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Brain imaging reveals how mindfulness program boosts pain regulation
by Heather Harris, University of Wisconsin-Madison Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Center for Healthy Minds has isolated the changes in pain-related brain activity that follow mindfulness training—pointing a way toward more targeted and precise pain treatment. The study, published today in The American Journal of Psychiatry, identified pathways in the brain...
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Harm from blue light exposure increases with age, research suggests
by Steve Lundeberg, Oregon State University Flies under blue light. Credit: Oregon State University College of Science The damaging effects of daily, lifelong exposure to the blue light emanating from phones, computers and household fixtures worsen as a person ages, new research by Oregon State University suggests. The study, published today in npj Aging, involved Drosophila melanogaster,...
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Inflammatory bowel disease tied to spondyloarthritis
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) more often have spondyloarthritis (SpA) before and after diagnosis of IBD, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. Sarita Shrestha, from Örebro University in Sweden, and colleagues compared the occurrence of SpA in a nationwide cohort study involving 39,203 patients diagnosed with IBD during 2006 to...
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Study finds important differences in monkeypox symptoms between current and previous outbreaks
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study published by The BMJ today identifies important differences in symptoms between the current outbreak of monkeypox and previous outbreaks in endemic regions. The findings are based on 197 confirmed monkeypox cases at an infectious disease center in London between May and July 2022. Some of the common symptoms they...
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Organoid production breakthrough to help accelerate disease and drug development research
by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Human intestine organoids growing in wells of a lab dish as part of a study at Cincinnati Children’s demonstrating a new mass production method for gut organoids. Credit: Cincinnati Children’s As the idea of growing tiny human organs in lab dishes has moved in recent years from futuristic science...
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A methodological leap in the exploration of memory
by CNRS Mobility of glutamate receptors on the surface of a rat hippocampal neuron, measured by tracking individual molecules. Credit: © Benjamin Compans and Daniel Choquet / IINS / CNRS-Université de Bordeaux Neurons communicate with each other across synapses, areas of close contact where neurotransmitter molecules released from one neuron act on receptors embedded in the...
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Another byproduct of aging: Hypermutations in the brain
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Genetic mutations in early development have been implicated in several psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, symptoms of which typically manifest during childhood and early adulthood. However, mutations came in two flavors: those that are inherited and those that occur—spontaneously or induced by the environment—after...
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New photoacoustic endoscope fits inside a needle
by Optica Researchers have created a photoacoustic imaging endoscope probe that can fit inside a medical needle with an inner diameter of just 0.6 millimeters. Tianrui Zhao, first author of the paper, is shown holding the imaging probe. Credit: Tianrui Zhao from King’s College London Researchers have created a photoacoustic imaging endoscope probe that can fit...
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New DNA repair-kit successfully fixes hereditary disease in patient-derived cells
by University of Bristol Image of patient derived podocyte kidney cells repaired with novel baculovirus-vectored approach pioneered by the Berger team. Podocin (coloured in green) is restored to the cell surface as in healthy podocytes. Credit: Dr Francesco Aulicino, University of Bristol Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young...