September 4, 2024 by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center An aberrant immune–epithelial progenitor niche is a hallmark of post-viral lung disease. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07926-8Investigators involved in a multicenter study co-led by Cedars-Sinai discovered a pathway by which immune cells prevent the lungs’ protective barrier from healing after viral infections like COVID-19. The findings, published in...
September 4, 2024 by Inka Väth, University Hospital Bonn Monilethrix hair. Credit: Clump/Wikimedia Commons, CC0 Public DomainFrom infancy and usually for life, some families suffer from broken hair due to a congenital form of hair loss called monilethrix. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have now identified causative mutations in...
September 4, 2024 by University of Glasgow Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainScientists are pioneering the use of machine-learning artificial intelligence software to investigate viruses, revealing never-before-seen viral mechanisms which yield immediate fundamental insights and pave the way for vaccine development. The research, led by the MRC-University of Glasgow Center for Virus Research (CVR) in collaboration with...
September 4, 2024 by Steve Macfarlane, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA Korean study published recently suggests that people with type 2 diabetes who are prescribed a particular class of drug might be at a significantly lower risk of dementia. The researchers compared the health outcomes of more than 110,000 people aged 40–69 with type...
September 4, 2024 by Michigan State University Credit: ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acsptsci.4c00418People with chronic diabetic foot ulcers could soon have a new way to treat their wounds for faster healing and fewer hospital stays. Researchers from Michigan State University and South Shore Hospital have uncovered that the combination of two common...
September 4, 2024 by Harvard Medical School Credit: CC0 Public DomainScientists at Harvard Medical School have designed a versatile, ChatGPT-like AI model capable of performing an array of diagnostic tasks across multiple forms of cancers. The new AI system, described Sept. 4 in Nature, goes a step beyond many current AI approaches to cancer diagnosis,...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS Researchers have discovered a way to extend the shelf life of blood stem cells outside the body for gene therapy, providing patients with better options and improving their outcomes. Researchers have identified a drug already used for cancer patients, that, when applied to current gene therapy protocols can improve blood stem...
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY NEWS A machine-learning tool created by Weill Cornell Medicine and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) investigators can help distinguish subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which may help scientists find ways to improve care for the complex condition. Image credit: Max Pixel, CC0 Public Domain The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that...
News Release 4-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationTampere University A new study led by researchers at Tampere University has mapped genes linked to schizophrenia and uncovered a mechanism that disrupts synaptic plasticity in affected individuals. The researchers showed the role of three proteins in mediating the impairments of plasticity in schizophrenia. The findings may hold promise for the...
News Release 4-Sep-2024 Peer-Reviewed PublicationLiverpool School of Tropical Medicine New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. A study led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) used cutting-edge bioinformatic data mining techniques to identify...
