by American Physiological Society Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A five-minute test commonly used to evaluate olfactory function (sense of smell) could also help doctors screen for depression, according to new research out of King George’s Medical University, India. The research was presented at the American Physiology Summit, held in Long Beach, California, April 20–23. According to the...
by Chris Casey, CU Anschutz Medical Campus The difference in neuronal death between plasma IgG samples from MS patients and control samples. Credit: CU Anschutz Medical Campus A University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus research team has discovered that the immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies in the plasma of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are toxic to neurons, a...
by Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have unraveled the processes that give astrocytes, the most abundant glial cell in the brain, their special bushy shape, which is fundamental for brain function. They report in the journal Nature that neuronal activity is necessary and sufficient for astrocytes to develop their complex shape, and interrupting this...
Scientists have developed a specially engineered biochip that uses electricity to heal wounds up to three times faster than normal. It’s well known that electric fields can guide the movements of skin cells, nudging them towards the site of an injury for instance. In fact, the human body generates an electric field that does this naturally. So...
by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new approach to chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T) therapy has shown great promise against small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in a preclinical study. The findings cover new ground in our understanding of how CAR T can be employed against solid-tumor cancers, and provide...
by National Jewish Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at National Jewish Health have found that a subset of children suffering recurring fevers as a result of long COVID-19 have benefited from a daily medication treatment commonly used for gout and periodic fever syndrome. Using the drug colchicine, researchers saw rapid improvement not only in their fevers but also...
by Impact Journals LLC Mechanisms of cell death induced by CUDC-907 in senescent cells. Credit: 2023 Al-Mansour et al. A new research paper was published in Aging, titled “Characterization of the HDAC/PI3K inhibitor CUDC-907 as a novel senolytic.” The accumulation of senescent cells has an important role in the phenotypical changes observed in aging and in many age-related...
By Paul McClure April 25, 2023 Researchers have used a novel technique to turn chicken eggshells into a safe and effective bone graft materialDepositphotos We may soon be giving our unwanted eggshells to science, thanks to new research that has used the humble chicken eggshell to create a new bioactive material for making safe, effective bone grafts....
by University of Cambridge Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a half of all people who receive a knock to the head, there are changes in how regions of...
Have we finally found a way to slow down the ageing process? – Copyright Euronews/CanvaBy Camille Bello Despite centuries of research and progress in medicine, there are still many mysteries that remain unresolved, chief among them being an understanding of what causes ageing and how can we slow it down or reverse it. But a new study...
