoV-2 infection and new-onset diabetes
OSAKA UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE INSULIN/IGF SIGNALING PATHWAY PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN MANY BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, SUCH AS ENERGY METABOLISM AND CELL SURVIVAL. SARS-COV-2 INFECTION IMPAIRS TRANSCRIPTIONAL EXPRESSION OF THE INSULIN/IGF SIGNALING PATHWAY IN THE HOST LUNG, LIVER ADIPOSE TISSUE, AND PANCREATIC CELLS, WHICH IS LIKELY ATTRIBUTED TO INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1 (IRF1). THE PATHOLOGICAL TRAIT...
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Detection of cancer biomarkers from blood samples using nanopore-based DNA computing technology
TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: PATTERN RECOGNITION OF MIRNA EXPRESSION USING DNA COMPUTING AND NANOPORE DECODING CREDIT: RYUJI KAWANO, TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY Cholangiocarcinoma, also known as bile duct cancer, is a cancer type with a characteristically high mortality. At the time of diagnosis, most bile duct cancers are typically already...
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Chemically modified plant compounds work against hepatitis E virus
RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM IMAGE: DR. DANIEL TODT AND MARA KLÖHN FROM THE TEAM OF THE RUB DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND MEDICAL VIROLOGY IN THE BOTANICAL GARDEN, WHERE MAHOGANY PLANTS THAT PRODUCE ROCAGLATES ALSO THRIVE. CREDIT: © ABTEILUNG FÜR MOLEKULARE UND MEDIZINISCHE VIROLOGIE The team around Dimas F. Praditya, Mara Klöhn and Professor Eike Steinmann reports in...
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BBU researchers examine the infectious periods in vaccinated individuals with SARS-CoV-2, omicron and delta variants
BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)—In January 2022, the U.S. shifted its guidelines to recommend isolation of five days from COVID-19 symptom onset, followed by an additional five days of mask wearing. However, the progression of the infection as well as the impact of the different variants and vaccinations on when a person is no...
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Beyond the spike: New antibody analysis predicts severe COVID-19 outcomes
by University of Pittsburgh Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID Most research on immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 vaccine development has focused on antibody...
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Predicting the future: A quick, easy scan can reveal late-life dementia risk
by Edith Cowan University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Late-life dementia is becoming increasingly common in people after 80 years of age. A new long-term study has shown a simple and common scan can reveal if people are at increased risk of developing the condition late in life. Late-life dementia develops when brain cells are damaged...
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Monkeypox found to be evolving at a faster rate than expected
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at the National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge in Portugal, working with a colleague at Lusófona University, also in Portugal, has found that the monkeypox virus has been evolving at a faster rate than expected. In their paper published in the...
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Physio ‘dry needling’ and acupuncture: What’s the difference and what does the evidence say?
by Wayne Hing and Leigh McCutcheon, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Physiotherapists are increasingly offering needling therapies in addition to their standard care. Many Australian physiotherapists in private practice now offer dry needling or Western medical acupuncture as part of a treatment approach. Is it just a fad or does science support it? Needling, three ways Physiotherapists can...