by Candy Gibson, University of South Australia Cells indicating multiple myeloma, the second most common blood cancer. Credit: University of South Australia South Australian researchers are hoping to improve the outcome of patients with multiple myeloma after identifying a new protein associated with the most aggressive form of the disease. A team from the University of South Australia...
by Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis A new study from Washington University School of Medicine implicates a type of immune cell — called a dendritic cell — in the development of chronic lung diseases that can follow after a respiratory viral infection. Shown is a stained section of mouse lung....
by Elsevier Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder that disrupts brain activity producing hallucinations, delusions, and other cognitive disturbances. Researchers have long searched for genetic influences in the disease, but genetic mutations have been identified in only a small fraction—fewer than a quarter—of sequenced patients. A new study now shows that “somatic” gene...
by Adrienne Williamson , Medical Xpress HLA-I hyperexpression is present in the islets of double AAb+ and T1D donors. (A and C) Representative immunofluorescence images from islets (A) and exocrine tissue (C) showing normal (top), elevated (middle), and hyperexpression (bottom) of HLA-I. The right panels display heatmaps based on the relative fluorescence intensity unit of...
N. Lee@nicole March 8th, 2021 libre de droit via Getty Images Scientists from NVIDIA and Harvard have made a huge breakthrough in genetic research. They developed a deep-learning toolkit that is able to significantly cut down the time and cost needed to run rare and single-cell experiments. According to a study published in Nature Communications, the AtacWorks toolkit can...
MARTIN-LUTHER-UNIVERSITÄT HALLE-WITTENBERG A new substance could improve the treatment of persistent cancers. Researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Greifswald have developed a new inhibitor that makes drug-resistant tumour cells respond again to chemotherapy. The new substance blocks a protein in the cancer cells that normally transports the cancer drugs back out of...
The ocean is home to powerful chemicals that may help treat cancer, researchers suggest. Photography by Dr. John Hooper Scientists believe novel chemicals with the potential to cure human illness may be found in the ocean. Researchers chemically synthesized a compound that had been isolated from a sea sponge. The compound — 3,10-dibromofascaplysin — was tested on various prostate...
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Concussion, a form of traumatic brain injury, is a common injury among children and teens. Concussions can have adverse effects on physical, cognitive, emotional and sleep health. Clinical guidelines for managing concussion in children and teens traditionally recommend complete physical and cognitive rest until symptom resolution, followed by a...
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: A NEW TYPE OF CAR T-CELL THERAPY MORE THAN TRIPLES THE EXPECTED LENGTH OF REMISSION FOR MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS WHO HAVE RELAPSED SEVERAL TIMES, ACCORDING TO AN INTERNATIONAL CLINICAL TRIAL WITH UT SOUTHWESTERN AS THE LEAD ENROLLING SITE. CREDIT: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS – March 8, 2021 – A...
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Research from Queen Mary University of London has concluded that there is convincing evidence that type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. The same study found that there was also evidence that type 2 diabetes may contribute to faster disease progression in patients who already have...
