Caltech researchers and collaborators have discovered how the bacteria Escherichia coli evolutionarily repurposed cellular machinery into a kind of navigation system to control movement through its environment. The study was led by researchers in the laboratory of Grant Jensen, professor of biophysics and biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. A paper describing the research...
An international study that has been carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland, shows that our kidney function deteriorates with age, even if we do not have any other diseases. The results from the study have recently been published in the reputable journal for kidney diseases, Journal of the American Society...
by University of Warwick Tanycytes are glial cells, which communicate with neurons in the brain to inform it of what we have eaten. Researchers from the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick have found when tanycytes are selectively stimulated appetite was increased. It has previously been discovered that tanycytes—cells found in part...
by Rice University A sample of Rice University’s ‘magnetoelectric’ film atop a bed of uncooked rice. Rice neuroengineers created the bi-layered film to power implantable neural stimulators that are approximately the size of a grain of rice. The film converts energy from a magnetic field directly into an electrical voltage, eliminating the need for a...
Reviewed by James Ives, M.Psych. (Editor) A team led by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers has made two major discoveries involving psoriasis, a chronic and debilitating skin disease with no known cure. The researchers found that an overabundance of a protein known as KLK6 can produce and worsen the skin inflammation characteristic...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a systemic disease involving the formation of special autoantibodies (so-called anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies/ANCA) and vascular inflammation. There are several diseases associated with involvement of the kidneys, lungs, upper respiratory tract, heart, skin and the nervous system; potentially life-threatening courses of disease are also possible. Immunosuppressive therapy...
After noticing unusual blood clotting in many patients diagnosed with COVID-19, doctors believe there may be a connection to the thickness of their blood, known as hyperviscosity, with inflammation and clotting. “IT HAS BEEN A MYSTERY WHY SO MANY PATIENTS WITH COVID-19 HAVE HAD ATYPICAL BLOOD CLOTS.” “It has been a mystery why so many...
Scientists at the University of Liverpool and University of Utrecht have taken another step forward on their quest to develop a viable drug based on teixobactin – a new class of potent natural antibiotic capable of killing superbugs. Research published in Nature Communications provides fundamental new insights into how teixobactins kill bacteria, including the discovery...
Scientists spur advances in fatty liver disease therapy by modifying an existing neurological drug. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) severely impairs the quality of life in patients and often leads to various liver complications. Recently, scientists at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology designed a novel compound that can potentially treat NAFLD by targeting peripheral...
Automated 3D brain imaging data analysis technology offers more reliable and standardized analysis of the spatial organization of complex neural circuits.- THE KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) KAIST researchers developed a new algorithm for brain imaging data analysis that enables the precise and quantitative mapping of complex neural circuits onto a standardized...
