Two types of dysbioses in cystic fibrosis identified.NewsPublished: June 12, 2024 | Original story from the Medical University of Vienna Credit: Robina Weermeijer / Unsplash. Read time: 2 minutesChronic lung diseases are often accelerated and exacerbated by polymicrobial infections. An international study team led by MedUni Vienna has identified two types of these so-called dysbioses...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Virginia Tech Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAn awkward beat doesn’t help on the dance floor, but it could help people who are recovering from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Publishing in the Journal of Neurotrauma, Virginia Tech scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC show that specifying the timing pattern...
JUNE 11, 2024 by National Comprehensive Cancer Network Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research in the June 2024 issue of Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network highlights a promising approach for alleviating distress, enhancing quality of life, improving physical function, and reducing fatigue in patients with blood cancers who undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Flinders University Credit: Cancers (2024). DOI: 10.3390/cancers16112055 Flinders University researchers have analyzed how an antidiabetic treatment could help control the growth of tumors, potentially paving the way for the design of better cancer treatments. The new study investigated what happens when metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication, is used to treat...
JUNE 11, 2024 by Karen Kreeger, Monell Chemical Senses Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers and patient advocates from the Monell Chemical Senses Center, Smell and Taste Association of North America (STANA), and Thomas Jefferson University came together during the COVID-19 pandemic to incorporate patient voices in efforts to prioritize research areas focused on improving care...
JUNE 12, 2024 by Wiley Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAs described in research published in the Biotechnology Journal, investigators have developed a novel patch that can help liver tissue regenerate. The patch is a combination of decellularized liver matrix, a liver growth factor, and an anticoagulant. In lab tests with liver cells, the patch helped liver...
JUNE 12, 2024 by Frontiers Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThere are various types of widow spiders, including black, red, and brown varieties in North and South America, the Australian redback spider, and several button spider species that inhabit South Africa. In Europe, Latrodectus tredecimguttatus—the European black widow—inhabits the Mediterranean region, but recently and due to the...
JUNE 11, 2024 by King’s College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers from King’s College London, with doctors at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, have successfully used a new robot system to improve treatment for a debilitating eye disease. The custom-built robot was used to treat wet neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD), administering a one-off,...
NEWS RELEASE 12-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationTSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS IMAGE: DURING FIBROSIS PROGRESSION, ISM1-/- MICE EXHIBITED ENHANCED CELLULAR SENESCENCE IN THE ALVEOLAR TYPE II EPITHELIAL (AT2) CELLS WITH INCREASED RELEASE OF SENESCENCE ASSOCIATED PRO-INFLAMMATORY FACTORS WHICH LEAD TO ENHANCED IMMUNE CELL INFILTRATION, RELEASE OF PRO-FIBROTIC MEDIATORS PROMOTING THE ACTIVATION OF MYOFIBROBLASTS WITH EXCESSIVE COLLAGEN DEPOSITION, RESULTING IN...
NEWS RELEASE 12-JUN-2024 Subcutaneous biodegradable scaffolds for restimulating the antitumor activity of preadministered CAR-T cells Peer-Reviewed PublicationWYSS INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ENGINEERING AT HARVARD IMAGE: T-CELL ENHANCING SCAFFOLDS CAN BE LOCALLY INJECTED UNDER THE SKIN FOLLOWING CAR-T CELL THERAPY, AND ALLOWCIRCULATING CAR-T CELLS TO INFILTRATE THEIR 3-DIMENSIONAL POROUS SCAFFOLD STRUCTURE. THERE, CAR-T CELLS BECOME ACTIVATED...
