Some individuals can feel tempted to try strict eating regimes, such as a 1,000 calorie diet, to lose weight as quickly as possible. While drastically cutting calories may result in weight loss in the short term, research shows that these types of diets are risky. Extreme diets have undesirable effects and do not result in...
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Like most vaccines, RNA vaccines have to be injected, which can be an obstacle for people who fear needles. Now, a team of MIT researchers has developed a way to deliver RNA in a capsule that can be swallowed, which they hope could help make people...
(HealthDay)—Screen time is significantly associated with autism spectrum disorder among boys at age 3 years, according to a study published online Jan. 31 in JAMA Pediatrics. Megumi Kushima, from the University of Yamanashi in Chuo, Japan, and colleagues examined the association between screen time in infancy and development of autism spectrum disorder at age 3 years...
by Matthew Perrone Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain U.S. health regulators on Monday granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, a shot that’s already been given to tens of millions of Americans since its emergency authorization over a year ago. The action by the Food and Drug Administration means the agency has completed the same rigorous,...
by Chris Barncard, University of Wisconsin-Madison Researchers taught 32 volunteers associations that were completely new to them by playing a nonsense word and following it with a picture from an assortment of animal-like shapes called greebles. Then they tested what would happen when a tiny dose of ketamine was administered. Credit: Scott Yu, I. Gauthier,...
by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have developed the first GRP78 targeted chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell. Their GRP78 CAR T cell successfully targeted and destroyed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) cells in the lab. A paper on the work appeared today in Nature Communications....
By Rich Haridy January 30, 2022 A new smartphone-based COVID-19 detection system can deliver results in less than half an hour and is as accurate as PCR testing Depositphotos US researchers have developed an innovative smartphone-based kit that can test saliva samples for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Early studies have found the...
by Laura Hegwer, Rush University Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Once we’ve ridden the omicron wave, what’s next? Many have assumed that SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is evolving into a less dangerous virus because the now-dominant omicron variant tends to cause milder COVID-19. And while that’s generally how certain viruses evolve, they...
by David Bradley, Inderscience Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hand tremor can be debilitating, interfering with everyday activities such as eating and drinking, writing, and use of technology. It can also be indicative of a serious underlying health problem. Dana Vishnu, G.A. Dhanush, S. Siddharth, and Kiran S. Raj of the Department of Computer Science and...
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Thymus cells making AIRE (green) that educate the surrounding developing T cells (red). Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research WEHI researchers have identified an enzyme in the thymus that is essential for immune T cells to correctly identify threats, safeguarding them from going...
