Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH IMAGE: TORRI METZ, MD, VICE CHAIR OF RESEARCH OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY AT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH, WHO CO-LED THE NATIONWIDE STUDY. CREDIT: CHARLIE EHLERT / UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH Nearly one in 10 people who get COVID while pregnant will go on to develop long COVID, a report publishing...
Month: <span>July 2024</span>
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New medication for stress urinary incontinence? Investigational drug shows promise
NEWS RELEASE 11-JUL-2024 Waltham — July 11, 2024 — An investigational medication designated TAS-303 shows efficacy and safety in treatment of women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI), reports a placebo-controlled clinical trial in the August issue of The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the...
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Erasing ‘bad memories’ to improve long term Parkinson’s disease treatment – Parkinson’s
by Katherine Gaither, University of Alabama at Birmingham Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Common treatments for Parkinson’s disease can address short-term symptoms, but can also cause extensive problems for patients in the long run. Namely, treatments can cause dyskinesia, a form of uncontrollable movements and postures. In a recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience,...
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Gut Blastocystis linked to healthier diets and better heart health, study finds
By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc.Jul 10 2024NewsGuard 100/100 Score In a recent study published in the journal Cell, a team of researchers investigated the association between intestinal Blastocystis (a single-celled organism found in the human gut, linked to health outcomes with at least 28 subtypes (STs)), diet, and cardiometabolic health, highlighting its...
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How guardian proteins change from inhibitors to promoters of cancer
JULY 12, 2024 by Weizmann Institute of Science Cells with cancer-causing p53 proteins (red); the genetic material in the cell nuclei is in blue. Left: In the presence of a regular DNAJA2 chaperone, the structure of the p53 proteins is stabilized, so they do not bind with one another and therefore remain scattered throughout the...
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A seemingly paradoxical strategy: Varicella zoster virus spreads by enhancing an immune defense mechanism
JULY 12, 2024 by Stefan Zorn, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Jurkat cells adhere better to cells infected with the VZV-gC-GFP virus than with VZV-ΔgC-GFP. a) Schematic representation of the assay. b–d) Each circle corresponds to one independent experiment. e) Representative fluorescence microscopy images of Jurkat and HaCaT cells in the four experimental conditions. Credit: Nature Communications...
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Research challenges belief that menstrual cramps only occur in ovulatory cycles
JULY 11, 2024 by University of British Columbia Credit: RDNE Stock project from PexelsAccording to current understanding, menstrual cramps only happen in cycles in which an egg is released, or an ovulatory cycle. But new research from the University of British Columbia (UBC) is challenging this notion. The findings, published in the Journal of Pain...
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Advanced technology could give us ‘personalized’ hip replacements
JULY 11, 2024 by University of Warwick Experimental set-up for the cadaver experiment. (a) A specially designed fixation plate is used to position the cadaver specimen. (b) The cadaver specimen is secured to the fixation plate using a C-clamp, and the fixation plate is clamped onto a height-adjustable table. (c) ‘Pelvis Adaptor’ and pelvis reference...
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New protein drug trial produces promising safety results for rare pulmonary condition
JULY 11, 2024 by Josh Baxt, UC Davis INBRX-101 is engineered to maximize the functional activity of AAT, particularly in the lung. Credit: UC DavisA multicenter safety study at UC Davis Health tested a protein drug (INBRX-101), developed to improve care for people with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD), and showed the therapy is quite safe....
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Migraine pain caused by lack of lymphatic system drainage in brain, study suggests
JULY 11, 2024 by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI175616Migraine is a chronic and debilitating neurological condition affecting women 3 to 4 more times than men. Despite an estimated 1.1 billion people being impacted by the condition, the physiological underpinnings of migraine remain...