UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN IMAGE: THIS IS PROF. DR. ROBBERT HAVEKES, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCE OF MEMORY AND SLEEP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, THE NETHERLANDS. TOGETHER WITH HIS TEAM, HE HAS FOUND A WAY TO MAKE KNOWLEDGE WHICH APPEARED TO BE LOST DUE TO SLEEP DEPRIVATION ACCESSIBLE AGAIN, USING OPTOGENETIC APPROACHES, AND THE HUMAN-APPROVED ASTHMA...
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY IMAGE: CHEMICAL “MICROMOTORS,” AS ILLUSTRATED HERE, CAN EFFECTIVELY DELIVER INSULIN IN RATS WITHOUT AN INJECTION. CREDIT: ADAPTED FROM ACS NANO, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/ACSNANO.2C07953 For the millions of people living with diabetes, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, though, insulin cannot be easily delivered by swallowing a pill — it...
EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY In various European countries and North America, medical cannabis or medicines based on cannabinoids are authorised for therapeutic purposes. While the cannabis plant contains over 100 cannabinoids, THC (D9-tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) are the two best known and characterised constituents. THC and CBD are administered under different pharmaceutical forms, showing therapeutic...
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Two separate eye diseases may contribute to age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a leading cause of blindness in the United States, according to a new study from New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. The research, published January 9 in Eye is the first to demonstrate that...
by La Trobe University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain La Trobe University researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that could work alongside expensive and potentially biased breath testing devices in pubs and clubs. The technology can instantly determine whether a person has exceeded the legal alcohol limit purely on using a 12-seconds recording of their voice. In a paper published...
by Greg Glasgow, CU Anschutz Medical Campus Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered a new mechanism for slowing scarring of heart tissue—a process known as cardiac fibrosis. “Fibrosis of the heart occurs in response to a variety of stresses,” says the study’s corresponding author, Timothy McKinsey, Ph.D., professor of...
by Beth Newcomb, University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology study challenges existing ideas of how buildup of a protein called amyloid beta (Aβ) in the brain is related to Alzheimer’s disease. While buildup of amyloid protein has been associated with Alzheimer’s-related neurodegeneration, little is known about how the protein...
by Frontiers Credit: CC0 Public Domain For those who exercise regularly, eating almonds each day might be the ideal new year’s resolution. A randomized controlled trial in Frontiers in Nutrition showed that female and male participants who ate 57g almonds daily for one month had more of the beneficial fat 12,13-dihydroxy-9Z-octadecenoic acid (12,13-DiHOME) in their blood immediately...
by Professor Dr. Claudio De Simone, Medical Xpress Ventilated infant. Credit: Alexander Gray on Unsplash Newspaper headlines from the U.S. to the U.K. and most places in between highlight the surge in sick patients suffering from respiratory viruses. The so-called “tripledemic” of lung infections including respiratory synclinal virus (RSV), influenza (flu) and COVID-19 (coronavirus) is...
by Silke Wolf, Max Planck Society Schroeder et al. reveal that plasticity of long-range inhibition from the zona incerta enables memory formation in neocortical circuits. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Brain Research / S. Pernitzsch The neocortex is the largest and most complex part of the brain and has long been recognized as the ultimate storage site...
