by Brian Consiglio, University of Missouri Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than 6 million children in America have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Now, a new study co-led by the University of Missouri has uncovered a striking correlation: Unmedicated youth with ADHD not only have significantly higher rates of obesity, but they...
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Molecule can quickly, and briefly, boost white blood cell counts
Peer-Reviewed Publication YALE UNIVERSITY New Haven, Conn. — Treatment with a molecule known as A485 can quickly and temporarily increase levels of white blood cells, a critical part of the body’s immune system, an effect that is difficult to deliver with currently available pharmaceuticals, a new Yale study finds. In an experiment, the researchers found...
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Boosting one gene in the brain’s helper cells slows Alzheimer’s progression in mice
JANUARY 11, 2022 by Eric Hamilton, University of Wisconsin-Madison Fig. 1: Changes to the astrocyte translatome due to tau and amyloid pathology. A Schematic illustrating the crossing of MAPTP301S with the Aldh1l1_eGFP-RPL10a mouse. Astrocyte TRAP-seq performed on MAPTP301S vs. WT mice (both carrying the Aldh1l1_eGFP-RPL10a allele) at 3 months (B) and 5 months (C) in the spinal cord....