by Universitat Politècnica de Valènci Monitoring of senolytic intervention with the sulfonic-Cy7Gal probe during natural aging. a Schedule of the senolytic treatment and its monitoring in C57BL/6 mice. 15-m mice received the senolytic drugs D + Q or the vehicle for 5 weeks and, 13 days after senolysis (DAS), the overall β-Gal activity was assessed with sulfonic-Cy7Gal...
by Richard McGee and Michelle Welsford, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock If you have been stung by a jellyfish at the beach, you’ll know how painful and unpleasant it can be. But how best to treat jellyfish stings has been debated over the years. Is it best to use hot water or an ice pack? How about...
BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | OCTOBER 23, 2018 Historically, looking at urine has been a way for doctors to gauge a person’s health, especially before other types of testing were available. If you’ve had diabetes for a long time or know someone who has, you’ll know that urine testing was a way...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In a new study looking at the long-term effects of hospitalized patients who have acute kidney injury (AKI), a sudden but temporary loss of kidney function, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that higher levels of certain biomarkers in urine and blood can predict a patient’s risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD)....
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: SCHEMATIC ILLUSTRATION OF ‘DEVELOPMENT OF ON-SITE APPLICABLE STRIP-TYPE SENSOR FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS THROUGH THE AMPLIFICATION OF URINE METABOLITES’ DEVELOPED BY DR. HO SANG JUNG’S RESEARCH TEAM AT KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE CREDIT: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE (KIMS) □ A research team led by Dr. Ho Sang Jung...
OCTOBER 23, 2018 Historically, looking at urine has been a way for doctors to gauge a person’s health, especially before other types of testing were available. If you’ve had diabetes for a long time or know someone who has, you’ll know that urine testing was a way to figure out how well controlled (or uncontrolled) a...
BY AMY CAMPBELL, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES | OCTOBER 23, 2018 Historically, looking at urine has been a way for doctors to gauge a person’s health, especially before other types of testing were available. If you’ve had diabetes for a long time or know someone who has, you’ll know that urine testing was a way...
Hydration levels, foods, and medications can all change urine color. Certain urine colors may also indicate an underlying medical condition. Urine color can be a useful indicator of how well hydrated a person is. Certain foods and medications may also alter urine color. Some urine color changes may be a sign of an infection or...
Urine often has a slight ammonia smell, especially first thing in the morning or when a person is dehydrated. Smelly urine can also be a sign of an infection, however, so if the smell does not go away on its own, or if additional symptoms develop, see a doctor. In this article, we explore what...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Aug 11 2020 What if you could simply provide a urine sample rather than undergo a painful surgical procedure to find out if your cancer was responding to treatment? It may seem too good to be true, but researchers at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia, have identified fluorescent molecules in...
