by Karolinska Institutet Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain There is a lack of understanding as to why some people suffer from long-lasting symptoms after COVID-19 infection. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and the Helmholtz Center Munich (HMGU) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), both in Germany, now demonstrates that a certain type...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Cognitive decline is the biggest factor in determining how long patients with Alzheimer’s disease will live after being diagnosed, according to a new study from researchers at UT Southwestern. The findings, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, are a first step that could help health care providers...
by Leigh Hopper, University of Southern California Credit: Psychiatry Research (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2022.114473 Brain scans of children ages 9–10 with a type of eating disorder that causes uncontrollable overeating showed differences in gray matter density compared to their unaffected peers, according to a USC-led study. Binge eating disorder, which affects about 3–5% of the U.S. population, is...
Ever wondered what’s going on inside somebody’s head? Us too, and it might just be possible to see inside another person’s brain outside a laboratory setting soon. Earlier this year, US startup Kernel released a piece of wearable tech called the Kernel Flow that uses near-infrared light to scan people’s brains, and a new report published...
HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF IMAGE: A RESEARCH TEAM LED BY THE HELMHOLTZ-ZENTRUM DRESDEN-ROSSENDORF (HZDR) HAS SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE IRRADIATION OF TUMORS WITH LASER PROTONS FOR THE FIRST TIME. CREDIT: HZDR / JUNIKS Irradiation with fast protons is a more effective and less invasive cancer treatment than X-rays. However, modern proton therapy requires large particle accelerators, which has...
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH IMAGE: UMAMAHESWAR DUVVURI, M.D., PH.D., HEAD AND NECK SURGEON AT UPMC HILLMAN CANCER CENTER AND PROFESSOR OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY IN PITT’S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE CREDIT: COURTESY OF UPMC PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2022 — A new study suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in...
by Quadram Institute Interactions of 48 BEV proteins with monocytes, macrophages and dendritic cells in healthy (a) and UC (b) conditions. Number of expressed genes/number of interacting proteins are highlighted for each cell-type. Credit: Journal of Extracellular Vesicles (2022). DOI: 10.1002/jev2.12189 Around 500,000 people in the UK live with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), a life-long, chronic condition...
by University of Maryland School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain Learning a complex skilled movement like tying your shoes or playing an instrument takes practice. After repeating the same movements over and over, people often develop a formulaic way of performing the task, and may not even have to think about it anymore. Although...
by Northwestern University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed. Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new...
A recently identified hybrid of the Omicron and Delta coronavirus variants is unlikely to become a serious threat, scientists say. The new hybrid, first found in samples collected in France in January, is formally called the AY.4/BA.1 recombinant but has been nicknamed Deltacron by some. Thirty-three samples of the new variant have been found in...
