by F.D. Flam, Bloomberg Opinion Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA few years ago, researchers made the unnerving discovery that in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease, disordered clumps of abnormal proteins had been growing for 15 or even 20 years before their diagnosis. That means these pathological-looking deposits are silently accumulating in the brains of...
by Susan Barber Lindquist, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo ClinicFrontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made...
by University College London A volunteer wears the ECGI vest. Middle: Dr George Joy with the vest on a mannequin. Bottom: The team of researchers and staff who have been involved in the vest’s use and development. Credit: UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science / James TyeA reusable vest that can map the electric impulses of the...
by Jesse Jenkins, New Jersey Institute of Technology The cerebellum sends monosynaptic bilateral projections to the SNc. Credit: Nature Neuroscience (2024). DOI:10.1038/s41593-023-01560-9New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia,...
Bram Sable-Smith | KFF Health News When Phyllisa Deroze was told she had diabetes in a Fayetteville, North Carolina, emergency department years ago, she was handed pamphlets with information on two types of the disease. One had pictures of children on it, she recalled, while the other had pictures of seniors. Deroze, a 31-year-old English...
Share on PinterestCould a vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease be on the horizon? Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images Finding an Alzheimer’s disease treatment has proved challenging and controversial. A vaccine has been developed for a new target, a protein found in aging brain cells and blood vessels. Trialed in mice, it improves behavior and reduces levels of an...
By EMILY JOSHU HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM UPDATED: 14:57 EDT, 6 June 2023 An off-the-shelf cancer vaccine could help prevent relapse in patients with two of the deadliest and fastest-rising cancers in the world. The shot is designed for patients whose cancers are caused by the KRAS mutation, which accounts for up to nine in 10 cases of the...
MAY 23RD, 2023 CONN HASTINGS CARDIOLOGY, MEDICINE, PATHOLOGY Researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany have developed a cell culture chamber that lets them culture tissue samples, mimic the mechanical conditions that tissues experience in various disease states, and closely monitor tissue reactions. The technology could be particularly useful for pre-clinical drug testing, allowing researchers to test the...
by The Francis Crick Institute Researchers gathered experimental data to put into the model by measuring the levels of gene expression in liver and liver tumours from mice that had been fed either ‘healthy’ diets or ‘unhealthy’ diets, rich in fats and sugars. Credit: The Francis Crick Institute Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and King’s College...
by Leslie Tate, Tulane University Host nutrient metabolism is altered in response to viruses. a, Viruses such as HCV and SARS-CoV-2 interact with entry/metabolic factors to increase fatty acid synthesis, triglycerides and lipid droplets essential for replication and trafficking of viruses to the cell membrane. b, Interactions between HIV and its entry/metabolic factors trigger PI3K–mTOR–HIF-1α...
