by Monash University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A Monash University-led study has found a promising new treatment for patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, the second most common form of dementia in the under 60s—resulting in a stabilizing of what would normally be escalating behavioral issues, and a slowing of brain shrinkage due to the...
4 MAY 2022 10:45 AM BY GUNJAN SINHA In this artist’s concept, a dying neutrophil (purple) releases putative inflammation-resolving lipids such as lipoxin (yellow) as a macrophage (blue) starts to clear its remains.V. ALTOUNIAN/SCIENCE For 3 decades, biochemist Charles Serhan at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has been the torch bearer for “resolution immunology”—a research field...
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA Parkinson’s disease is perhaps best known for its movement-related symptoms, particularly tremors and stiffness. But the disease is also known to hinder vocal production, giving those with Parkinson’s a soft monotonous voice. Those symptoms, research has suggested, often appear much earlier in the disease’s development – sometimes decades before movement-related symptoms. New...
by Yale University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new Yale-led study has for the first time identified which risk factors are more likely to trigger a heart attack or acute myocardial infarction (AMI) for men and women 55 years and younger. Researchers discovered significant sex differences in risk factors associated with AMI and in the...
by University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Credit: CC0 Public Domain An invisible lining of blood vessels uses a vast network of connections to control all cardiovascular functions and the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease is a group of conditions that can arise from a lack of physical activity, poor diet, or certain disorders. Scientists...
by University of Otago Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If you are carrying a few extra kilos in weight, an extra apple or two per day might make a difference in boosting your immune system and helping ward off COVID-19 and winter illnesses. New University of Otago, Christchurch research has identified, for the first time, exactly...
by Mark Michaud, University of Rochester Medical Center Skeletal muscle fibers. Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library / Public domain New research published in JAMA recommends daily steroid doses for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), marking a significant change in how the disease is treated. University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) neurologist Robert Griggs, M.D.,...
by Laura Williamson Julie Stillman was 55 years old when a blood vessel in her brain suddenly burst. The hemorrhagic stroke left her unable to compose a simple sentence—a hard blow for a woman who built a career in book publishing. It also robbed her of the ability to speak properly. But not the ability...
by University of Illinois at Chicago Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Gene editing may be a potential treatment for anxiety and alcohol use disorder in adults who were exposed to binge drinking in their adolescence, according to the results of an animal study published in the journal Science Advances. The study is issued by researchers from the...
CIC BIOGUNE IMAGE: APAP-INDUCED DILI LEADS TO DYSREGULATION OF AMMONIA LEVELS. THE NEGATIVE MODULATION OF MIR-873-5P RESTORES METHIONINE CYCLE ACTIVITY, ATTENUATES AMMONIA ACCUMULATION, AND INCREASES POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS ACTIVITY. ALL IN ALL, THESE FACTS IMPROVE THE REGENERATIVE CAPACITY AND THUS RESTORE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE LIVER. CREDIT: RUBEN RODIGUEZ, CIC BIOGUNE Acute liver failure is...
