by Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News A massive new study spotlights the toll methamphetamine use may take on heart health, suggesting men, people with kidney disease and those with high blood pressure are especially at risk. The findings, published Monday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, indicated people who used meth faced a 32% overall...
by Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute Cells from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a disease against which treatment with glutathione inhibitors has demonstrated preclinical efficacy, dying by the effect of the pharmacological compound. Credit: Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute All human tumors originating from various tissues share a series of properties that define them, including the ability...
by Julia Bird, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.054 Certain cells from glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of brain tumors, mimic characteristics and movement strategies of immature neurons to colonize the brain. Fundamental new results from researchers at Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) and Heidelberg Medical School (MFHD) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)...
by Tel Aviv University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study from Tel Aviv University proposes a new learning method for people with autism that may accelerate the learning process and even significantly improve capabilities in terms of visual perception. According to the researchers, improving the perceptual capacity of people with autism is often a...
by Leiden University Credit: CC0 Public Domain A COVID-19 vaccine that specifically instructs the immune system to produce T-cells rather than antibodies is shown to provide good protection in a mouse model, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) researchers report in Nature Communications. According to them, the alternative vaccine may offer a solution for people with a...
by Ronja Münch, Leibniz-Institut für Naturstoff-Forschung und Infektionsbiologie – Hans-Knöll-Institut (Leibniz-HKI) Active centre of the enzyme BurG, which forms a highly reactive chemical compound that plays a crucial role in melioidosis. Credit: Michael Groll/Felix Trottmann Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology—Hans Knöll Institute (Leibniz-HKI) in Jena, Germany have identified...
JON HAMILTON Scientists say research into Alzheimer’s needs to take a broader view of how the disease affects the brain — whether that’s changes in the cortex or the role of inflammation. Matt York/AP The field of Alzheimer’s research is branching out. After decades of focusing on the sticky amyloid plaques and tangled tau fibers...
Make way, Dermavant. Two months after the company vowed to upend the plaque psoriasis market with its newly approved vanishing cream, there’s another topical to contend with. Arcutis Biotherapeutics secured a win on Friday for its phosphodiesterase-4 (PDE4) inhibitor roflumilast, now marketed as Zoryve in plaque psoriasis for children and adults ages 12 and up....
INSTITUT PASTEUR The team in the Hematology Department at Henri Mondor AP-HP Hospital, coordinated by Dr. Christine Robin, and scientists from the Institut Pasteur (the Invasive Bacterial Infections Unit led by Professor Muhamed-Kheir Taha) recently studied protection against meningococcal infection in patients who had received hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The results of this trial (NCT03509051), sponsored by...
DUKE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THERE ARE LOTS OF CHOICES ON THE DRUG STORE SHELVES, BUT WHICH FIBER SUPPLEMENT IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU? ALL OF THEM HELP, SAY DUKE RESEARCHERS. CREDIT: (DUKE UNIVERSITY PHOTO) DURHAM, N.C. — That huge array of dietary fiber supplements in the drugstore or grocery aisle can be overwhelming to a...
