EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY Sophia Antipolis, 17 June 2022: Recommendations on how to use gene testing to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes and enable safe exercise are published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).1 “Genetic testing for potentially lethal variants is more accessible than ever...
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More than one way to skin a tumor
KYOTO UNIVERSITY IMAGE: BEFORE AND AFTER INTRODUCING EP2/4 INHIBITOR DRUG CREDIT: KYOTOU/GLOBAL COMMS Kyoto, Japan — If cancerous cells started wreaking havoc in your body, like terrorists in a building, your immune system would act like a SWAT team to combat the enemy. But what if the building entrance were blocked by a mysterious conspirator?...
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New research delves into the contributors to obesity-related health disparities
ELSEVIER IMAGE: THE OHDRC APPLIES THE NIMHD’S RESEARCH FRAMEWORK TO INFORM THE CENTER’S WORK AND RESEARCH. IT SHOWS HOW THE MULTILEVEL DOMAINS OF INFLUENCE AFFECT INDIVIDUAL, INTERPERSONAL, COMMUNITY, AND SOCIETAL LEVELS OF INFLUENCE. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES CREDIT: NIMHD RESEARCH FRAMEWORK. RETRIEVED FROM HTTPS://NIMHD.NIH.GOV/RESEARCHFRAMEWORK. ACCESSED ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2022 Ann Arbor,...
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A new hope for a therapy against retinitis pigmentosa
UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE Retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative genetic disease of the eye, is characterized by progressive vision loss, usually leading to blindness. In some patients, structural defects in the photoreceptor cells have been observed, but the molecular mechanisms involved are not understood. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), in collaboration with the University...
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Genetic screening algorithm could identify people with kidney disease risk
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new algorithm developed by researchers at Columbia University can analyze thousands of variants across the genome and estimate a person’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease—and it works in people of African, Asian, European, and Latinx descent. “With this polygenic method, we can identify...
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Diversity of centrosomes delivers new clues for neurological diseases
by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres Image of specific RNAs (magenta) at the centrosome (green) in mouse cortex cells. The cell nucleus is labeled in blue. Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Giulia Antognolli Internationally renowned neurobiologist Magdalena Götz is pursuing important leads in her quest to elucidate the causes of neurological diseases. Together with...
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A glucose meter could soon say whether you have SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
by American Chemical Society With this reaction, a glucose meter can detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in patient samples. (Ab=antibody; Inv=invertase). Credit: Adapted from Journal of the American Chemical Society 2022, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02537 Over-the-counter COVID tests can quickly show whether you are infected with SARS-CoV-2. But if you have a positive result, there’s no equivalent at-home test to assess...
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Long COVID risk less from omicron variant than from delta
by King’s College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The omicron variant is less likely to cause long COVID than the delta variant, new research has found. Analysis by researchers from King’s College London of data from the ZOE COVID Symptom study app is published today in a letter to The Lancet. The findings are from the...
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New approach eliminates specific strains of a bacterium related to acne
by Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study by the Translational Synthetic Biology research group at UPF presents a new approach to eliminating specific strains of a bacterium related to acne. The paper, published in the journal PLOS Pathogens, has also involved scientists from the company S-Biomedic and the University of...
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First periods can come as a shock. Five ways to support your kid when they get theirs
by Melissa Kang, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock It’s a tale as old as time. Around half of adolescents going through puberty will get their period. In high-income countries, an adolescent’s first period (known as “menarche”) happens on average between ten and 14 years of age, with most occurring between 12 and 13 years. Why then does...