BY MANASEE WAGH MAY 23, 2022 MALTE MUELLERGETTY IMAGES Short sleepers are people who do well with about half of the shut-eye that the rest of us require to function. Researchers have discovered particular mutations in three genes that control short sleepers’ resting needs. Their super-efficient sleep helps maintain better health and greater resilience to stress. At first, Brad Johnson...
by Zhejiang University Credit: Lu Shaoqing and Liu Chong How tumors emerge has always been quite a conundrum in the scientific community. With unremitting efforts over more than six years, the research team led by Prof. Liu Chong at the Zhejiang University School of Brain Science and Brain Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University...
by University of Chicago Medical Center Scanning electron micrograph of human T lymphocyte or T cell. Credit: NIAID/NIH Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in the development and administration of cancer immunotherapies, which use the body’s own immune system to treat disease. However, the therapies don’t work for every person or with...
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Diagram of the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s Disease. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain. For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The conditions can all affect the brain, damaging blood vessels and leading...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hypomethylating agents (HMA) are currently used as a first-line treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and increasingly in other diseases, but their mechanism of action is not clear. HMAs may affect many genes and could potentially activate an oncogene—a gene that contributes to the development...
By Nick Lavars May 25, 2022 Scientists have found the genetic instructions for the creation of a highly-promising anti-cancer compound in soft coralsBailey Miller From pit vipers to funnel web spiders, living creatures continue to prove a rich source of medicines with life-saving potential, but some are more forthcoming than others with their powerful compounds and molecules. A 25-year...
By Loz Blain May 25, 2022 These tiny crab robots can be remote controlled by using heat to deform shape-memory alloysNorthwestern University Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois have demonstrated the world’s smallest remote-controlled walking robot, at just half a millimeter wide. Such tiny machines can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and jump without hydraulics...
By Nick Lavars May 25, 2022 Scientists have demonstrated a new technique to take out arterial plaque, using low-power lasers and ultrasound to break it apart with tiny bubbles Depositphotos Lasers are one of the tools physicians can lean on to tackle plaque buildup on arterial walls, but current approaches carry a risk of complications...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The loss of smell and taste with a COVID-19 infection during the delta surge was a prevalent symptom and wasn’t prevented by vaccination, new research suggests. The small Ohio State University study also found that some people with the earliest COVID-19 infections were continuing to...
by Kobe University Figure 1: Disease onset and changes in P450 expression. Credit: Kobe University Researchers at Kobe University and Hiroshima University have successfully developed a biomarker that will enable Parkinson’s disease to be rapidly and inexpensively diagnosed from blood serum samples. It is hoped that being able to diagnose the disease faster will also lead...
