JUNE 1, 2024 by Bill Snyder, Vanderbilt University Medical Center A 3D rendering shows one of the isolated antibodies, FluB-393, (blue) binding to the neuraminidase surface glycoprotein (red) of the influenza type B virus to prevent infection. Credit: Elad Binshtein, Ph.D., and Anthony CzelusniakResearchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have isolated human monoclonal antibodies against...
JUNE 3, 2024 by Jim Shelton, Yale University Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024). DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06483In a new study, Yale researchers describe how a novel chemical compound attacks drug-resistant brain tumors without harming healthy surrounding tissue. The research, published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, is a crucial step in the...
JUNE 3, 2024 by RIKEN Summary of experimental design and lipid profiling in this study. Credit: Nature Aging (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43587-024-00610-6 Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) have discovered numerous age-related changes in the lipid metabolism of mice, across both organs and sexes. Among these changes was the selective accumulation, throughout...
JUNE 2, 2024 by The Endocrine Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMost patients with thyroid eye disease treated with teprotumumab didn’t require additional treatment nearly two years later, according to industry-supported research being presented Sunday at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, and published in the journal Thyroid. “Thyroid eye disease is a...
NEWS RELEASE 3-JUN-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND Treatment resistance caused by cancer cell plasticity constitutes a major challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer. Published in Nucleic Acids Research, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland Institute of Biomedicine suggests that the SIX2 protein may be a possible factor underlying increased plasticity...
JUNE 3, 2024 by Case Western Reserve University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new study by researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine reveals that the popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic are linked to reduced incidence and recurrence of alcohol abuse or dependence. The team’s findings, recently published in the...
JUNE 3, 2024 by The Endocrine Society Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainGLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) and SGLT-2 inhibitors lower the risk of major cardiovascular events like heart attacks and severe liver complications compared to other diabetes treatments, according to data presented at ENDO 2024, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in Boston, Mass. “Before this study, there...
JUNE 3, 2024 by Karolinska Institutet a, Left, experimental design (partly created with Biorender.com) for single-cell RNA sequencing of HSPCs generated by single Vwf-tdTomato+ P-HSCs (n = 7) or Vwf-tdTomato− multi-HSCs. Right, mean (dots indicate individual mice) contribution to blood lineages. b, UMAP of LIN−cKIT+ cells replenished by single Vwf-tdTomato+ P-HSCs (blue; n = 7 mice, 2,290 cells) or...
JUNE 3, 2024 by Virginia Commonwealth University DAGLβ regulation of lipid signaling. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2304900120A team of researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia have made progress toward developing a drug candidate for treating chronic pain more safely....
Peer-Reviewed PublicationNYU TANDON SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING For survivors of strokes, which afflict nearly 800,000 Americans each year, regaining fine motor skills like writing and using utensils is critical for recovering independence and quality of life. But getting intensive, frequent rehabilitation therapy can be challenging and expensive. Now, researchers at NYU Tandon School of Engineering are...
