IMBA- INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY OF THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IMAGE: NORMAL MOUSE STOMACH EPITHELIUM (ABOVE) VERSUS EPITHELIUM WITH P57 OVEREXPRESSION (BELOW) AT DAY 3 POST-INJURY WITH HIGH-DOSE TAMOXIFEN (HDT). THE EPITHELIUM IS STAINED FOR CHIEF CELLS (MAGENTA), NECK CELLS (GREEN), AND PROLIFERATING CELLS (WHITE). CREDIT: ©LEE/KOO/CELLSTEMCELL/IMBA. A stomach adult stem cell population can...
by La Jolla Institute for Immunology 3D rendition of T cells attacking cancer cells. Credit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology It’s not often that a failed clinical trial leads to a scientific breakthrough. When patients in the UK started showing adverse side effects during a cancer immunotherapy trial, researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) Center...
by University of Waterloo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Anyone who is taking a diuretic and a renin-angiotensin system (RSA) inhibitor for high blood pressure should be cautious about also taking ibuprofen, according to new research. Diuretics and RSA inhibitors are commonly prescribed together for people with hypertension and are available under various pharmaceutical brand names....
by University of Würzburg Fragmentation of mitochondria (green): The Drp-1 proteins responsible for the decay are labeled with antibodies and stained in magenta. Credit: Chair of Virology / University of Wuerzburg Eight different herpesviruses are known to date in humans. They all settle permanently in the body after acute infection. Under certain circumstances, they wake...
by European Association for the Study of Obesity Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Maastricht, Netherlands (4-7 May), finds that not getting enough good quality sleep undermines people’s attempts to keep weight off after dieting, and suggests that around two hours of vigorous physical...
by University of East Anglia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Using MRI scans to detect heart failure could revolutionize how the condition is diagnosed, thanks to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Sheffield. Until now, the best way of diagnosing heart failure has been an invasive assessment, but it carries...
by Bob Yirka, Medical Xpress Close-up images and structural models of the gH/GL and gH/gL/gp42 nanoparticles from the two vaccines. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abf3685 A team of researchers from the French health care company Sanofi, working with the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute in the U.S., has developed two new...
by Emanuela Barbiroglio, Horizon: The EU Research & Innovation Magazine Research shows that eating a balanced diet rich in plants and with an adequate intake of protein can help slow down the ageing process. Credit: © Foxys Forest Manufacture, Shutterstock Tweaks to our diets could be one of the most effective ways of preventing disease...
by Osaka University Fig.1 Diabetes incidence by cancer immunotherapy could be reduced by mesenchymal stem cell therapy. Credit: Diabetologia, CC0 Immune checkpoint inhibitors are widely used to treat a variety of cancers; however, one serious side effect is the onset of type 1 diabetes. Now, researchers from Osaka University have discovered that stem cell therapy may...
by University of Glasgow Knee extensor maximal torque, grip strength and vastus lateralis muscle thickness at baseline, 6 weeks and 6 months and corresponding 6-month treatment effects in control and krill oil groups. Data are mean (SD) for baseline 6 week and 6-month data and mean (95%CI) for 6-month treatment effects. ∗ denotes a significant...
