by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Getting the COVID-19 vaccination strengthened one type of immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients even though they were taking immunosuppressant medication, according to investigators at Cedars-Sinai. The findings of two studies focused on this topic have been published in the journals IBD, of...
by Jeff Renaud, University of Western Ontario Underwater adhesion mechanism illustration of UIHA adhesive. (A) The in situ adhesion process of UIHA underwater, (B) the chemical reaction scheme inside UIHA and at the interface between UIHA and substrate, and (C) the proposed biomedical applications of UIHA. Unlike small molecules, gelation of macromolecular fluids shows obvious...
by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology A new AI diagnostic tool developed by KAUST scientists allows doctors to visualize lung damage caused by COVID-19 in more detail. Credit: 2022 KAUST; Ivan Gromicho A new computer-aided diagnostic tool developed by KAUST scientists could help overcome some of the challenges of monitoring lung health following viral...
by University of Wisconsin-Madison Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the mid-20th century, new evidence showed that the brain could be “plastic,” and that experience could create changes in the brain. Plasticity has been linked to learning new skills, including spatial navigation, aerobic exercise and balance training. Yet it has remained an open question whether mindfulness...
by Washington University School of Medicine Arg1809Cys Nf1-mutant mice do not develop optic gliomas following somatic Nf1 inactivation. A Incidence of optic pathway glioma (OPG) in NF1 patients harboring the c.5425C > T NF1 germline mutation. B Representative images of dissected optic nerves from control (Nf1f/f; CTL) and Nf1-mutant mice harboring conditional somatic Nf1 inactivation in neuroglial...
by American Gastroenterological Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Patients who use cannabis required higher levels of sedation during gastric endoscopies than non-users, according to research to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2022. As cannabis is legalized in more places and usage rises, clinicians should be aware of patients’ habits and prepare themselves and...
by Osaka Metropolitan University Examinations of human C9orf72 gene-expressing mice show that intranasal rifampicin administration significantly inhibits the formation of RNA foci, DPR inclusions, and TDP-43 inclusions, thereby improving the mice’s cognitive functions. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan University What did Stephen Hawking and Mao Zedong have in common? They both suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),...
by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Digitally colorized microscopic image of rod-shaped Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Credit: CDC NIAID One in five multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis (TB) cases in children under the age of 15 could be averted every year by household contact management, according to a new modeling study published in The Lancet Global Health....
by Michelle Revels, Texas A&M University Laminated paper can direct fluid through porous paper structures with high accuracy and precision and can be used in complex fluid handling systems such as polymerase chain reaction COVID-19 tests and DNA sequencing machines. Credit: Texas A&M Engineering A team from the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas...
by Rachel Gordon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Samples of the images after low-pass filters and high-pass filters in MXR dataset. HPF=high-pass filtering. LPF=low-pass filtering. MXR=MIMIC-CXR dataset. Credit: The Lancet Digital Health (2022). DOI: 10.1016/S2589-7500(22)00063-2 The miseducation of algorithms is a critical problem; when artificial intelligence mirrors unconscious thoughts, racism, and biases of the humans who generated these algorithms,...
