By Ana Sandoiu Fact checked by Gianna D’Emilio New research spanning over almost 2 decades finds that a low fat diet benefits women’s health. Older studies in rats and mice have found that rodents on a high fat diet develop more tumors than those on a low fat diet. Some of these studies referred to...
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How brain rhythms organize our visual perception
A team of neuroscientists from Göttingen and Tehran shows how our brain combines visual features to achieve a unified percept DEUTSCHES PRIMATENZENTRUM (DPZ)/GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER To investigate how information of different visual features is processed in the brain, the neuroscientists from the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute of Primate Research in Göttingen, Germany, the Iran University of Science and Technology and the...
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Compound offers prospects for preventing acute kidney failure
by Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, the Institute of Cell Biophysics, and elsewhere have shown an antioxidant compound known as peroxiredoxin to be effective in treating kidney injury in mice. The study in Cell and Tissue Research reports tripled survival rates in test animals treated with the chemical prior to...
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Once or twice weekly daytime nap linked to lower heart attack/stroke risk
by British Medical Journal A daytime nap taken once or twice a week may lower the risk of having a heart attack/stroke, finds research published online in the journal Heart. But no such association emerged for either greater frequency or duration of naps. The impact of napping on heart health has been hotly contested. Many...
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Study shows shorter people are at higher risk of type 2 diabetes
by Diabetologiab Short stature is associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes).Tall stature is associated with a lower risk, with each 10cm difference in height associated with a 41% decreased risk of diabetes in men...
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Scientists isolate protective proteins that influence outcomes for type 2 diabetes
by Trinity College Dublin Scientists from the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, have, for the first time, discovered a family of proteins that are associated with lower blood sugar levels among obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Their research is published today in the international journal Nature Communications. The study showed that patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels...
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New study shows why people gain weight as they get older
Posted Today Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now new research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has uncovered why that is: Lipid turnover in the fat tissue decreases during ageing and makes it easier to gain weight, even if we don’t eat more or exercise less than before. The...
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Tiny capsules packed with gene-editing tools offer alternative to viral delivery of gene therapy
Posted Today New tools for editing genetic code offer hope for new treatments for inherited diseases, some cancers, and even stubborn viral infections. But the typical method for delivering gene therapies to specific tissues in the body can be complicated and may cause troubling side effects. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have addressed many...
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Unexpected hope for DNA damage-related diseases
by CORDIS DNA damage in cells can lead to genetic diseases and a variety of cancers. To repair any damage, a process in our bodies flags repair proteins and recruits them to the damaged site. This process is called ADP-ribosylation (ADPr), and understanding it is vital for the development of better treatments for DNA damage-related diseases such as cancer. However, until recently, scientists have...
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Existing drug could treat aggressive brain cancer
by Charlene Betourney, University of Georgia A research team from the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center has found that a compound molecule used for drug delivery of insulin could be used to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive, usually fatal form of brain cancer. Glioblastoma, also known as GBM, is a fast-growing, web-like tumor that arises...