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The harmful effects of immune cells in hypertension
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The harmful effects of immune cells in hypertension

MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE IN THE HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION IMAGE: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MACROPHAGES/MICROGLIA AND CEREBRAL VESSELS LEAD TO VASCULAR REGRESSION AND CELL DEATH IN THE BRAIN. IMAGE DEPICTING THE BRAIN OF A ZEBRAFISH WITH MACROPHAGES/MICROGLIA LABELED IN GREEN AND BLOOD VESSELS IN RED. CREDIT: MARIA P. KOTINI, UNIVERSITY OF BASEL Hypertension, or high blood...

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Harmful Effects of Long-Term Alcohol Use Documented in Blood Protein Snapshot

Biochemist Jon Jacobs has analyzed the blood of patients with diseases and conditions such as Ebola, cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diabetes, Lyme disease, brain injury and influenza. But never has he seen blood chemistry gone so awry as when he and colleagues took an in-depth look at the protein activity in the blood of patients with alcohol-associated...

Harmful effects of long-term alcohol use documented in blood protein snapshot
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Harmful effects of long-term alcohol use documented in blood protein snapshot

by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Credit: CC0 Public Domain Biochemist Jon Jacobs has analyzed the blood of patients with diseases and conditions such as Ebola, cancer, tuberculosis, hepatitis, diabetes, Lyme disease, brain injury and influenza. But never has he seen blood chemistry gone so awry as when he and colleagues took an in-depth look at...

Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use
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Long-term study reveals harm in regular cannabis use

by  University of Queensland Credit: CC0 Public Domain Regular cannabis use has harmful effects regardless of the age a person starts using, a University of Queensland-led study has found. The study examined people who began regular cannabis use in high school or in their early 20s, and compared both with non-users. Lead author Dr. Gary Chan from UQ’s...