by Stony Brook University Micrograph showing inflammation of the large bowel in a case of inflammatory bowel disease. Colonic biopsy. Diet remains an important part of disease prevention and management, and a new study suggests that consumption of fructose may worsen intestinal inflammation common to inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Led by David Montrose, Ph.D., of the...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Stopping the cannibalistic behavior of a well-studied enzyme could be the key to new drugs to fight age-related diseases, according to a new study published online in Nature Cell Biology. For the first time, researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania show how the...
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY People with generalized epilepsy who have seizures arising from both sides of the brain simultaneously, have a higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) compared to patients who have focal epilepsy where seizures emanate from one area of the brain, according to a Rutgers study. The study, published in the October issue of...
CORNELL UNIVERSITY Jitterbug A team of Cornell University scientists developed a new robot — so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye — that they hope will someday crawl around inside the human body and hunt for disease. The robots themselves are little more than microchips attached to four origami-inspired legs, BBC News reports. But their simplicity — the engineers...
by Morgan Kelly, Princeton University A study of more than a half-million people in India who were exposed to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, or COVID-19, suggests that the virus’ continued spread is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected. Furthermore, children and young adults were found to be potentially much more important to transmitting...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Immune cells in the brain that act as scavengers to remove dying cells also play a potentially pivotal role in the regulation of behavior in both mice and humans, a research team from Mount Sinai has found. The newly identified function of the scavenger cells, known as microglia, to protect the brain from...
by Shamim Quadir, City University of London Eyecatcher glaucoma monitoring system, developed at City, University of London. Glaucoma is a chronic condition that affects cells at the back of the eye. It is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, and is responsible for 1 in 10 cases of serious sight impairment in the UK....
by Boston University School of Medicine Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects eight million adults in the US, including hundreds of thousands of veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. And as the COVID crisis continues to take its toll on everyone’s mental health, PTSD symptoms are on the rise in the general population. But diagnosing...
by Rachel Butch, Johns Hopkins University Optical coherence tomography (OCT) images of rat eyes taken immediately after application of three different concentrations of a Johns Hopkins Medicine gel-based eyedrop solution (left column) and after blinking (right column). Blue color is the surface of the eye, red is the eyedrop solution. The 12% hypotonic solution in the...
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA AI Can Detect COVID-19 in the Lungs Like a Virtual Physician, New Study Shows The new UCF co-developed algorithm can accurately identify COVID-19 cases, as well as distinguish them from influenza. ORLANDO, Sept. 30, 2020 – A University of Central Florida researcher is part of a new study showing that artificial...
