By Paul McClure August 14, 2023 A new study mapping the brains of people with mental illness has found that despite individual differences there are some similarities Depositphotos Researchers have mapped the brain volumes of people with common mental illnesses and found that despite individual differences between people with the same diagnosis, common, connected brain areas...
by University of Oxford New study offers hope in early detection of oesophageal cancer. Credit: Shutterstock Researchers at Oxford University’s Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences have developed a new tool to predict people’s risks of getting esophageal cancer in the next ten years. Researchers in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University...
by University of Birmingham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have shown that a novel antibody generated to target an ‘essential amino acid sequence’ of both interleukin-17A and F has greater activity and potentially fewer side effects than existing biological therapies for conditions such as as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriasis, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The antibody, called...
by American Chemical Society Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image Gallery To explore why prostate cancer disproportionately sickens and kills Black men, researchers are looking to another disorder, diabetes, which alters metabolism. They used this approach in a preliminary clinical trial and today report the identification of four metabolism-related biomarkers linked to an increased risk of metastatic prostate...
by Elizabeth A. Thomson, Materials Research Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and Boston University researchers and colleagues report a smart pill the size of a blueberry that could be a game changer in the diagnosis and treatment of bowel diseases. Here (L-R) Qijun Liu of Boston University, Maria Eugenia Inda of MIT, and Miguel Jimenez of MIT pose with...
by University of Eastern Finland Arterial stiffness may cause premature cardiac damage in youth, but decreasing blood pressure and insulin resistance may reduce this effect by 50%. Credit: Andrew Agbaje. Arterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study. The study was conducted in collaboration between Texas...
by Nancy Fliesler, Children’s Hospital Boston Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While conventional flu vaccines are designed to anticipate the influenza strains projected to dominate in the next flu season, they’re only partially effective. And while antiviral drugs are available to treat active flu cases, the body quickly clears them, requiring high, frequent doses. Coupling one existing flu...
by University of Gothenburg Diseases targeted in the included trials. Credit: Clinical Drug Investigation (2023). DOI: 10.1007/s40261-023-01285-4 New cancer drugs are being launched rapidly before their long-term effectiveness for patients can be evaluated. Several years later, most of them still lack scientific evidence for increasing life expectancy or improving quality of life, a study at the University of...
by University of Bergen Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain We have all felt the workings of the so called “brain-gut-axis,” how our intestines get affected, for example, by stress. But still, researchers don’t know a lot about the relation between our gut and our brain. Research has long identified genetic correlations between patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar...
by Kessler Foundation Studies (N=57) divided into three pie charts based on population (cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, stroke) and further divided based on study type. Credit: Kessler Foundation A team of New Jersey researchers reviewed the evidence for the impact of robotic exoskeleton devices on recovery of ambulation among individua5ls with acquired brain injury, laying out...
