Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify differences in the clinical features of non-obese patients with non-alcoholic fatter liver disease based on their sex and body mass index UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA REPRESENTATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES OF THE FEMORAL REGION IN A FEMALE SUBJECT WITHOUT NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) (A) AND THAT IN A FEMALE...
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Drug prevents multiple sclerosis relapses in phase 3 trial
by University of California, San Francisco A newly completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS)—the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane. MS is an autoimmune disease in which...
New light shed on cell migration
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Researchers at the IRCM, IRIC and University of Cambridge work together to reveal a mechanism involved in the formation of metastases. The 3D structure of the ELMO / DOCK2 complex, an important molecular machine that plays a crucial role in...
Discovery shows promise for treating Huntington’s Disease
Scientists at EPFL’s Brain Mind Institute have identified an enzyme that can play a central role in developing a new route of treatment for Huntington’s Disease. ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE USING AN IN VITRO KINOME SCREEN, THE LAB OF HILAL LASHUEL AT EPFL IDENTIFIED A NOVEL KINASE (TBK1) THAT PHOSPHORYLATES THE HUNTINGTIN PROTEIN AT...
UCI researchers publish new guide for viral tracers in neural circuit mapping
Center for Neural Circuit Mapping established to disseminate molecular tools to the worldwide neuroscience community UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – IRVINE XU ET AL. REVIEW AND EVALUATE GENETICALLY MODIFIED VIRUSES DEVELOPED FOR NEURAL CIRCUIT MAPPING, INCLUDING HERPESVIRUS, RABIES VIRUS, ADENOVIRUSES, LENTIVIRUSES, AND ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUSES.view more CREDIT: UCI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Irvine, CA – August 4, 2020...
Identification of a new mechanism in the immune system provides knowledge about diseases
by Aarhus University PaludanDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University Credit: Lars Kruse/Aarhus University An active immune system protects against diseases and infections. An overactive immune system is the body’s worst enemy. One example of this is multiple sclerosis, which is a so-called autoimmune disease, while an overactive immune system also leads to some COVID-19 patients becoming...
Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety
How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new study, it also gives rise to anxiety. The researchers h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN PRINT E-MAIL Is my heart beating slightly fast? Is a heart...
COVID-19 may have a longer incubation period, suggests probability analysis of Wuhan cases
Estimation of incubation period distribution of COVID-19 using disease onset forward time: A novel cross-sectional and forward follow-up study AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE By applying the renewal theory in probability to reduce recall bias in initial case reports, scientists have come up with a new estimate for the incubation period of COVID-19....
NTU develops peptide that makes drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics again
Peptide also kills multidrug-resistant bacteria on its own NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS AT NTU HAVE DEVELOPED A SYNTHETIC ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE THAT MAKES DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA SENSITIVE TO ANTIBIOTICS AGAIN. ON ITS OWN, THE PEPTIDE CAN ALSO KILL BACTERIA THAT HAVE GROWN RESISTANT… view more CREDIT: NTU SINGAPORE Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have...
Bone drug may be beneficial for knee osteoarthritis
New study highlights the importance and potential promise of targeting structures other than cartilage pathology for the treatment of osteoarthritis BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (Boston)– Bisphosphonates (a class of drugs that prevent the loss of bone density and used to treat osteoporosis and similar diseases) appear to be safe and beneficial for osteoarthritis patients....