by University of Reading People who consume a diet including flavanol-rich foods and drinks, including tea, apples and berries, could lead to lower blood pressure, according to the first study using objective measures of thousands of UK residents’ diet. The findings, published in Scientific Reports, studied the diet of more than 25,000 people in Norfolk, UK and...
by British Medical Journal Drinking plenty of both green tea and coffee is linked to a lower risk of dying from any cause among people with type 2 diabetes, suggests research published in the online journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. Drinking 4 or more daily cups of green tea plus 2 or more of coffee was associated with a...
by British Medical Journal Taking steroid inhalers or tablets to treat asthma or control flare-ups is linked to a heightened risk of brittle bones (osteoporosis) and increased vulnerability to broken bones (fragility fractures), finds research published online in the journal Thorax. The higher the cumulative dose, and the longer the period of treatment, the greater these risks seem to...
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IMAGE: THIS CANCER CELL SPECIFIC ANTI-CANCER DRUG PRECURSOR (SMAC-FRG-DOX) FORMED ITSELF BY HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION WITHIN THE MOLECULE WITHOUT THE USE OF ADDITIONAL POLYMERS AND DRUG CARRIERS. Although the diverse treatment methods developed to effectively treat cancer, chemotherapy using anticancer agents has been proven especially effective in many clinical applications. Above...
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY IMAGE: JANET ROBISHAW, PH.D., CO-AUTHOR, SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR RESEARCH AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES IN FAU’S SCHMIDT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE. CREDIT: ALEX DOLCE, FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY Opioid use disorder affects about 2 million Americans each year and is the No. 1 cause of accidental death. Between 50 to...
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ANUMNATHA KANTHASAMY AMES, Iowa – New research shows a simple skin test can accurately identify Parkinson’s disease, demonstrating for the first time the feasibility of the method. Currently diagnosed by clinical signs and symptoms but only definitively diagnosed at autopsy, Parkinson’s disease is commonly misdiagnosed early in the disease course, complicating clinical trials...
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Blood-borne factors such as hormones regulate the process of brain cell formation – known as neurogenesis...
Among women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, those who were taking cholesterol-lowering medications, were less likely to die from cancer, according to an analysis published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. The analysis included 20,046,11,719 and 6,430 women in Australia who were diagnosed with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma, respectively, from 2003...
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HEALTH CARE IMAGE: LEFT: THE GENE UBE3A IS OFF IN NEURONS FROM ANGELMAN MICE. RIGHT: CRISPR USED TO TURN ON GENE, AND NEURONS CAN FIRE PROPERLY (YELLOW). CHAPEL HILL, NC – October 21, 2020 – Babies born with a faulty maternal copy of the UBE3A gene will develop Angelman syndrome, a...
Researchers have discovered a new mechanism by which substances can open a certain type of ion channel and in this way regulate nerve impulses. The study, published in PNAS, identifies a large group of substances that influence the coupling between the various functional parts of an ion channel. The discovery may help in the development of...
