by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2 virus particles. Credit: NIAID Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have published the first analysis of how four types of COVID-19 vaccines prepare the body to fight SARS-CoV-2. Their in-depth look at how T cells, B cells, antibody levels shift in the six...
by University of California – Riverside 10 days of antibiotics reduced the adult gut microbiome from millions of aerobic colony-forming units to a non-detectable amount. Credit: Monica McNamara/UCR New research demonstrates that by killing essential gut bacteria, antibiotics ravage athletes’ motivation and endurance. The UC Riverside-led mouse study suggests the microbiome is a big factor...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain About 3 grams daily of omega-3 fatty acids, consumed in foods or supplements, appears to be the optimal daily dose to help lower blood pressure, according to a research review published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American...
by eLife Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have shed new light on the effects that high-intensity interval training (HIIT) has on human skeletal muscle, according to a study in men published today in eLife. The findings suggest that HIIT boosts the amount of proteins in skeletal muscle that are essential for energy metabolism and muscle contraction, and chemically alters key metabolic...
by Orlando Health As a primary care physician, Thomas Kelley, MD, has heard a lot of excuses about why men skip their checkups. A new national survey by Orlando Health finds a third of men don’t think they need annual screenings, but Kelley says they are critical to identifying developing health issues. Credit: Orlando Health...
by Anne Tiedemann, Cathie Sherrington and Kim Delbaere, The Conversation Exercise for strength and balance should be done often. Credit: Shutterstock Falls are common. Each year one in every three people aged over 65 will fall. Around one in ten falls lead to serious injury. Most of us have a friend or relative who has experienced an injury from a...
by Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft For experimental purposes, the programmable herpes simplex virus is propagated in cell cultures in an incubator. Credit: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Viruses are simple in structure: They consist of a small amount of genetic material wrapped in proteins and lipids. Measuring just 20 to 200 nanometers in size, they can only be detected with an electron...
by Christian Moro and Charlotte Phelps, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Do you, or someone you know, often complain of having constantly cold hands and feet? In most cases, this is not a problem, and simply due to the body maintaining its temperature. For our bodies, blood is a fantastic store of heat. By diverting blood...
by University of Maryland Computer simulation methods developed by Pratyush Tiwary’s lab identified two optimum pathways that Gleevec, a cancer drug, could take to unbind from the protein. The “fast” pathway allows Gleevec to leave the protein three times faster than that of the “slow” pathway, ultimately leading to drug resistance. Credit: Pratyush Tiwary Imatinib,...
by University of Eastern Finland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Eating problems are common among older home care clients, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows. Nearly 30% of the 250 older care clients studied reported poor appetite, 20% had problems with chewing, 14% had problems with swallowing, and nearly 20% reported eating...
