by University of Geneva Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110197 Acute myeloid leukemia, which affects blood and bone marrow cells, is a particularly dangerous form of cancer. More than half of patients under the age of 60 die. This proportion rises to 85% for patients over 60. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland,...
by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2022.01.003 A WEHI-led study has identified a molecular ‘culprit’ responsible for causing damaging levels of cell death and inflammation in the body. The findings could lead to improved treatment options for a range of conditions driven by inflammatory cell death, including the...
by University of California – San Diego Microscopic image of an inflamed pimple with cathelicidin stained red, fat cells stained green and the nuclei of every cell stained blue. Because cathelicidin is produced from fat cells, their staining merges together. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Acne is among the most common skin diseases in...
by Jared Wadley, University of Michigan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Preventing mental disorders in young people might reduce or delay the burden of dementia in older people, according to a new study. Investing in good mental health care for young people—including evidence-based interventions for mental health problems—could help reduce the burden of neurodegenerative disease, say researchers from the...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study suggests that people with mild traumatic brain injuries may be more likely to have cognitive impairment, cognitive decline or both one year later, compared to people who were not injured. The research is published in the February 16, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the...
by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain With an alarming rise in the number of prescriptionss filled for non-benzo sleeping/z-drugs and anti-epilepsy gabapentinoids over the last two decades, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health aimed to fill in the gap in knowledge in the proportion of overdose...
by Jane Racey Gleeson, University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Each year, more than 805,000 Americans experience a heart attack according to the American Heart Association, and another 795,000 suffer a stroke based on information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These statistics, along with the fact that cardiovascular disease is the...
by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology A montage of three images of single striatal neurons transfected with a disease-associated version of huntingtin, the protein that causes Huntington’s disease. Nuclei of untransfected neurons are seen in the background (blue). The neuron in the center (yellow) contains an abnormal intracellular accumulation of huntingtin called an inclusion...
by British Medical Journal Image of the ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Credit: CDC A study published by The BMJ today finds that COVID-19 is associated with an increased risk of mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, substance use, and sleep disorders, up to one year after initial infection. The findings suggest that...
Ed Cara – Yesterday 12:00 PM Researchers in Canada say they’ve found a way to help people who otherwise would be left languishing on the organ transplant list. In new research this week, they detail converting lungs from people with type A blood into lungs that could be donated to anyone, without heavily damaging them...
