by King’s College London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at risk. Results from a Phase 2b clinical trial, published today in The Lancet by researchers led by King’s College London, provide hope for arthritis sufferers after it was shown that the...
by Ana María Rodríguez, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public DomainHeart failure remains the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. During a heart attack blood stops flowing into the heart. Without oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The heart muscle does not regenerate; instead, it replaces dead tissue with a scar made of...
by University of British Columbia Visualizing and quantifying mucus barrier functions on fecal sections. a. Processing scheme for processing feces for mucus analysis in situ. b. Tiled cross-section of healthy human feces (upper) and mouse feces (lower) dual stained with FISH probes (red) and a rabbit polyclonal antibody targeting human MUC2 (see Methods; green). c. Quantitative...
by American Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who experience heat stress during exercise may need more recovery time to let their muscles heal, according to a new mouse study published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The study is titled “Exertional heat stroke causes long-term skeletal muscle epigenetic...
by Brown University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAgent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its effects on the brain health of aging veterans. A new study by scientists at Brown University reveals...
by SPIE The photoacoustic spectral response (PASR) sensing instrument is based on low-cost laser diodes. Credit: Journal of Biomedical Optics (2024). DOI: 10.1117/1.JBO.29.1.017002In the realm of biomedical sciences, the quest for accurate and efficient diagnostic tools is ever-evolving. One such promising innovation making waves is the photoacoustic (PA) technique. In the past decade, PA imaging has...
Peer-Reviewed Publication TAMPERE UNIVERSITY SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM HIGHLIGHTING PROPOSED MECHANISM OF ACTION OF CAR PEPTIDE. SYSTEMICALLY ADMINISTERED CAR PEPTIDE ASSOCIATES WITH THE HSPG SDC4, WHICH IS RESTRICTED TO EPIDERMIS AND BLOOD VESSELS IN MOUSE SKIN WOUNDS. CAR INDUCES SDC4-DEPENDENT ACTIVATION OF THE SMALL GTPASE ARF6, VIA THE GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR CYTH2, TO PROMOTE SDC4-, ARF6-...
Peer-Reviewed Publication KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KAUST) A NEW ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TOOL THAT DRAWS LOGICAL INFERENCES ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF UNKNOWN PROTEINS PROMISES TO HELP SCIENTISTS UNRAVEL THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE CELL.CREDIT: © 2024 KAUST; IVAN GROMICHO. A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that draws logical inferences about the function...
Business Announcement NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY REAR FROM LEFT) RESEARCH FELLOW DR CAO JINWEI, NTU PROF CHEN XIAODONG, RESEARCH FELLOW DR ZHANG HANG, (FRONT FROM LEFT) PHD STUDENT MR SU JIANGTAO AND RESEARCH FELLOW DR CHEN NUAN, HOLDING DIFFERENT SOFT ELECTRONICS PROTOTYPES THAT HAVE VARIOUS SENSORS AND FUNCTIONS MADE BY THE TEAM.CREDIT: NTU SINGAPORE Waving your...
New study suggests that women with both migraine and persistent hot flashes face double the risk of heart disease and triple the risk of strokePeer-Reviewed Publication THE MENOPAUSE SOCIETY CLEVELAND, Ohio (Feb 14, 2024)—Hot flashes and migraine (particularly with aura) have been shown to be individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease because of associated poorer...
