by Arizona State University Qualitative representation of A2 acute injury–specific TBI biomarker HCDR3 (green) and cell nuclei (blue) in 1-dpi tissue. Region of interest (ROI) represented in white box. Scale bars, 200 μm. Credit: Sarah Stabenfeldt, Arizona State University New research led by scientists at Arizona State University has revealed some of the first detailed molecular...
by could mean a major breakthrough toward new therapies for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A world-first study by Monash University, in Melbourne, Australia has discovered a pathway to the regeneration of insulin in pancreatic stem cells, a major breakthrough toward new therapies to treat Type 1 and Type...
by Katie Marquedant, Massachusetts General Hospital Glioma of the left parietal lobe. CT scan with contrast enhancement. Credit: Mikhail Kalinin/CC BY-SA 3.0 Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) who previously developed a blood test for mutations in a gene linked to gliomas, the most common type of adult brain tumors, have now applied their technology to...
by Christopher Gardner, Yale University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Epigenetic clocks are powerful biomarkers based on DNA methylation that were developed to track aging in population studies, clinical trials, and personal health applications. Intended to measure biological age, they strongly predict age-related morbidity and mortality along with other aspects of health. Now, scientists from Yale School...
By Isabella Cueto July 22, 2022 An illustration of Cutibacterium acnes, sebum-loving bacteria involved in the formation of acne lesions. ADOBE Cutibacterium acnes, a crunchy Cheeto-shaped bug that lives on human skin, loves the oily pocket around hair follicles. No face is quite as greasy as that of adolescents, flooded with hormones that grow hair,...
By Jason Mast July 22, 2022 An immunocompromised patient is given a shot of Evusheld, which protects against Covid-19.TED S. WARREN/AP Jennifer Padgett has spent 2 1/2 years terrified for her immunocompromised daughter, Hannah. Hannah catches pneumonia like mosquito bites; what could Covid wreak? Their whole family locked down in the early days, rushed to...
Laird Harrison July 21, 2022 NEW YORK — Photobiomodulation with low-level red infrared light could improve visual acuity in dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD), clinical researchers say. The treatment, already approved in Europe and parts of Latin America, may be the first to arrest the progress of the disease, said Richard Rosen, MD, DSc (Hon),...
By Sarah N. Lynch July 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department unveiled a $1.2 billion healthcare fraud crackdown on Wednesday, revealing criminal charges against 36 defendants for alleged fraudulent billing schemes tied to telemedicine, genetic and cardiovascular testing, and equipment. The criminal charges, which were unsealed across 13 federal districts between July 11 through...
Adam Marcus July 15, 2022 A staff sergeant steps onto a C-130 transport plane from Travis Air Force Base in Northern California, joining nearly 100 other fighters on a 13-hour flight to a US military base in South Korea. As the jumbo jet roars into the sky, she touches a button on a small wristband...
Hallie Levine July 20, 2022 New Yorker Lyss Stern came down with COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020. She ran a 103-degree fever for 5 days straight and was bedridden for several weeks. Yet symptoms such as a persistent headache and tinnitus, or ringing in her ears, lingered. “Four months later, I still couldn’t walk...
