by David King, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock It’s hard to get through a winter without suffering sore throat, but luckily they normally get better within a few days. Sore throat is a common symptom of COVID and its newer variants. And of course, many sore throats are caused by viral colds or flu, so they can be treated at home. ...
Exactly what the Characteristics of European Women?
There are many different physical characteristics of Western european women. According to their nationality, these girls can have got long brunette hair, green eyes, good skin, and curvy varieties. However , you element is certain: they may put attempt into retaining their looks and wellbeing. European girls will not tolerate being grimy or heading out...
Spotting Parkinson’s disease through AI
by Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tracking wearable sensors, filming the patients performing routine exercises, or examining their handwriting—which is better for Parkinson’s detection? Researchers at Skoltech performed a comparative study of these three patient-driven monitoring approaches based on machine learning to find out what technique is most reliable for doctors...
New protein complex structure reveals possible ways to target key cancer pathway
by Alex Viveros, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard The SHOC2-MRAS-PP1C complex is made up of three proteins that regulate the RAS signaling pathway and help cancer cells with RAS mutations survive. Credit: Broad Institute and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Some of the most infamous drivers of cancer are mutations in RAS genes, which lead to tumor...
Stress transmitter wakes your brain more than 100 times a night—and it is perfectly normal
by University of Copenhagen Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain You wake up. The alarm clock says 02:56. “Oh no, it is not time to wake up yet,” you think, fearing that you will need lots of coffee to stay awake the following day. Most people believe that a good night’s sleep should be uninterrupted. That is why...
Tapinarof effective for longer-term treatment of plaque psoriasis
Four in 10 plaque psoriasis patients achieve complete disease clearance with tapinarof cream, 1 percent, according to a study published online June 26 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Bruce Strober, M.D., Ph.D., from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues assessed the long-term safety, efficacy, remittive effect, durability of response, and...
Towards a new drug class in the treatment of type 2 diabetes
by Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale Mouse visceral adipose tissue fluorescently labeled with AdipoRed. Nuclei are stained blue. Credit: Vincent Marion. Type 2 diabetes is a major public health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. Developing new drugs to help better treat its underlying causes is therefore a research priority....
How mitochondrial damage ignites the ‘auto-inflammatory fire’
by University of California – San Diego A colorized transmission electron micrograph depicts cellular mitochondria with its characteristic internal folds called cristae. Credit: Thomas Deerinck, National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research, UC San Diego Mitochondria are self-contained organelles (they possess their own mini-chromosome and DNA) residing within cells and are charged with the job of...
Scientists pinpoint reason why women may not respond to depression treatments the same as men
by Karen Michele Nikos-Rose, UC Davis The nucleus accumbens (represented in blue) is a part of the brain that controls motivation. Researchers from UC Davis compared samples of the nucleus accumbens in mice and humans to find clues to how this part of the brain is affected by stress and depression in males and females. Credit:...
The promising drug duo that may improve spinal muscular atrophy treatment
by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.04.031 In 2016, Spinraza became a game-changer for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patients. It was the first FDA-approved treatment for the neurodegenerative disease, which is the leading genetic cause of infant death. The drug was conceived and developed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Professor Adrian Krainer and collaborators. But Krainer...