Willow Shah NevilleBy Willow Shah-Neville Photo/ShutterstockHIV CRISPR HIV continues to represent a global health burden, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating that, in 2022, there were 39 million people living with the virus. But there is still no effective cure for it. The only option patients have is antiretroviral therapy, which, although it represents...
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Oct 31 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent study published in The Lancet Regional Health-Europe, researchers investigated the prevalence rate of physical-type symptoms by the severity of acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) beyond two years of diagnosis. Study: COVID-19 illness severity and 2-year prevalence of physical symptoms: an...
by Serena Crawford, Yale University Credit: Yale University Older adults who survive a critical illness, such as sepsis or respiratory failure, often have symptoms that restrict activities, but little is known about how these symptoms change over time or compare with those prior to illness, and whether these changes differ among vulnerable subgroups. In a new...
by American Institute of Physics Illustrative image of ECG device and various applications. Credit: Peter Francis Mathew Elango Nearly 200 million people around the globe have coronary heart disease, which accounts for about one in every six deaths, according to the British Heart Foundation. That’s why the recent and rapid rise in wearable electronic health-monitoring devices...
by University of British Columbia Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer Institute A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels, common among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer....
by University of Adelaide The articular Grem1-lineage progenitor cells are significantly depleted in OA. a Representative image of knee joint from 8-week-old Grem1-TdT mice administered tamoxifen at 6 weeks of age showing the location of Grem1 cells in growth plate (GP), subchondral bone (SB) and articular cartilage (AC), n = 5 mice. b Experiment schema. DMM surgery was...
by University of Surrey Flow-chart summarizing the 5-CSRTT process. During the 5-CSRTT, fish were required to swim toward one of five spatially distinct LEDs when illuminated. Approaches to the illuminated light were ‘correct’ and the proportion of correct trials was a measure of attention. Prior to illumination, there was a variable-time (mean 5-s) inter-trial interval, and...
by Maddie Massy-Westropp, University of New South Wales Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from UNSW Sydney and Stanford University have shown that dengue virus can disrupt the immune system in children, leading to more severe disease. These changes in the immune system, referred to as “immune confusion,” could be used to diagnose at-risk patients and...
by American Society for Microbiology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted bacterial infection that affects more than 80 million people worldwide every year, has become resistant to almost all known antibiotics. That makes it notoriously difficult to treat, but left untreated, an infection could lead to serious or even fatal complications. It also increases...
by Boston University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Multiple studies have shown that the COVID-19 vaccines do not lead to infertility or pregnancy complications such as miscarriage, but many people are still wary of adverse effects from the vaccine on pregnancy. A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers now provides deeper...
