ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL IMAGE: From left: Hongbo Chi, Ph.D., Hongling Huang, Ph.D., and PeiPei Zhou, Ph.D., all of St. Jude Immunology, have mapped the previously unknown biological machinery by which the immune system generates T cells that kill bacteria, viruses and tumor cells. CREDIT: ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL Immunologists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have mapped the...
by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Nikhil Munshi, MD Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute In a major advance in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a CAR T-cell therapy has generated deep, sustained remissions in patients who had relapsed from several previous therapies, an international clinical trial has found. In a study posted online today by the New England Journal of...
by Australian National University In a world first, the biomedical invention from ANU can measure a blood clot’s “stickiness” and “optically weigh” it to assess a person’s disease risk. Credit: Australian National University New portable technology that visualizes clots forming in flowing blood in a 3-D holographic livestream promises to dramatically improve screening and treatment of...
By Ben Coxworth February 24, 2021 An illustration of one of the micromotors (top), along with a microscope image of the genuine articleAdapted from Nano Letters 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04438VIEW 1 IMAGES Although the drinking of hydrogen-gas-infused water can help treat rheumatoid arthritis, the effects are limited. Scientists have developed what could be a better alternative,...
by Tohoku University A pain-free, organic, and biodegradable drug delivery patch developed by researchers at Tohoku University for potential home health care. Credit: Matsuhiko Nishizawa A pain-free, organic and biodegradable drug delivery patch may be on the horizon for home health care patients soon. Researchers from Tohoku University have developed a biobattery-powered device capable of both delivering large molecule pharmaceuticals...
by CSIC Credit: CC0 Public Domain The production, preparation, and use of bacterial nanocellulose as corneal bandages could be the key to help delicate stem cells to migrate to the cornea and heal the eye from a range of ocular disorders. Our eyes have a very delicate surface that can be afflicted by a range...
by Adrienne Williamson , Medical Xpress High fat diet feeding promotes an accumulation of mature adipocytes in the skin dermis and impairs skin’s resistance against S. aureus infection. (A). Mice were fed with standard diet (SD) or high fat diet (HFD) and skin sections were stained with hematoxylin and eosin to visualize how HFD alters...
by Antonio Regaladoarchive page February 5, 2021 SELMAN DESIGNhide On December 23, as part of a publicity push to encourage people to get vaccinated against covid-19, the University of Pennsylvania released footage of two researchers who developed the science behind the shots, Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, getting their inoculations. The vaccines, icy concoctions of fatty spheres and genetic...
JOINT ACADEMY IMAGE: EXAMPLE OF OSTEOARTHRITIS EXERCISE USING JOINT ACADEMY. CREDIT: JOINT ACADEMY The steadily increasing prevalence and high costs of treating chronic joint pain worldwide poses a challenge for healthcare systems and healthcare payers. New research published today in JAMA Network Open shows the effectiveness of a digital healthcare treatment with the potential to save insurance companies and...
by IOS Press Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease has been shown to reduce cost and improve patient outcomes, but current diagnostic approaches can be invasive and costly. A recent study, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, has found a novel way to identify a high potential for developing Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms...
