by Pusan National University A soft, bioresorbable, implantable device developed by researchers from Pusan National University provides a focused, reversible, and precise cooling effect to block pain signals from peripheral nerves. Credit: Pusan National University Due to their high efficacy, opioids are used widely for the management of neuropathic pain, despite the increasing rates of...
by Ben Robinson, University of Manchester Graphical abstract. Credit: JACS Au (2022). DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00300 A new method to detect Parkinson’s disease has been determined by analyzing sebum with mass spectrometry. The study, published today in the JACS Au , have found that there are lipids of high molecular weight that are substantially more active in people suffering from Parkinson’s...
BY KORIN MILLER PUBLISHED: SEP 6, 2022 COVID-19 vaccines have been effective at keeping people from getting severely ill and dying from the virus, but they’ve required different boosters to try to keep on top of all of the coronavirus variants that have popped up. Now, researchers have discovered an antibody that neutralizes all known COVID-19...
by Cornell University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When looking for medical information on the internet, having the precise terminology makes the search fairly straightforward. But what if the person doing the searching doesn’t know the exact terminology, or wants to see what other information may be available without using technical terms? Will internet queries yield any...
by Hunter Medical Research Institute Tumor response, PFS, and OS. A, Spider plot of tumor burden change of target lesions in reference to the baseline tumor burden in 18 patients with measurable tumor burden. RECIST/iRECIST, biopsies, and translational bloods were collected at week 9 after azacitidine/carboplatin and week 22 after six cycles of avelumab (indicated...
by Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Visualization of heart inflammation by means of MRI: cardiologist Dr. Valentina Puntmann monitors a study participant at the Institute for Experimental and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging at University Hospital Frankfurt. Credit: Goethe University Frankfurt am Main After recovering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection, many people complain of persistent heart complaints, such...
by Brigham and Women’s Hospital Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Over recent decades, more and more adults under the age of 50 are developing cancer. A study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveals that the incidence of early onset cancers (those diagnosed before age 50), including cancers of the breast, colon, esophagus, kidney,...
by Diabetologia Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Men and women who are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (T2D) aged 40 or younger are far more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CVD) and die prematurely than those under 40 in the general population, according to new research to be presented at this year’s European Association for the...
by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: Su et al, Cell Metabolism (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2022.08.014 Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have used advanced three-dimensional mapping techniques at a microscopic level to identify a multitude of genetic variants and corresponding target gene pairings in the pancreas that are implicated in type 2 diabetes. In addition to these...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Dr. Alexander Kolevzon, Clinical Director of the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai with trial participant. Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Results of a small, but unique research study, led by researchers from the Seaver Autism Center for Research and Treatment at Mount Sinai and published...
