JULY 23, 2024 by National Institutes of Health The LIAMT handheld processor features a window which the user can look through to view fluorescent virus detection signals. Credit: Advanced Science (2024). DOI: 10.1002/advs.202310066Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. However, PCR technology requires...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 The tracker tool, developed by Mass General Brigham researchers in partnership with patients, evaluates 12 modifiable physical, lifestyle and social factors that can help patients protect their brain health Peer-Reviewed PublicationMASS GENERAL BRIGHAM Late-life depression, typically defined as depression with onset in individuals over 60 years of age, can affect up to...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationWALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE IMAGE: MITOCHONDRIA (BLUE) BEING TARGETED BY MITOPHAGY (GREEN AND RED). CREDIT: WEHI Researchers at WEHI in collaboration with a team at the University of Vienna have discovered two proteins that act as regulators for mitophagy. Mitophagy is the process cells use to recycle damaged mitochondria, the...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 Heart condition because of stroke? A new LMU study discovers why this can happen – and how we can counter it in future Peer-Reviewed PublicationLUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN A stroke not only causes acute damage to the brain, but can also have long-term health implications for other organs – such as the heart. “However,...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC, who conducted the first and largest phase 3 clinical trial of pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s disease, have launched a new platform to share de-identified study data with scientists around the world. Business AnnouncementKECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF USC Data from the Anti-Amyloid Treatment in Asymptomatic...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 The study stressed the importance early diagnosis and sustained control of high blood pressure for Black and Hispanic patients, who have a higher risk of stroke Peer-Reviewed PublicationMICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN High blood pressure is known to increase a person’s chances of having a stroke. But a study led by...
NEWS RELEASE 23-JUL-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO A new antibiotic that works by disrupting two different cellular targets would make it 100 million times more difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance, according to new research from the University of Illinois Chicago. For a new paper in Nature Chemical Biology, researchers probed how a class...
JULY 23, 2024 HIV infecting a human cell. Credit: NIHA new “vaccine-like” HIV drug that currently costs over $40,000 per person a year could be made for as little as $40, researchers estimated on Tuesday. The antiretroviral drug Lenacapavir, developed by US pharmaceutical giant Gilead, has been hailed as a potential game-changer in the fight...
JULY 23, 2024 by National Institutes of Health GPT-4V, an AI model, often made mistakes when describing the medical image and explaining its reasoning behind the diagnosis—even in cases where it made the correct final choice. Credit: NLMResearchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that an artificial intelligence (AI) model solved medical...
Adrian Owen and Karnig Kazazian use brain activity patterns to predict survival rates of ICU patientsBy Jeff Renaud,July 22, 2024 (L to R) Adrian Owen and Karnig Kazazian combine different neuroimaging methods to assess patients at the bedside in the first few days after their brain injury. (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications) The very thought of being...
