by Dresden University of Technology Human liver is composed of cells with different amounts of DNA. Most of the cells have just two copies of DNA, as the cell indicated with a white arrow. Some cells accumulate more sets of DNA, like the ones indicated with yellow arrows. Those various types of cells renew differently....
Max Kozlov Monkeypox virus is a double-stranded DNA virus that infects cells and then replicates inside their cytoplasm. Credit: UK Health Security Agency/Science Photo Library. It’s been three weeks since public-health authorities confirmed a case of monkeypox in the United Kingdom. Since then, more than 400 confirmed or suspected cases have emerged in at least 20 non-African...
Interview conducted by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc.May 30 2022 Thought LeadersDr. Chenqu Suo and Dr. Cecilia Domínguez Conde Clinical PhD Student and Postdoctoral FellowWellcome Sanger Institute In this interview, News-Medical speaks to two researchers each discussing their respective studies that have contributed to the Human Cell Atlas; Dr. Chenqu Suo from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, co-first author of the...
Mixing drugs into oil-based gels could offer relief for children and adults who have trouble swallowing pills. For most children and even some adults, swallowing pills or tablets is difficult. To make it easier to give those medicines, researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have created a drug-delivering gel that is much easier...
Salmonella has been at the center of a scientific riddle that’s puzzled researchers for more than 20 years. The pathogen is well known for causing food-borne illnesses and can infect people through contaminated food or water. But until recently, no one knew how the microbe – strains of which can also cause typhoid fever and post-infectious arthritis...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IMAGE: PRIMARY CARE CLINICIANS CAN PRESCRIBE OBESITY MEDICATIONS AS WELL AS LIFESTYLE CHANGE TO PEOPLE WITH OBESITY CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN When a person with diabetes, high blood pressure, or osteoarthritis goes to their primary care clinic, they expect treatment that’s grounded in modern medical evidence. That might mean...
KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET The nervous system is known to communicate with the immune system and regulate inflammation in the body. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show how electrical activation of a specific nerve can promote healing in acute inflammation. The finding, which is published in the journal PNAS, opens new ways to accelerate resolution of...
Scientists have injected the first human patient with a new cancer-killing virus. The virus, known as Vaxinia, has seen successful tests in animals. However, the true test of its efficacy begins with this new clinical trial. Scientists just injected a human with a cancer-killing virus Image source: geargodz/Adobe It’s easy to hear the word virus...
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER IMAGE: IN COMPARING THE GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS OF 26 SPECIES WITH DIVERSE LIFESPANS, UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER BIOLOGISTS FOUND THAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DIFFERENT GENES WERE CONTROLLED BY CIRCADIAN OR PLURIPOTENCY NETWORKS. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER ILLUSTRATION / JULIA JOSHPE Natural selection has produced mammals that age at dramatically different rates. Take,...
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Breathing difficulties are the main cause of death following opioid use. In the UK, the number of adults entering treatment for opioid use was 140,863 in 2020/211 and opioid use remains a significant cause of premature death, contributing to 3,726 drug-related deaths last year1. Opioid misuse causes death by supressing respiratory activity. New...
