by The Netherlands Cancer Institute Image: The blue arrow indicates the tubarial glands. Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have discovered salivary glands in a previously unknown location. This is potentially great news for patients with head and neck tumors: Radiation oncologists will now be able to circumvent this area to avoid potential complications. The...
by University of Missouri Richard Barohn, MD, is the lead researcher and executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Missouri More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer neuropathic pain. At least 25% of those cases are classified as unexplained and considered cryptogenic sensory polyneuropathy (CSPN). There is no information to guide...
AMERICAN ROENTGEN RAY SOCIETY IMAGE: LESION WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS INDETERMINATE ENHANCING MASS, AND OUTSIDE REPORT RECOMMENDED BIOPSY. CLASSIC FEATURES OF BENIGN HEMANGIOMA ARE SHOWN. ERROR WAS ATTRIBUTED TO FAULTY REASONING. A, AXIAL MR IMAGE. Leesburg, VA, October 16, 2020–According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), secondary interpretations of body MRI at tertiary...
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO A new study has found that Vietnamese-American adults who were not obese were 60% more likely to have diabetes than non-obese, non-Hispanic, White Americans, after accounting for age, sex, sociodemographic factors, smoking history and exercise level. Overall, only 9% of Vietnamese Americans with diabetes in the study were obese — defined as...
MONELL CHEMICAL SENSES CENTER IMAGE: GLOBAL MAP OF TOOL FOR UP-TO-DATE AND CURRENT COVID-19 RESEARCH, SPECIFICALLY STUDIES THAT REPORT SMELL LOSS IN PATIENTS. PHILADELPHIA (October 12, 2020) – Smell loss is a frequently reported symptom of COVID-19 but reports of prevalence vary from study-to-study and range from 5% to 98%. With such a wide range...
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER IMAGE: AN ACOUSTO THERMAL SHIFT ASSAY “LAB-ON-A-CHIP ” DEVICE SHOWN NEXT TO A QUARTER FOR SIZE COMPARISON. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have developed a new way to diagnose diseases of the blood like sickle cell disease with sensitivity and...
Using artificial intelligence and deep learning to study cell phone images of rashes could offer a way to more accurately detect Lyme disease, researchers say. The technology can identify the erythema migrans (EM) skin redness associated with acute Lyme disease to enable more reliable screening, more accurate diagnosis, and earlier treatment. It could help avoid...
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Yellow staining shows CD*+T cells poised to target preproinsulin. The white outline on the right shows the perimeter of an insulin-containing islet in a patient with type 1 diabetes. The image shows that the preproinsulin-specific T cells can wait very close islets, probably poised to destroy the beta cells inside....
by The University of Hong Kong This electron microscopic image of two Epstein Barr Virus virions (viral particles) shows round capsids—protein-encased genetic material—loosely surrounded by the membrane envelope. A research team at LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) reports that exosomes derived from Vδ2-T cells (Vδ2-T-Exos) can effectively control Epstein-Barr-virus-associated tumors and induce T-cell...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: COLORIZED SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPH OF A CELL (PURPLE) HEAVILY INFECTED WITH SARS-COV-2 VIRUS PARTICLES (YELLOW). While the world waits eagerly for a safe and effective vaccine to prevent infections from severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus behind the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers also are focusing on better understanding how SARS-CoV-2 attacks...
