by Australian National University Credit: Anya Wotton/ANU People with elevated blood pressure that falls within the normal recommended range are at risk of accelerated brain aging, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU). The research also found optimal blood pressure helps our brains stay at least six months younger than our actual...
by Jamie Wetherbe, University of Southern California Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Until about 10 years ago, most clinicians only looked at the brain when finding ways to treat patients with Parkinson’s Disease. “Neurologists and researchers try to improve brain function and use treatment strategies that target the brain,” said Kaylie Zapanta MS ’17 Ph.D. ’23. “As an exercise physiologist, I’m...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: Pixabay In one of the largest and most racially diverse studies to date of American children and adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Wisconsin have identified the clinical and demographic factors associated with pediatric diabetic...
by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported that they have developed a pain-free, non-invasive and fast way detector of early diabetes warning signs. It is a non-invasive scanning device that checks the advanced glycation end products (AGEs)...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Photograph from a Johns Hopkins Medicine study showing regenerated junctions between peripheral nerves and their muscle fibers in mice. By modifying white blood cells known as macrophages, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers were able to achieve complete recovery from injury to the nerves. Credit: Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Johns Hopkins Medicine Peripheral nerves—the...
by University of Copenhagen Immunohistochemistry for alpha-synuclein showing positive staining (brown) of an intraneural Lewy-body in the Substantia nigra in Parkinson’s disease. Credit: Wikipedia Parkinson’s Disease develops if a certain anti-viral receptor and its protein in the brain, called the interferon-beta pathway, is not functioning correctly. That causes the pathway to be blocked, and as a...
by Charlotte Phelps, Christian Moro, The Conversation Credit: Shutterstock Wireless earphone sales are booming, with Apple alone selling an estimated 100 million sets of AirPods in 2020. Being untethered from our phones or devices means we are likely to wear earphones for longer periods. As a result, you might notice your ears feeling more sticky or waxy. Is...
by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne V. cholerae’s growth and competition on natural surfaces (left). The framed area is zoomed-in on the right and shows the killing of a bacterium (indicated by the red arrow) by the two V. cholerae cells. Credit: M. Blokesch & G. Knott (EPFL) Cholera is still an enormous public health problem....
by Estonian Research Council Relative abundance of phyla (a) and genera (b) under different collection methods on day 0. Taxa with a mean relative abundance of less than 1% were grouped into the rare category. FR fresh-frozen; FIT0 immediately frozen FIT samples; SB0 immediately frozen stabilization buffer samples. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-99046-w In order to study colorectal cancer...
Gut microbes in patients who have undergone androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for advanced prostate cancer, and microbes in similar mouse models, can produce androgens that circulate in the body. This discovery by Nicolò Pernigoni and colleagues could help explain why some patients develop ADT resistance, and may lead to the development of treatments that focus...
