by King’s College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Despite many advances in treating the COVID-19 virus there remains no specific cure for patients with infection. This is especially the case with hospitalized patients who end up in the ICU requiring mechanical ventilation support. Key members of UNESCO’s International Society on Aging and Disease (ISOAD) including Georgina...
by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Good sleep can be hard to come by. But a new study finds that if you can make up for lost sleep, even for just a few weekend hours, the extra zzz’s could help reduce fatigue-induced clumsiness, at least in how you walk. There’s plenty...
A growing body of evidence points to a link between iron-deficiency anemia and severe tooth decay. Whether the connection is correlative or causative is unknown, though both conditions are associated with poor diets and are more common in people living in impoverished environments and with underlying medical conditions. Now, research from the University of Pennsylvania, in...
UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG VIDEO: STEM CELL THERAPY NEEDS A LOT OF HUMAN CELLS, OF A SPECIFIC TYPE. SHINING A NEAR-INFRARED LASER ON ADULT STEM CELLS DERIVED FROM HUMAN BODY FAT, MAKES THE STEM CELLS REPLICATE 54% FASTER. FOLLOWING THAT UP WITH A GREEN LASER, ENABLES THE STEM CELLS TO TRANSFORM INTO DIFFERENT KINDS OF CELLS...
COMPUSCRIPT LTD IMAGE: THE BIORESPONSIVE MICRO-TO-NANO ALBUMIN-BASED SYSTEM WAS ACCUMULATED IN THE LUNGS AND RESPONDS TO THE UPREGULATED MMP-3, THEN TARGETED THE LUNG TISSUE, BRAIN, AND INFECTED MACROPHAGES, REACHING MULTIPLE TARGETS AND EFFICIENT TREATMENT. CREDIT: APSB Bioresponsive micro-to-nano albumin-based systems for targeted drug delivery against complex fungal infections Just published in the latest issue of Acta...
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA IMAGE: DOPAMINE PRODUCING BRAIN CELLS (STAINED BROWN) WERE PROTECTED WITH HPPE (RIGHT PANELS) IN NEUROTOXIN-BASED PD MODEL (MPTP; BOTTOM) COMPARED TO VEHICLE CONTROL CELLS (LEFT PANELS). CREDIT: DR. BOBBY THOMAS FROM THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder, afflicting more than...
The human brain is the most effective known processing unit. It constantly receives and processes numerous signals from both the outside world and our interior. Every day countless processes going on in it, even while we are asleep, engaging 200 billion neurons in complex signal transmission. All these neurons are joined with an incredible number of connections....
by Osaka City University Representative images of lung tissues with HE staining showing inflammation suppressed in the group treated with ImmuBalance Credit: Osaka City University Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods....
by Joe Dangor, Mayo Clinic Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a new, shorter treatment for patients with HPV-associated oropharynx cancer leads to excellent disease control and fewer side effects, compared to standard treatment. The new treatment employs minimally invasive surgery and half the standard dose of radiation therapy, compared to current...
by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research addresses ongoing concerns regarding risks of allergic reactions after receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly for individuals with a history of severe allergic reactions. The JAMA Network Open study of employee vaccinations within the Mass General Brigham health care system revealed that although people with such a history reported...
