by Washington University School of Medicine Nanoparticles (red) are taken up by immune cells (green with blue nuclei). Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that an experimental nanoparticle-based drug therapy protects mice from sudden death due to the rupture of a major blood vessel in the abdomen, pointing the...
by Hudson Institute of Medical Research L-R: Professor Brendan Jenkins, Dr Ruby Dawson. Credit: Hudson Institute of Medical Research Researchers aim to beat stomach cancer at its own game by identifying modulators of the innate immune system that drive it and applying the brakes before cancer takes hold. In 2021, Professor Brendan Jenkins and Dr....
by MATTHEW PERRONE Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain U.S. health officials on Tuesday authorized a plan to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose, citing research suggesting that the reduced amount is about as effective. The so-called dose-sparing approach also calls for administering the Jynneos vaccine with...
by Garvan Institute of Medical Research Collagen fibers running through a cancer tumor, created using a multiphoton microscope. The coloring is a visual representation of how collagen fibers are organized. Changing levels of collagen XII alters this organization; increasing collagen XII produces collagen fibers that are thicker and more aligned. Credit: Matrix and Metastasis Lab,...
by Emma Sciberras, Anna Jackson, Glenn Melvin and Louise Brown, The Conversation Credit: Simeon Frank/Unsplash COVID lockdowns and home schooling seemed never-ending for a lot of families. But there were some silver linings. Our new research published in two papers looked at children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) during lockdowns to understand what home learning was...
By Hidaya Aliouche, B.Sc. Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Amebic Colitis is caused by the anaerobic parasitic amoebozoan Entameba histolytica. This bacterium infects the mucosa in the colon and accounts for 100,000 deaths annually. The parasite infects 10% of the world’s population. Diagnosis of amoebic colitis is often difficult as gastrointestinal symptoms are non-specific and can appear similar...
The inventors of Rice University’s tiny, cancer-killing “drug factory” implants are teaming with Baylor College of Medicine surgeons to create a version of the technology that can heal injuries caused by heart attacks. Someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds in the United States. An artery that supplies blood to the heart becomes blocked, and heart...
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER IMAGE: RENELLE MYERS, BC CANCER, IN VANCOUVER, B.C. CREDIT: RENELLE MYERS, BC CANCER, IN VANCOUVER, B.C. (Vienna—August 9, 2022, 10:10 a.m. CEST)– Researchers from Vancouver, British Columbia examine the effect of duration of past exposure to air pollution with lung cancer diagnosis. In 2013, the International Agency...
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Image: The invention has been featured on the cover of Analytical Chemistry. Credit: Analytical Chemistry A team of researchers in the Faculty of Engineering of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a coin-sized system that can read weak electrochemical signals, which can be used for personalised health monitoring...
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE (IRB BARCELONA) IMAGE: GENE EDITING VIA CRISPR/CAS9 CAN LEAD TO CELL TOXICITY AND GENOME INSTABILITY CREDIT: IRB BARCELONA Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify critical spots on the genome where gene editing could cause an unwanted response, and they provide recommendations for safer approaches. The results have been published in Nature Communications....
