by Alex Smith, University of Minnesota Medical School Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Pharmacy have found that high costs for hepatic encephalopathy treatment in patients with end-stage liver disease are associated with decreased treatment retention for patients. The study results were recently published in Hepatology Communications....
by Newcastle University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA pioneering drug for a rare kidney disease prevents organ failure and significantly improves the outcome for patients, new research has confirmed. Atypical hemolytic uraemic syndrome (aHUS) is a genetic life-threatening condition caused by a defect in the immune system which leads to kidney failure. Newcastle University, UK, carried...
by University of Minnesota Visual Abstract. Optimizing Longitudinal Tobacco Cessation Treatment in Lung Cancer Screening. Credit: JAMA Network Open (2023). DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.29903Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States, and 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor: smoking. While lung cancer screenings are a critical part of prevention and treatment...
Seth Ettenberg, BlueRock Therapeutics CEOAugust 28, 2023 02:00 AM EDTUpdated 06:17 AM R&DBlueRock, Bayer’s stem cell group, details glimpses of efficacy in Parkinson’s disease therapyRyan CrossSenior Science CorrespondentA treatment that aims to restore the damaged and dying brain cells that cause uncontrollable movements in Parkinson’s disease is showing promising, albeit early, signs of being safe...
Patrick Campbell Conference |European Society of Cardiology CongressJaved Butler, MD, discusses the overall results of the STEP-HFpEF trial, how he interprets the reduction in adjudicated heart failure events, and how the community’s recent experience with SGLT2 inhibitors might inform uptake strategies for semaglutide 2.4 mg. The understanding and management of heart failure with preserved ejection...
Peer-Reviewed PublicationHONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: A MODEL OF HOW STEM CELL NICHE USES THE PROTEIN CHANNELS “GAP JUNCTIONS” TO TRANSPORT ITS CAMP INTO STEM CELL PROGENY IN CONTROLLING THEIR DIFFERENTIATION INTO FUNCTIONAL CELLS. CREDIT: HKUST Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have found how stem cells’...
Previously “unculturable” bacteria could represent a source of novel antibiotics.Published: August 22, 2023 Sarah Whelan, PhD Credit: Markus Weingarth A study has isolated a powerful new antibiotic – clovibactin – from soil bacteria previously considered “unculturable”, demonstrating that it kills bacteria in a way that is less likely to lead to antibiotic resistance. The research...
Peer-Reviewed Publication THE OBESITY SOCIETY ROCKVILLE, Md.—After adding follow-up years, increased sample sizes and examining multiple surgical procedures, new research shows bariatric surgery is associated with lower all-cancer and obesity-related cancer incidence among females. The research also found that cancer mortality was significantly lower among female surgical patients compared to non-surgical subjects, according to a...
Pervasive nuclear genetic control over common mtDNA heteroplasmies. a, Quality control (QC)-passing mtDNA heteroplasmies in UKB and AoU. From the inside: mtDNA positions of poly-C tracts; genomic annotations (orange, HVR; yellow, rRNA genes; blue, tRNA genes; purple, coding genes); heteroplasmic SNV counts (red); heteroplasmic indel counts (black). The teal arc region is the focus of...
Researchers at the University of Leeds in the UK have developed a magnetic tentacle robot that is intended for use in minimally invasive medical procedures, such as the treatment of tumors in the lungs. The soft tentacles are made from silicone. They are unlikely to cause tissue damage, and contain a series of magnets that...
