Proteins involved in immunity, clotting and inflammation could help to unravel the complexity of long COVID By Miryam Naddaf. Long COVID is characterized by symptoms such as fatigue and brain fog, which can persist for months or years after SARS-CoV-2 infection.Credit: Jovelle Tamayo/The Washington Post via Getty Researchers have developed a computational model that predicts how...
Megan Brooks New research supports continued caution in prescribing a phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5i) to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) in men with heart disease using nitrate medications. In a large Swedish population study of men with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), the combined use of a PDE5i and nitrates was associated with a higher risk for...
Perri O. Blumberg Are Nuts Good or Bad for Weight Loss?StefaNikolic – Getty ImagesIF YOU’RE ANYTHING like us, you reach for your go-to bag of almonds in your desk when that late afternoon hunger hits. You likely already know that nuts are a nutrient-dense, tasty snack, but can they help you lose weight? “Nuts are...
Scientists have made promising discoveries and the new insulin medicine is ready to be tested on humans in 2025Peer-Reviewed Publication UIT THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY THESE CAPSULES CONTAINING NANO-CARRIERS WITH INSULIN WILL BE TESTED ON HUMANS IN 2025.CREDIT: NICHOLAS HUNT There are approximately 425 million people worldwide with diabetes. Approximately 75 million of these...
Throughout the brain’s cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT and Vanderbilt University neuroscientists has now found that these layers also show distinct patterns of electrical activity, which are consistent over many brain regions and across several animal species, including humans. A...
Tumors constantly shed DNA from dying cells, which briefly circulates in the patient’s bloodstream before it is quickly broken down. Many companies have created blood tests that can pick out this tumor DNA, potentially helping doctors diagnose or monitor cancer or choose a treatment. A blood test procedure. Image credit: Max Pixel, CC0 Public Domain...
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first selective therapy to prevent allergic reactions, ranging in severity from itchy hives and watery eyes to trouble breathing and even death.A scanning electron microscope image of nanoparticles (colorized in purple) that have successfully entered a mast cell To develop the new therapy, researchers decorated nanoparticles with antibodies capable...
Researchers at UC San Diego have developed modular nanoparticles that can be customized to target biological entities such as tumors, viruses or toxins.The surfaces of the nanoparticles are engineered to host biological molecules, making it possible to tailor the nanoparticles for applications from targeted drug delivery to neutralizing biological agents. Live cell fluorescent visualization of...
Written by Christine Giordano, MD | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Key takeaways: UTIs (urinary tract infections) are a bacterial infection of the bladder, urethra, or kidneys that usually need antibiotic treatment.Drinking fluids helps people recover from a UTI. The best things to drink when you have a UTI are water, electrolyte drinks that...
Moderna and Merck have presented promising results from their phase 2b clinical trial that investigated a combination of a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine and a cancer drug for the treatment of melanoma. Is mRNA set to shake up the world of cancer treatment? This is certainly what Moderna seems to think; the pharmaceutical company has...
