by Telethon Kids Institute Credit: Pixabay World-first immunizations providing protection against deadly respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) could be just months away thanks to global research efforts spanning multiple decades. The latest research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has revealed a long-lasting monoclonal antibody treatment for babies is likely to be accessible on the market within 12...
by Public Library of Science Researchers probe how people control unwanted thoughts. Credit: geralt, Pixabay (CC0, creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) When trying to avoid an unwanted thought, people often reactively reject and replace the thought after it occurs. But proactively avoiding an association in the first place can be much more efficient, and help prevent the repetitive looping of unwanted...
by Mikayla Mace Kelley, University of Arizona The Tmep protein can be seen in pink at a fly neuromuscular junction, which is outlined in blue. Tmep regulates how frequently the neuron fires. Credit: Martha Bhattacharya In many cases of epilepsy—a disorder that disrupts the normal pattern of electrical activity in the brain and often results in...
by Janos Krüger, Technische Universität Braunschweig Researchers Antonia Henne, Dr Wei He and Prof. Karsten Hiller at BRICS in Braunschweig. Credit: BRICS/TU Braunschweig A team of scientists led by Professor Karsten Hiller from the Braunschweig Center for Systems Biology BRICS has discovered an endogenous, anti-inflammatory substance: mesaconic acid. This molecule could be a drug candidate...
Researchers at Flinders University are expanding work on a promising blood test model to help predict or diagnose head and neck cancer, a difficult cancer to pick up early and treat. With cancer accounting for almost 10 million a year, the Global Burden of Disease report (2017) attributed more than 380,000 deaths to head and...
By Rich Haridy August 27, 2020 New preliminary research is suggesting a simple saliva test can detect the presence of a protein biomarker known to signal the occurrence of a heart attack in just 10 minutes. If this prototype test is validated in future studies it could dramatically accelerate the speed at which patients with...
by University of Bristol High intensity physical activity in early life might help maximize peak hip strength and prevent osteoporosis in later life, according to a study from University of Bristol researchers published in JAMA Network Open today. The research, which analyzed data from 2,569 participants of the Children of the 90s health study, found...
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM MARK DEBOER, MD, OF UVA CHILDREN’S, DEVELOPED A CALCULATOR THAT CAN PREDICT THE RISK OF STROKE, DIABETES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. HE DEVELOPED THE CALCULATOR IN COLLABORATION WITH MATTHEW Doctors can predict patients’ risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a conglomeration of conditions that...
by Natalie C. Tronson, The Conversation Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain. It is now clear that many patients suffering from COVID-19 exhibit neurological symptoms, from loss of smell, to delirium, to an increased risk of stroke....
Improving hospital prescribing practices may reduce risk of rehospitalization and death Two in three hospitalized seniors are prescribed drugs that should be avoided by older adults, increasing the risk of injury and adverse drug reactions. Improving hospital prescribing practices can reduce the frequency of inappropriate medications and resulting harm, according to a new study led...
