HEBREW SENIORLIFE HINDA AND ARTHUR MARCUS INSTITUTE FOR AGING RESEARCH A new perspective article published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has highlightedthat screening and treatment of osteoporosis lags behind other diseases, resulting in significant morbidity, mortality, and economic costs. Over the past 30 years, there has been tremendous progress in the ability to diagnose osteoporosis, a...
Year: <span>2022</span>
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Genome sequencing reveals underdiagnosed cause of long-term lung condition
by University of Southampton Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Southampton clinical researchers, working as part of a UK team, have shed new light on causes of bronchiectasis, a long-term lung condition currently effecting more than 200,000 people in the UK. People who have bronchiectasis experience a persistent cough, shortness of breath and recurring infections because their...
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Cell therapy may slow kidney damage from type 2 diabetes
by National University of Ireland, Galway Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Galway, in collaboration with the NEPHSTROM Consortium, has announced promising results from a new cell therapy trial for people living with diabetes. The NEPHSTROM clinical trial is taking the first steps to investigate the value of a novel cell therapy for adults who...
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Tiny patch could give diabetics painless glucose monitoring
by University of Waterloo Credit: University of Waterloo University of Waterloo researchers are developing a new patch that would offer diabetics an affordable, accurate, pain-free, round-the-clock alternative to traditional tests that require pricking a finger for a blood sample every few hours. And to make it even more user-friendly, potentially life-saving readings from the patch would be transmitted to...
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Anti-inflammatory drugs commonly taken by children can cause alterations to dental enamel, study shows
by Julia Moióli, FAPESP Visual inspection of the dehydrated lower incisors of the mice treated or not with indomethacin and celecoxib (scale = 10 mm). Credit: Scientific Reports (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19583-w A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil and described in an article published in the journal Scientific Reports shows that anti-inflammatory drugs commonly taken by children...
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INFLAMMATION MAY LINK PROZAC AND PRETERM BIRTH
The effect may reveal an underlying factor in what has been found to be an increased risk of preterm birth among those who use antidepressants during pregnancy and possible therapeutic targets to reduce that risk. As many as 13% of pregnant people will use antidepressants during their pregnancy, according to previous research. Yet a common...
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Developing antibiotics that target multiple-drug-resistant bacteria
HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE SPHAERIMICIN ANALOGS (SPMS) INHIBIT THE ACTIVITY OF MRAY, AND HENCE THE REPLICATION OF BACTERIA, WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF EFFECTIVENESS. THE POTENCY OF THE ANALOG INCREASES AS THE IC50 DECREASES (TAKESHI NAKAYA, ET AL. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. DECEMBER 20, 2022). CREDIT: (TAKESHI NAKAYA, ET AL. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. DECEMBER 20, 2022) Researchers have designed...
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Found: A protective probiotic for ALS
UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE (CRCHUM) IMAGE: ALEX PARKER, A CRCHUM RESEARCHER AND PROFESSOR AT UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, WITH HIS PHD STUDENT AND STUDY’S FIRST-AUTHOR AUDREY LABARRE CREDIT: CHUM Montreal, December 20, 2022 — A probiotic bacterium called Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus HA-114 prevents neurodegeneration in the C. elegans worm,an animal model used to study amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). That’s the finding of a...
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Myelin determines energy metabolism in inhibitory brain cells
NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE – KNAW Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have discovered that the energy management of inhibitory brain cells is different compared to excitatory cells in our brain. Why is that the case and what is the link with multiple sclerosis? Brain cells are connected to each other by axons, the parts of...
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Research identifies potential genetic cause for MIS-C complication following COVID-19 infection
CLEVELAND CLINIC New research findings have revealed an underlying genetic cause for why some children who have had COVID-19 infection develop Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), a rare but potentially life-threatening disease. The findings are the first potential genetic cause identified for MIS-C, a disease that typically occurs about four weeks after COVID-19 infection and...