The findings appear in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. The paper includes a genetic analysis of the virus samples, which researchers isolated from ticks collected in central Georgia. The research adds new evidence for how the tick-borne Heartland virus, first identified in Missouri in 2009, may evolve and spread geographically and from one organism to another....
The MIT biologist’s research has shed light on the immortality of germline cells and the function of “junk DNA.” When cells divide, they usually generate two identical daughter cells. However, there are some important exceptions to this rule: When stem cells divide, they often produce one differentiated cell along with another stem cell, to maintain the pool...
Inspired by an ancient technology, engineers design a sensor that can measure pressure inside the digestive tract. As food moves through the digestive tract, contracting muscles along the tract keep things flowing smoothly. Loss of this motility can lead to acid reflux, failure of food to move out of the stomach, or constipation. Dysmotility disorders are...
Researchers seek to understand why some Parkinson’s patients’ symptoms briefly vanish. In one video, an elderly gentleman who normally can barely walk pedals a bike effortlessly down an Amsterdam street. In another video, a man who typically can’t hold a mug without sloshing the water out of it catches a ball as he jogs across the room and...
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY IMAGE: (L-R) MS TAN LI LING, A PHD STUDENT AT NTU’S SCHOOL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING (MSE), AND MSE ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR JOACHIM LOO, PRESENTING THE COATED PROBIOTICS, WHICH THEY DEVELOPED. CREDIT: NTU SINGAPORE Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)have developed probiotics with a unique edible coating that ensures the beneficial...
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IMAGE: TESTING CENTERS ABOUNDED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE PANDEMIC. NOW RESEARCHERS AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HAVE FOUND THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS IN THOSE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC ALSO EXPERIENCED PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY — PAIN, TINGLING AND NUMBNESS IN THE HANDS AND...
NYU LANGONE HEALTH / NYU GROSSMAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE An orally absorbed tablet containing cannabidiol (CBD) effectively reduces pain after shoulder surgery with no safety concerns, a new study finds. Led by researchers in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, the study found that the tablet ORAVEXXTM safely managed pain after minimally...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Pro-invasive and indolence signature genes associated with tumor invasion at early-stage lung adenocarcinoma. Credit: Nature Communications (2022). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29230-7 Mount Sinai researchers have developed a novel method to identify aggressive early-stage lung cancers and target drugs known as aurora kinase inhibitors to tumors that are especially likely to respond to them. The...
by Amy Robinson, Florida State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Florida State University researchers have identified a new pathway in the brain that plays an important role in our response to fear. Scientists have long considered the amygdala, an almond-shaped structure in the center of the brain, to be the “center of fear” and believed...
by Rutgers University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Receiving psychosocial and behavioral therapy alongside medications for opioid use disorder leads to better treatment engagement and continuity, according to Rutgers researchers. To better understand the role of psychosocial and behavioral therapy, the study, published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, examined services received by people in the...
