SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING IMAGE: TOP: SAMPLE CORONAL AND SAGITTAL SLICES OF ATTENUATION MAPS (1/CM) AND PET IMAGES RECONSTRUCTED WITH VARIOUS RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES WITH AND WITHOUT THE USE OF CT IMAGES. BOTTOM: DIFFERENCE IMAGE BETWEEN THE ATTENUATION MAPS FROM THE JOINT RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS AND CT-BASED IMAGES (1/CM). THE PLOT ON THE BOTTOM...
by Adam Taylor, The Conversation Credit: DFree/Shutterstock Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralysed one side of his face. “As you can see, this eye is not blinking,” Bieber told his fans in a video on Instagram. “I can’t smile on this side of my face. This nostril will...
EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF HUMAN GENETICS Vienna, Austria: Combining information about the pattern of blood vessels in the retina with genetic data can enable accurate prediction of an individual’s risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) and its potentially fatal outcome, myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack. The discovery could lead to a simple screening...
by University of South Australia Credit: Shutterstock Dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people worldwide, affecting thinking and behaviors as you age. But what if you could stop this degenerative disease in its tracks? A world-first study from the University of South Australia could make this a reality...
by University of Jyväskylä Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The estrogen deficiency following menopause is thought to impair women’s ability to use fat as an energy source. A study published in Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseasesand conducted at the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences of the University of Jyväskylä shows that menopausal state or blood estrogen...
by The Endocrine Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Growth hormone improves liver health in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) by reducing liver fat and inflammation, according to a new study presented Tuesday, June 14 at ENDO 2022, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. “Two risk factors for NAFLD, obesity and diabetes,...
by Elsevier Overview of hepatic proteomic and phosphoproteomic signatures identified in alcohol-associated hepatitis (AH) and alcohol-associated cirrhosis (AC). Hepatic neutrophils and chemoattractants are reduced in later stages of AH. Cardiolipin synthesis is compromised in AH and AC. These are newly identified metabolic defects and are likely to lead to the development/progression of AH/AC. Credit: American Journal...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Reducing the activity of the enzyme LRRK2 in the human brain with DNL201 may help protect cells in the midbrain and treat Parkinson’s disease. Credit: P. Lewis, et al. A large team of researchers from Denali Therapeutics, working with colleagues from multiple entities in the U.S. and one in Canada,...
by Texas A&M University Shaodong Guo, Ph.D., in his laboratory. Credit: Texas A&M AgriLife photo Estrogen may protect diabetes patients from cardiomyopathy, according to research led by a Texas A&M AgriLife scientist and published in the June issue of Circulation: Heart Failure. The study showed that severe insulin resistance in the heart causes cardiomyopathy and death in male mice....
by Elsevier Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using nanopore sequencing, a rapid third-generation cytogenetic analysis tool, investigators are now able to accurately detect specific genomic disorders in a fraction of the time it takes to conduct traditional and molecular cytogenetic testing. This facilitates earlier diagnosis of genetic disorders and accelerates appropriate clinical management for patients and...
