September 5, 2024 by Eddy Duryea, University of Central Florida Description of plasmonic biosensor platform. (A) Schematic of integrated plasmonic biosensor platform. Top inset shows specificity of surface-functionalized DNA aptamer in presence of other interfering species, where the aptamer binds selectively to dopamine. Bottom inset shows a cartoon representation of the plasmonic biosensor. (B and...
September 5, 2024 by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Photograph of the band on an ankle. Credit: Soongwon Cho and Ruihao SongA large, international team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds has developed a band that can be worn on the wrist or ankle to measure changes in the chemical makeup of sweat over...
September 5, 2024 by Frederike Buhse, Exzellenzcluster Präzisionsmedizin für chronische Entzündungserkrankungen Graphical abstract. Credit: Immunity (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2024.08.005In autoimmune diseases, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s own structures. A research team from Kiel, Lübeck and Berlin has now succeeded in analyzing certain pathogenic immune cells more precisely using a method they developed. They discovered...
September 5, 2024 by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The vision of people with a rare inherited condition that causes them to lose much of their sight early in childhood was 100 times better after they received gene therapy to address the genetic mutation causing it. Some...
September 5, 2024 by Tokyo Medical and Dental University Mst1 causes the transport of FoxO1 from the cell cytoplasm to the nucleus by phosphorylating it. This is shown by the colocalization of the green and the blue stain when Ad-Mst1 is added. Credit: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, TMDUUnderstanding the mechanisms behind cell death and survival...
September 5, 2024 by Andrew Dunne, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine Credit: CC0 Public DomainA breakthrough in medical imaging is making it possible for researchers to observe brain activity during movement and pick up the early signs of disorders that affect brain-to-body coordination, such as Parkinson’s disease. The researchers are advancing new technology...
September 5, 2024 by Stephanie Winn, UC Davis Credit: CC0 Public Domain An estimated one in eight men at some point will get prostate cancer. Those statistics are expected to surge in the next 15 years partly due to the Baby Boomer generation reaching the age when prostate cancer is most common. Millennials won’t be...
September 5, 2024 by The Mount Sinai Hospital Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adn0327A novel study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai addresses a critical yet under-explored question in cancer research: Why is aging the biggest risk factor for cancer? The study reveals how an aging immune system spurs tumor growth,...
SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2024POSTED BY ETH ZURICH (Credit: Getty Images) TAGS : ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEPAINUNIVERSITY : ETH ZURICH Researchers have developed a method that enables physicians to better distinguish between physical and psychosocial pain. Severe pain often has physical causes. But emotional, psychological, and social factors can influence how we perceive and react to pain. “Pain is...
September 4, 2024 by Mass General Brigham T cells promote allergic itch through a secreted factor. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07869-0Why do some people feel itchy after a mosquito bite or exposure to an allergen like dust or pollen, while others do not? A new study has pinpointed the reason for these differences, finding the...
