By Ben Coxworth January 30, 2023 Use of the contact lens could eliminate the need for moisturizing eyedrops Depositphotos Many contact lens users end up suffering from an uncomfortable and sometimes even debilitating condition known as contact lens-induced dry eye (CLIDE). An experimental new contact lens, however, could keep that from happening … using a...
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jan 31 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in Science Immunology, researchers investigated the CAMCI (combination of cell activation and metabolic checkpoint inhibition) strategy as an immunotherapeutic option for inflammatory bowel disease (IDB). Study: CD4+ T cell activation and concomitant mTOR metabolic inhibition can ablate microbiota-specific memory cells and prevent...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and around the world and low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) is recommended to screen people between 50 and 80 years old who have a significant history of smoking or currently smoke. Lung cancer screening with LDCT has been shown to reduce deaths from...
JANUARY 31ST, 2023 CONN HASTINGS DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICINE Researchers at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, along with collaborators in Germany and Sweden, have developed a flexible sensor that can detect heavy metals in sweat, an easily obtainable bodily fluid. Heavy metals, such as lead or cadmium, can cause serious toxicity if they accumulate in the body,...
PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: RESEARCHERS FROM PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FIND THAT SUPPRESSING THE EXPRESSION OF SURF4 REDUCES PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LEUKEMIA PROGRESSION CREDIT: PROFESSOR DONGJUN LEE, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Leukemia, a type of blood cancer, affected around 2.3 million people around the world in 2015. Acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—a particularly aggressive disease—generally starts...
MCGILL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: A COMPARISON OF CORTICAL THICKNESS BETWEEN THE BRAINS OF OBESE PATIENTS TO THOSE WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. DARKER COLOURS INDICATE SIMILARITIES IN CORTICAL THICKNESS BETWEEN THE TWO GROUPS. CREDIT: FILIP MORYS A new study led by scientists at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University finds a correlation between neurodegeneration in obese...
ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY(UNIST) IMAGE: PROFESSOR SUNG HO PARK (CENTER) AND HIS RESEARCH TEAM IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AT UNIST. CREDIT: UNIST A research team, led by Professor Sung Ho Park in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST announced the results of a study on osteoblasts that damage joint bones in patients...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN FRANCISCO Do Sleep Medications Increase Your Chances of Dementia? UCSF-Led Study Shows Benzos, Antidepressants, Ambien May Impact Cognition A new study shows that sleep medications increase the risk of dementia in whites. But the type and quantity of the medication may be factors in explaining the higher risk. It follows previous...
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Scientists develop new design principles to improve vaccine structure and therapeutic outcomes for seven different types of cancer Breakthrough vaccine design principles double the number of T cells targeting cancer cells Blueprint established for redeveloping all vaccines – including those for infectious diseases like COVID-19 EVANSTON, Ill. — A new way to significantly...
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: MIT AND HARVARD RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED COMPUTATIONAL MODELS THAT CAN PREDICT THE PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS MADE FROM SQUISHY HYDROGEL BLOCKS. CREDIT: MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA – Gel-like materials that can be injected into the body hold great potential to heal injured tissues or manufacture entirely new tissues. Many researchers are working to develop...
