THE CONVERSATION – 1/5/2023, 8:34 AM Enlarge / Symptoms of long COVID-19 include fatigue, shortness of breath, and cognitive issues. Getty Images / ArtistGNDphotography The big idea Even mild COVID-19 cases can have major and long-lasting effects on people’s health. That is one of the key findings from our recent multicountry study on long COVID-19—or long COVID—recently published in...
By BRIGHAM AND WOMEN’S HOSPITAL JANUARY 5, 2023 Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have found a way to use cancer cells to fight cancer. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, the team led by Khalid Shah demonstrated that their cell therapy could eliminate established tumors and create long-term immunity in an advanced mouse model of glioblastoma,...
by University of Rochester Medical Center New study in Nature Aging describes a new anatomical structure in the brain called SLYM, an abbreviation of Subarachnoidal LYmphatic-like Membrane, that acts as a barrier and a platform from which immune cells can monitor the brain. Credit: University of Copenhagen From the complexity of neural networks to basic biological functions and...
LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND INFECTION BIOLOGY – HANS KNOELL INSTITUTE IMAGE: A CYTOKINE (BLUE) SECRETED BY T CELLS (RED) STIMULATES MONOCYTES (BACKGROUND) TO FEED ON C. ALBICANS HYPHAE (YELLOW). CREDIT: LUO YU/LEIBNIZ-HKI Certain T cells can secrete cytokines that are normally part of the innate immune system, as researchers from the Leibniz Institute for...
by National University of Ireland, Galway (a) Baseline body weight, by tertile of waist–hip ratio GRS. (b) baseline body mass index, by tertile of waist–hip ratio GRS. (c) Total body weight loss percentage at 24 weeks, by tertile of waist–hip ratio GRS. (d) Excess body weight loss percentage at 24 weeks, by tertile of waist–hip...
by NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. Credit: Julia Fekecs, NHGRI National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care. This approach contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to...
by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Wenjian Yang, Shawn Lee, MBBS, and Jun J. Yang, PhD, recently published a comprehensive study pharmacotyping childhood leukemia. Credit: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are reporting the most comprehensive study to date describing the variations in drug response across different genetic subtypes of acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
By Michael Irving January 04, 2023 A new type of treatment turns cancer cells into double agents that kill existing tumors Depositphotos Scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have found a way to fight cancer with cancer. The team genetically engineered cancer cells to release anti-cancer drugs at the site of established tumors, as...
By Rich Haridy January 04, 2023 Researchers genetically modified bacteria to secrete a peptide found to reduced inflammation associated with several autoimmune diseases Depositphotos Instead of injections or pills, why not engineer bacteria to secrete therapeutic molecules from within our gut? A new study is demonstrating this futuristic idea, showing how a genetically modified probiotic...
by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Proof of synapses connecting pairs of retinal cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells comes from the red coloring of infection by a modified rabies virus passed from one cell with a yellow nucleus across the synapse to a cell that glows only red. Credit: UW-Madison / Gamm Laboratory....
