by Northwestern University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a sample of older men and women ages 63 to 84, those who were exposed to any amount of light while sleeping at night were significantly more likely to be obese, and have high blood pressure and diabetes compared to adults who were not exposed to any light...
by Karolinska Institutet Schematic of oxygen-dependent regulation of mitochondrial content within the von Hippel–Lindau syndrome. a, Genotype–phenotype correlation in cancers arising in the VHL syndrome and its association with regulation of HIFα and mitochondrial content. Note that the Cuvash polycythaemia mutation VHLR200W shows total absence of tumor development despite increased HIFα signaling and appears normal with...
by International & American Associations for Dental Research A study investigating the role of Treponema denticola (T. denticola) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis will be presented by Zhiqun Tang of the West China Hospital of Stomatology at Sichuan University, China at the 100th General Session and Exhibition of the IADR, to be held in conjunction...
by University of East Anglia Peak velocity measurements with Pulse-wave Transthoracic Echocardiography (Left) and 4D flow CMR using automated peak velocity tracking (Right). Left Image: Doppler echocardiography used to interpret E-wave and A-wave velocities readings. Right Image: Illustration of the semi-automated valve tracking process performed using well-established techniques (top-left). Trans-mitral 3D streamlines are generated by the...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston The heart muscle is studded with tiny dyads that coordinate our heartbeats. New research uncovers a vital component that arranges dyads and holds them together. Credit: Medical images: William Pu, MD. Illustrations: Patrick Bibbins, Boston Children’s Hospital Every heart muscle cell, or cardiomyocyte, is studded with tiny, intricate structures called...
Credit: CC0 Public Domain As conservative US states rush to enact abortion bans following the Supreme Court’s bombshell decision, the fight over reproductive rights in America is poised to shift to a new battleground: abortion-inducing pills. With little other means at its disposal, the Biden administration will focus on expanding access to abortion pills for women living...
Rutgers scientists have developed a lab test that can quickly and easily identify which variant of the virus causing COVID-19 has infected a person, an advance expected to greatly assist health officials tracking the disease and physicians treating infected patients. Details of the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test have been published in The Journal of Molecular...
A Rutgers scientist is part of an international team that has determined the process for incorporating selenium – an essential trace mineral found in soil, water, and some foods that increases antioxidant effects in the body – into 25 specialized proteins, a discovery that could help develop new therapies to treat a multitude of diseases from cancer to...
by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who received at least one influenza vaccine were 40% less likely than their non-vaccinated peers to develop Alzheimer’s disease over the course of four years, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston. Research led by first author Avram S. Bukhbinder,...
An AI-powered, virtual platform is being developed to improve care for patients living with genetic disorders, as part of a Digital Health CRC project led by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Swinburne University of Technology. The online cloud-based platform, named GENIE, will initially focus on familial cancers and cardiac conditions, providing patients with guidance on...
