by Society for the Study of Addiction Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new systematic review published by the scientific journal Addiction has found that non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) may improve smoking abstinence rates 3 to 6 months after quitting, compared with sham brain stimulation. In recent years, NIBS has emerged as a new therapeutic option for alcohol use...
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Drs. Masuko Ushio-Fukai and Tohru Fukai. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University One way exercise can counter the damage of diabetes is by enabling activation of a natural system we have to grow new blood vessels when existing ones are ravaged by this disease, scientists report. Angiogenesis is...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism in which not-yet-malignant cells from early breast cancer tumors travel to other organs and, eventually, “turn on” and become metastatic breast cancer. The researchers, who reported in Cancer Research in April, also showed the ability of the...
A new study points to the gut virome as the culprit in intestinal bowel disease. NIH/NAID/IMAGE.FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The human microbiome contains a community of microorganisms that include viruses. This is called the human virome, a community of both beneficial and pathogenic viruses. The virome begins at birth and may be an equally...
Two drugs may help treat advanced tumors, new research finds. luchschen/Getty Images Researchers have found two drugs to be safe and effective in treating individuals with advanced solid tumors. These medications, ATR inhibitor elimusertib and PARP inhibitor AZD5305, can block key mediators behind DNA damage response (DDR). In clinical studies, these drugs only induced “reversible...
By Rich Haridy April 20, 2022 Three of the bacterial species linked to aggressive prostate cancer are entirely new to scientists Depositphotos A landmark study has identified five types of bacteria associated with aggressive prostate cancer. It is unclear at this stage whether the bacteria is directly causing the cancer but the researchers are confident...
by University of Freiburg Post-processed microscopic image of different tissue macrophages (cyan, magenta or green) in mouse brain. Credit: Medical Center—University of Freiburg / Dr. Lukas Amann What gets into the brain and what doesn’t is strictly regulated. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Freiburg have now studied phagocytes that coat...
by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Histopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia. New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April), suggests that disease-causing amoebas that live on...
by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23-26 April) has identified a panel of cytokines that can help predict which COVID-19 patients are at risk of serious illness and death....
by Andrew Thurston, Boston University A large-scale replica of the scaffold that supports the heart tissue. In the miniPUMP, the scaffold is tiny—with many parts measured in microns. At such a fine scale, ordinarily stiff materials become flexible. Credit: Christos Michas, Alice White’s lab at Boston University There’s no safe way to get a close-up...
