by Lauran Neergaard In this photo provided by the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, an Alzheimer’s patient undergoes focused ultrasound treatment with the WVU RNI team in Morgantown, W.Va., on Oct. 17, 2023. Scientists have found a way to help Alzheimer’s drugs seep inside the brain faster — by temporarily breaching its protective shield. Credit: Victor...
by Wolters Kluwer Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainChronic pain affects approximately 60% of people living with traumatic brain injury (TBI), even up to 30 years after injury, according to new research published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. “This is the first study to examine the experience of chronic pain in a large TBI sample...
by Harvard University Credit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers have created a new brain imaging method that allows mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) to be diagnosed, even when existing imaging techniques like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) don’t show any structural abnormalities. The technique involves loading gadolinium, a standard MRI contrast agent, into hydrogel-based micropatches that are attached to...
by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: CC0 Public DomainWhile a calorie may be a calorie when it comes to the mathematical equation of weight loss, there’s more to it. Calories are a unit of energy. The total calories a food or beverage provides depend on the number of grams of carbohydrates,...
by University of California, San Francisco In all models, treatment with oral nirmatrelvir was not associated with lower odds of patient reported Long COVID symptoms with confidence intervals that cross 1, which suggests that treatment is not beneficial in reducing the risk of Long COVID. Model 3, the prespecified primary result, includes age, sex, and time...
by First Hospital of Jilin University Locally estimated scatter plot smoothing estimated risk of steatosis (panels A and B) and advanced fibrosis (panels C and D) according to the CLivDlab and CLivDnon-lab scores. The shaded area represents 95% CIs. The dashed vertical lines show the cutoffs of the CLivD score separating minimal-risk, low-risk, intermediate-risk and...
by Başak Türker and Delphine Oudiette, The Conversation Credit: Ron Lach from PexelsIn his sci-fi film “Inception,” (2010), Christopher Nolan imagined his protagonist slipping into other people’s dreams and even shaping their contents. But what if this story wasn’t so far away from real life? Our research suggests that it is possible to interact with volunteers...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE n cooperation with research partners in Germany and France, the infectious disease specialist Dr Jan Rybniker and his team at University Hospital Cologne and the University of Cologne’s Faculty of Medicine have identified new, antibiotic molecules that target Mycobacterium tuberculosis and make it less pathogenic for humans. In addition, some...
Researchers from Japan established a novel system to understand how individual muscles coordinate with each other during physical activity Peer-Reviewed Publication CHIBA UNIVERSITY THE TRADITIONAL SEMG APPROACHES ARE UNABLE TO EVALUATE THE ACTIVITY OF MULTIPLE MUSCLES AT THE SAME TIME. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO STUDY THE COORDINATION OF MUSCLES IN THE HUMAN BODY. TO OVERCOME THIS...
Discovery opens window to more effective treatment Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE THE MYC PROTEINS (GREY RIBBONS) BIND TO DNA AND PROMOTE CANCER PROGRESSION. UCR RESEARCHERS DEVELOPED A MOLECULE (ORANGE PRETZEL-LIKE SHAPE) THAT BINDS TO MYC, INHIBITING ITS CANCER-PROMOTING FUNCTION. CREDIT: MIN XUE/UCR Meet MYC, the shapeless protein responsible for making the majority...
