Efficacy and cost prove similar to traditional face-to-face management UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA OKANAGAN CAMPUS While virtual medical and rehabilitation appointments seemed novel when COVID-19 first appeared, they now seem to be part of the new norm and might be paving the way to the future. A recent review paper, co-authored by Brodie Sakakibara with...
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A single-cell atlas of nerve cells in the gut reveals web of connections
by Karen Zusi, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Cross-section of mouse tissue expressing GFP (green) in all ENS nuclei, and tdTomato (red) in all ENS cells (neurons and glia). The section is also stained with DAPI (blue) to mark all nuclei and an anti-TUBB3 antibody (white) to mark all neurons. Credit: Eugene Drokhlyansky, Chris...
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Study examines the side effects of Alzheimer’s disease dementia drugs
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 3 2020 In a first of its kind study, a University of Houston researcher is examining two common drugs used for dementia in patients with Alzheimer’s disease to determine the extent to which they don’t mix well together and cause a cascading event of side effects, prompting the need for...
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Inflammatory bowel disease linked to an immune cell run amok
New findings may provide new therapeutic target and help explain why IBD and other autoimmune diseases are often chronic and life-long UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SAN DIEGO COLORIZED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OF A T CELL, A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE THAT PLAYS A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE IMMUNE RESPONSE. view more CREDIT: NIAID Inflammatory bowel disease...
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Epirubicin-loaded nanomedicines beat immune checkpoint blockade resistance in glioblastoma
INNOVATION CENTER OF NANOMEDICINE LEFT: HYDROPHOBIC EPIRUBISIN IS CONJUGATED TO ONE END OF HYDROPHILIC POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL (PEG) CHAIN WITH ASPARTATE-HYDRAZIDE AS A LINKER. IN WATER, THIS MOLECULE IS SELF-ASSEMBLED TO FORM NANO-MICELLES (EPI/M). UPPER… view more CREDIT: 2020 INNOVATION CENTER OF NANOMEDICINE Summary: A nanomedicine-based strategy for chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) of glioblastoma (GBM), which has the...
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A telehealth researcher explains how to get the most out of remote health care
COVID-19 has led to a boom in telehealth, with some health care facilities seeing an increase in its use by as much as 8,000%. This shift happened quickly and unexpectedly and has left many people asking whether telehealth is really as good as in-person care. Over the last decade, I’ve studied telehealth as a Ph.D....
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Mindfulness training helps men manage anger
Men who learned to control their anger were less violent towards their partners NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The last few months have been particularly difficult for people living in a violent relationship. But a few glimmers of hope are finally emerging from the coronavirus nightmare. “For a lot of people, the shutdown has...
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X-ray scattering shines light on protein folding
Multiple forms of a non-functional, unfolded protein follow different pathways and timelines to reach its folded, functional state, a study reveals THE KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) THE SCIENTISTS FOUND THAT NON-FUNCTIONAL UNFOLDED FORMS OF THE PROTEIN CYTOCHROME C FOLLOW DIFFERENT PATHWAYS AND TIMELINES TO REACH A STABLE FUNCTIONAL FOLDED STATE. view...
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Sensory neurons outside the brain drive autistic social behaviors, study suggests
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania A new study from Penn Medicine lends further evidence that the social behaviors tied to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emerge from abnormal function of sensory neurons outside the brain. It’s an important finding, published today in the journal Cell Reports, because peripheral sensory systems—which determine...
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Study reveals high prevalence of ‘hidden’ illnesses in people with type 2 diabetes
by Michael Addelman, University of Manchester A University of Manchester study of tens of thousands of patients in England with type 2 diabetes has shown that 77% of them have at least one other physical or mental health condition. The observational study highlights how some conditions, such as schizophrenia which is 2.4 times more likely...
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