by Kaylee Dusang, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Although allergies are normally associated with the spring and fall, it may feel like allergy season never left this winter. From cold fronts to rainy days and back to warmer days, an allergy expert at Baylor College of Medicine explains that it is not...
by Kristine Nolin, The Conversation Glucose is the simplest of sugars and is a circle of carbon atoms with oxygen and hydrogen atoms attached to the ring. Credit: NEUROtiker/WikimediaCommons A quick walk down the drink aisle of any corner store reveals the incredible ingenuity of food scientists in search of sweet flavors. In some drinks...
by University of Surrey Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Plant-based diets (vegetarian or vegan) are becoming significantly more popular as people look to adopt a diet that is seen to be better for the environment, animal welfare, and/or personal health. Sales of plant-based foods have seen a 49 percent increase in Western Europe since 2018. Scientists...
by Garvan Institute of Medical Research Bisphosphonate is internalized by alveolar and peritoneal macrophages in vivo. (a) An in vitro prenylation assay detects unprenylated Rab GTPases (uRabs) in bone marrow-derived macrophages after culture for 24 hr with 1, 5, or 10 μM zoledronic acid (ZOL) compared to 1, 5, or 10 μM AF647-ZOL. (b) FACS...
By VICTORIA ALLEN SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 28 December 2021 | UPDATED: 02:23 EST, 29 December 2021 A breakthrough could help thousands of women with the ‘Jolie gene’ to delay or avoid cancer surgery. It would allow doctors to predict when and if patients with a faulty gene develop breast and ovarian...
By SUSIE COEN AND SHAUN WOOLLER FOR THE DAILY MAIL PUBLISHED: 17:00 EST, 2 January 2022 | UPDATED: 03:19 EST, 3 January 2022 Generations of women last night demanded an urgent inquiry into a drug they call the ‘silent Thalidomide’. A synthetic oestrogen known as Diethylstilbestrol (DES) was given to pregnant women to prevent miscarriage – and to dry up...
by Aubrey Whelan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The highly-contagious omicron variant now accounts for most new cases in the United States. And with a surge in COVID-19 cases and intense demand for scarce at-home rapid tests—which don’t differentiate between variants—Americans experiencing COVID-like symptoms are scrambling to figure out whether they’ve contracted omicron, a previous variant,...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests that even though men may be more likely to have cardiovascular conditions like heart disease and stroke and risk factors like diabetes, high blood pressure, and smoking in middle age than women, the negative impact of most of these conditions on thinking...
by Case Western Reserve University PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain An international team led by Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine has made a significant breakthrough in understanding why Alzheimer’s disease progresses so rapidly in some people that they die within three years. The researchers found a...
by European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over the past three decades, efforts to improve the results of standard treatment for patients with severe aplastic anemia have been largely unsuccessful. The phase III RACE trial, sponsored by the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), published on January 6,...
