The proposed framework, which is label-free and rapid, can enable an early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of liver diseases Peer-Reviewed Publication TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE IMAGE: BY COMBINING NEAR-INFRARED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING (NIR-HSI) WITH MACHINE LEARNING, RESEARCHERS FROM JAPAN SUCCESSFULLY VISUALIZED THE HYDROCARBON CHAIN LENGTH AND DEGREE OF SATURATION OF FATTY ACIDS IN MICE LIVERSCREDIT: MASAKAZU...
by University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe body’s immune response to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in causing damage in people with multiple sclerosis, according to a new study led by University of Texas Health Houston. EBV infection has long been associated with multiple sclerosis, but how the...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new study from researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in collaboration with researchers at the University of California San Francisco, has shed light on the rate and impact of diagnostic errors in hospital settings. In an analysis of electronic health records from 29 hospitals across the country...
by Laura Anderson, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNew research by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences published in the Blood Journal has revealed that the age at which individuals are tested for von Willebrand disease (VWD), a common bleeding disorder, significantly affects their diagnosis. This could be key in addressing...
by Dartmouth Health The association between immune cell composition and EAA for Horvath, Hannum, Pheno, and Zhang, DunedinPACE, and EpiTOC2 TNSC clocks across three age groups (0, 0–18, 18–99). Sex, chronological age, ancestry, and disease status were adjusted (*FDR < 0.05, **FDR < 0.01, ***FDR < 0.001). Credit: Aging Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1111/acel.14071When asked, “How old are you?” Most people measure by...
by Kelsie Smith Hayduk, University of Rochester Medical Center Mean MMN amplitude for each SOA in TD and CLN3 disease groups. Each scatter plot, box plot, and violin plot column represents individual participants’ MMN amplitude values (averaged over F3, Fz, and F4) as a function of the SOA condition. These amplitudes are calculated for the time...
by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWomen with autoimmune disease are more likely to suffer from depression during pregnancy and after childbirth; conversely, women with a history of perinatal depression are at higher risk of developing autoimmune disease, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry reports. In autoimmune disease, the immune...
by MindEar The MindEar app includes training and education on tinnitus, helping patients better manage symptoms. Credit: MindEarAn international research team has shown that the debilitating impact of tinnitus can be effectively reduced in just weeks by a training course and sound therapy delivered via a smartphone app. The team from Australian, New Zealand, French...
by Seth Borenstein Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe average liter of bottled water has nearly a quarter million invisible pieces of ever so tiny nanoplastics, detected and categorized for the first time by a microscope using dual lasers. Scientists long figured there were lots of these microscopic plastic pieces, but until researchers at Columbia and Rutgers...
by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Pancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer InstituteA vaccine has shown potential to prevent relapse of KRAS-mutated pancreatic and colorectal cancers for patients who had previously undergone surgery, according to a Phase I trial led by researchers at The...
