UNIVERSITY OF BERN IMAGE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALEXANDER EGGEL DEPARTMENT FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (DBMR), UNIVERSITY OF BERN, AND DEPARTMENT OF RHEUMATOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND ALLERGOLOGY, INSELSPITAL BERN. CREDIT: © COURTESY OF ALEXANDER EGGEL Although allergies are widespread, their diagnosis is complex and, depending on the type of allergy, the prospects of success with therapy are not always...
by Tamara Bhandari, Washington University School of Medicine Astrocytes are normal non-neuronal brain cells, but in their reactive form they can harm, rather than protect, brain tissue. Mice with tau tangles in their brains—a model of Alzheimer’s and related diseases—have fewer reactive astrocytes (green) in their brains when treated with the drug digoxin (left) than...
by Laura Williamson The death rate for people who have a tear in a major artery coming out of the heart—aortic dissection—has been rising over the past decade, especially among women and Black adults, new research shows. And while death rates for women increased faster, older men continued to face an overall greater risk of...
March 21st, 2021 Dear patients, We would like to inform you about some important changes for the Regenerative Medical Group office located in Garden Grove. Our physician Dr. Richard Rutledge D.O. is transitioning to a tele-physician as he moved to Texas. He will continue serving our patients from the Garden Grove location via tele-consults only. Our Chief Medical Director...
by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A combination therapy that targets cancer cells from within and without caused tumors to shrink or stabilize in 75% of patients with recurrent or persistent estrogen receptor- (ER-) positive endometrial cancer, results from a recent clinical trial show. Trial leaders from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will present the...
by University of Waterloo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that makes cancerous tissue glow in medical images could help doctors more accurately detect and track the progression of cancer over time. The innovation, developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo, creates images in which cancerous tissue appears...
by University of British Columbia 3-D model of Ketamine. Credit: Wikipedia First manufactured more than 50 years ago, ketamine is a fast-acting dissociative anesthetic often used in veterinary and emergency medicine. Ketamine also has a history of being an illicit party drug. Now, ketamine is getting a closer look. Researchers from UBC Okanagan and the...
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology Parkinson’s disease is not usually seen as an autoimmune disease. Credit: Leterrier, NeuroCyto Lab, INP, Marseille, France Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have found that people with Parkinson’s disease have a clear “genetic signature” of the disease in their memory T cells. The scientists hope that...
by Kitta MacPherson, Rutgers University Nicotine pouches. Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Consumer interest and awareness in nicotine pouches is growing. These are products that contain nicotine but have no tobacco, and they are most popular among younger smokers and those trying to quit, according to a Rutgers research study. The study, the first independent analysis...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain England will begin rolling out its fourth coronavirus vaccine shot this week, the National Health Service (NHS) announced Sunday, with millions of the country’s most vulnerable people being offered jabs. The latest booster shot will be made available to care home residents, people aged over 75 and the immunosuppressed. Around five...
