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...
by Amsterdam University Medical Center Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients. The results of the study were published in...
by Salk Institute PAC1R-expressing dorsal raphe neurons in the mouse brain (red) serve as the projection targets for PACAP parabrachial neurons to mediate panic-like behavioral and physical symptoms. Credit: Salk InstituteOverwhelming fear, sweaty palms, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate—these are the symptoms of a panic attack, which people with panic disorder have frequently and unexpectedly....
by Bob Yirka , Medical Xpress Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA trio of pediatricians at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, in New York, has found ChatGPT’s pediatric diagnostic skills to be considerably lacking after asking the LLM to diagnose 100 random case studies. In their study, reported in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, Joseph Barile, Alex Margolis and...
by MELISA Institute timsTOF Pro 2 mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics), nanoElute (Bruker Daltonics) and Evosep ONE (Evosep Biosystems) chromatographs, in the MELISA Institute laboratory. Credit: MELISA InstituteA collaborative study sought to identify the sequelae associated with long-term pulmonary dysfunction (L-PDD) in patients with COVID-19. The study was published in Frontiers in Medicine. The research was...
