F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE DISCLOSURES | December 02, 2024 3241 Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson from the Yale School of Medicine. It has always amazed me that our bodies require these tiny amounts of incredibly rare substances to function. Sure, we need oxygen....
Tag: <span>Metals</span>
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Metals in the body from pollutants associated with progression of harmful plaque buildup in the arteries
September 18, 2024 by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Atherosclerosis is a condition affecting the cardiovascular system. If atherosclerosis occurs in the coronary arteries (which supply the heart) the result may be angina pectoris, or in worse cases a heart attack. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY 3.0Metal exposure from environmental pollution is associated with increased...
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Researchers find a simple way to predict the properties of compounds of drugs with metals
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Jan 16 2023 RUDN University chemists, biologists and physicians have found a simple way to predict the properties of compounds of drugs with metals. This can be done using topological indices – numbers that describe the structure of the molecule. The results will help finding new metal complexes that will...
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Fighting fungal infections with metals
UNIVERSITY OF BERN IMAGE: A PETRI DISH WITH RED AGAR ON WHICH GROWS A FUNGAL STRAND IN THE SHAPE OF THE ELEMENT SYMBOL FOR PLATINUM (PT). CREDIT: © CO-ADD Each year, more than one billion people contract a fungal infection. Although they are harmless to most people, over 1.5 million patients die each year as...
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Metals found in people’s urine could detect acute kidney injury in very early stages, says new study
by Charlotte Anscombe, University of Nottingham Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have discovered that certain metals found in people’s urine, could be potentially useful clinical biomarkers for the early detection of acute kidney injury (AKI). The study, which is published in Kidney International Reports, was led by experts from the University of Nottingham’s School of Veterinary...