by Karolinska Institutet Credit: CC0 Public Domain Fatigue, or severe tiredness and exhaustion, is a distressing condition for many patients with advanced cancer. Unfortunately, good pharmacological treatment options are limited, and the ones available come with a risk of side effects and/or habituation. In a recently conducted study in palliative home care in Stockholm, Palliative-D,...
by King’s College London In this image we can appreciate an organoid (cell nuclei are labeled in blue) with scattered beta-cells (green) and somatostatin cells (red) after the researchers performed their differentiation protocol. This system could be used to explore the effect of specific mutations found in diabetes in the development and functionality of beta-cells....
by National Eye Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye’s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel light to these cells’ outer segments where it’s converted into nerve signals. The discovery in ground squirrels provides a more precise picture...
by University of South Australia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a world first discovery, South Australian researchers have identified a genetic mutation responsible for a lymphatic disorder that may cause stillbirth or severe, chronic disease in affected children. An anomaly in the development of lymphatic vessels in unborn children, leading to fluid accumulating in the...
by Rice University Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh with a vial of bead-like implants his lab invented to serve as anti-cancer drug factories. Veiseh and colleagues showed the implants could eradicate ovarian and colorectal cancer in mice in as little as six days. Credit: “Jeff Fitlow/Rice University” Rice University bioengineers have shown they can eradicate...
The possible association between COVID-19 vaccination and sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) is unclear, according to two studies published online Feb. 24 in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery. Eric J. Formeister, M.D., from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, and colleagues examined the potential association between COVID-19 vaccination and SSNHL in a population-based...
by American Academy of Neurology Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who have certain types of cancers may have an increased risk of having new onset Guillain-Barré syndrome, according to a study published in the March 2, 2022, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers found an increased risk in...
by National Institutes of Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An anti-inflammatory drug candidate, known as 3,6′-dithiopomalidomide (DP) and designed by researchers at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), protected lab mice against cognitive decline by reducing brain inflammation. An international research team led by the NIA scientists has published their findings in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Journal...
by British Medical Journal Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine are recommended for immunocompromised patients, especially for organ transplant recipients who are least able to make antibodies to fight off coronavirus, say experts in The BMJ today. The findings reinforce the importance of additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine to protect people with a weakened...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Fig. 1: Sleep activity patterns and the relative change in sleep duration for travel nights. Credit: DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01291-0 A trio of researchers from Technical University of Denmark, the University of Vermont and Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science, respectively, has found that in some cases traveling can help people balance...
