RMIT UNIVERSITY IMAGE: L-R: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR RAVI SHUKLA AND PHD RESEARCHER ARPITA PODDAR IN THEIR LAB. CREDIT: RMIT UNIVERSITY Researchers used metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) enhanced with a green tea phytochemical coating to target human prostate cancer cells for the first time. The new method for deploying the genetic snipping tool directly into target cells is a...
By Rich Haridy, November 19, 2020 Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite responsible for the disease toxoplasmosis, has been seen to alter behavior and cognition in some infected subjetsplos.org Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by a common parasitic infection. Although it is suspected hundreds of millions of people around the world may be infected with the parasite,...
A new pair of smart glasses uses a technique invented at NASA to measure users’ brainwaves and tell them how well they’re paying attention. Others have used the NASA formula to help people train themselves to focus, as has the company’s founder, but Narbis’ new smart glasses are getting much quicker results. Narbis glasses train...
Explanations begin to arise at the molecular level for this vexing but commonplace symptom By Stephani Sutherland on November 18, 2020 Credit: Alamy It dawned on Eian Kantor on a Saturday in early April as he brewed a cup of tea from fresh mint leaves: he had lost his sense of smell. The tea suspiciously smelled of nothing at...
They could ultimately be used to find diseases the way blood tests do now—but cheaper and more easily By Anis Barmada on November 19, 2020 Credit: Getty Images At any given moment, about seven microliters of tears are present in each of our eyes—about a tenth of a drop of water. You might think of them as nothing more than salty...
by University of California, San Francisco Credit: CC0 Public Domain An international research team led by UCSF scientists has shown, for the first time, that gut immune cells travel to the brain during multiple sclerosis (MS) flare-ups in patients. These gut cells seem to be playing a protective role, helping drive MS symptoms back into remission. Scientists know...
Preliminary results of patient tissue analysis show that the virus infects adipocytes and alters the quantity of signaling molecules released by these cells into the bloodstream FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: ISOLATED EXOSOMES FROM PATIENT SERUM SAMPLES. PRELIMINARY RESULTS SHOW THAT THE VIRUS INFECTS ADIPOCYTES AND ALTERS THE QUANTITY...
by Linda A. Johnson In this Feb. 12, 2019 photo, Meghan Waldron walks down the street in Boston. Waldron is a student at Emerson College with progeria, one of the world’s rarest diseases. The first treatment has been approved for progeria, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Zokinvy...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.,Nov 20 2020 Obese patients over the age of 60 can lose an equivalent amount of weight as younger people using only lifestyle changes, according to a new study from the University of Warwick and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust that demonstrates that age is no barrier to losing weight....
By Krista Charles Bacteria from yogurt could help broken bones mend Implants coated in bacteria could be used during bone fracture surgery to help speed healing and prevent post-operative infections. When someone suffers a fracture, surgery is sometimes needed to help it mend correctly. A common technique is to use a metal implant to help broken bones stay...
