Damian McNamara, MA October 25, 2022 CHARLOTTE, NC — Several factors appear to influence the risk for acute pancreatitis among patients who start taking glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) receptor agonist medications for weight management, a new study has found. Type 2 diabetes, advanced chronic kidney disease, and tobacco use were associated with greater risk for acute pancreatitis, researchers report....
Month: <span>October 2022</span>
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Seven Strange Illnesses From Stone People to the Living Dead
Coliquio Staff October 24, 2022 For an illness to be defined as rare, it must affect fewer than 5 in 10,000 people. Current estimates put the number of rare illnesses at around 7000. Some of these diseases have wide-ranging effects on the patient’s life. Munchmeyer’s Disease Also known as fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) or “stone...
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Immune system-evading hybrid virus observed for first time
Researchers found the RSV and influenza viruses fused together to form a new type of virus pathogen As well as helping the viruses evade the immune system, joining forces may also enable them to access more lung cells. Photograph: David Davies/PALinda Geddes Science correspondent Mon 24 Oct 2022 11.55 EDT Two common respiratory viruses can...
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An unprecedented list of health-threatening fungi released by the WHO
By Dr. Chinta Sidharthan Oct 27 2022 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. A recent report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) discusses the first WHO fungal priority pathogens list (FPPL), which ranks pathogens that cause acute systemic fungal infections, pose a serious risk of morbidity and mortality in humans, and currently present drug resistance and other...
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mRNA Therapy Prevents COVID Virus Entering Cells
OCTOBER 25TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS GENETICS, MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new treatment for COVID-19. The technology is based on mRNA, which has also been put to good use in COVID-19 vaccines. However, in this instance, the delivered mRNA encodes for human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2), which is the binding...
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Neck Sensor Helps Masked Clinicians Communicate
OCTOBER 27TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGSCRITICAL CARE, MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH, SURGERY, TELEMEDICINE Researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology in South Korea developed an auditory sensor that lets people wearing face masks, such as clinicians, to communicate more easily. The device is essentially a wearable microphone that picks up the vibrations of the skin in...
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Magic traditional Chinese medicine ingredients generated autophagic flux to suppress tumor progression and novel combination therapy strategy in gastric cancer
SCIENCE CHINA PRESS IMAGE: ACTIVATION OF BECLIN-1 BY PICEATANNOL PROMOTES AUTOPHAGIC FLUX IN GC CELLS, AND COMBINED WITH EVEROLIMUS, TRIGGERS AUTOPHAGIC DEATH, ULTIMATELY INHIBITING TUMOR PROGRESSION, AND PROVIDING A NEW APPROACH TO GC TREATMENT. CREDIT: ©SCIENCE CHINA PRESS This study is led by Dr. Longtao Huangfu, and Dr. Xiaoyang Wang (Peking University Cancer Hospital &...
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Ludwig Chicago Nanotechnology induces therapeutic immune responses against multiple types of tumors
LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH IMAGE: RALPH WEICHSELBAUM, CO-DIRECTOR AT THE LUDWIG CENTER AT CHICAGO CREDIT: LUDWIG CANCER RESEARCH OCTOBER 27, 2022, NEW YORK – A Ludwig Cancer Research study has developed a novel nanotechnology that triggers potent therapeutic anti-tumor immune responses and demonstrated its efficacy in mouse models of multiple cancers. Led by Co-director Ralph Weichselbaum,...
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Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IMAGE: A STUDY FROM WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS SHOWS THAT AS PATIENTS AGE, HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE IMPAIRS AUTOPHAGY, WHICH ELIMINATES WASTE FROM CELLS. SHOWN AT LEFT ARE NEURONS TRANSFORMED FROM SKIN CELLS OF A YOUNG PATIENT WITH PRE-SYMPTOMATIC HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE. ON THE RIGHT ARE NEURONS TRANSFORMED FROM...
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Investigating musical interventions for people with disorders of consciousness
by Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Change in cortisol levels. Error bars represent the standard error of the mean (SEM). Credit: Frontiers in Neurology (2022). DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.788588 Can music improve the quality of life of people with disorders of consciousness? In her doctoral thesis, cognitive linguist Teresa Grimm examined this question from different perspectives. The signs are...