Previous research has demonstrated a variety of health benefits associated with the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in olive oil, cereals, fruit and vegetables, fish, and a moderate amount of dairy, meat, and wine. Now results from an analysis published in Arthritis & Rheumatology suggest that the diet may also help prevent rheumatoid arthritis in individuals who smoke or...
Around 550 million people have the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to two University of Manchester medical students. The figure more than doubles the previous estimate of 251 million people with the illness linked to smoking by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burden of Disease Study. The University of Manchester students, Emily Hammond...
One of the key mechanisms that cancer cells use to avoid being detected by the patient’s immune system is to build a micro-environment that inhibits immune system activity. Specifically, the cancer cells stimulate specific immune cells to directly stop their attack on the cancer cells. Thus, in a very large proportion of cancer patients, these...
Parkinson’s disease is a disease where motor function is impaired due to the degeneration of nerve cells. At Tokyo Tech, researchers in materials science, ultra-sensitivity sensing, measurement, diagnosis, and rehabilitation are collaborating to develop ways of detecting Parkinson’s disease and support rehabilitation. Two innovations showing particular promise are a measurement device for predicting disease severity based on...
U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Future technology may be able to monitor and modify the brain to produce enhanced team performance, while increasing the efficiency and accuracy of decisions. The U.S. Army may be able to use this information to enhance future operations. “We are working toward fused human-technology systems that work synergistically...
Scientists use CRISPR to edit structural gene in organism that causes leishmaniasis OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists are planning for Phase 1 human trials of a vaccine they developed by using CRISPR gene-editing technology to mutate the parasite that causes leishmaniasis, a skin disease common in tropical regions of the world and gaining...
A new study in mice adds to the evidence suggesting that the immune system not only attacks invading pathogens but can also influence mood. A new study finds further evidence of the link between the immune system and behavior. Over the past few years, scientists have discovered some intriguing links between immunity and the mind....
by Eva Frederick, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Confocal micrograph from immunofluorescence staining of human pluripotent stem cells differentiated beta-like cells in 3D organoid culture with an anti-C-peptide antibody (red) and an anti-PDX1 antibody (green). DAPI was used to stain nuclei. Credit: Haiting Ma/Whitehead Institute Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when T-cells in...
by Eric Hamilton, University of Wisconsin-Madison The mature brain is infamously bad at repairing itself following damage like that caused by trauma or strokes, or from degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Stem cells, which are endlessly adaptable, have offered the promise of better neural repair. But the brain’s precisely tuned complexity has stymied the development of clinical...
by Bill Snyder, Vanderbilt University From left, Huan Tao, MD, PhD, Sean Davies, PhD, Jiansheng Huang, PhD, and MacRae Linton, MD, led the study that identified a potential new treatment for atherosclerosis. Credit: Donn Jones A small-molecule “scavenger” that reduces inflammation and formation of atherosclerotic plaque in blood vessels in mice potentially could lead to a...
