by Washington University in St. Louis Ziyad Al-Aly, MD, a clinical epidemiologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs St. Louis Health Care system, examines data from a new study. Researchers led by Al-Aly found that repeat SARS-CoV-2 infections contribute significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ...
by University of California, Los Angeles CRISPR-associated protein Cas9 (white) from Staphylococcus aureus based on Protein Database ID 5AXW. Credit: Thomas Splettstoesser (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0) For the first time, scientists have used CRISPR technology to insert genes that allow immune cells to focus their attack on cancer cells, potentially leaving normal cells unharmed and increasing...
by American Heart Association Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The American Heart Association and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have collaborated in the development and launch of a new digital health application for front-line health care workers. The American Heart Association Adult Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) app offers bedside access to key resources, such as access to ACLS...
by NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.10.006 An experimental therapeutic cancer vaccine induced two distinct and desirable immune system responses that led to significant tumor regression in mice, report investigators from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found...
by Institute for Systems Biology Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists from the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have shown which blood metabolites are associated with the gut microbiome, genetics, or the interplay between both. Their findings will be published in the journal Nature Metabolism and have promising implications for guiding targeted therapies designed to alter the composition...
by University of Zurich Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Blood stem cell transplantation is a radical but highly effective therapy for multiple sclerosis. A study led by the University of Zurich has now examined in detail the way in which the treatment curbs the autoimmune disease and how the immune system regenerates afterwards. A better understanding of...
By Michael Irving, November 09, 2022 A new clinical trial has identified specific neurons that are stimulated to help improve mobility in paralyzed patients. NeuroRestore – Jimmy Ravier Electrical stimulation of the spine can help paralyzed people walk again, with promising results shown in clinical trials. Now, scientists have identified the specific neurons being stimulated...
A paralyzed man who cannot speak or type was able to spell out over 1,000 words using a neuroprosthetic device that translates his brain waves into full sentences, US researchers said Tuesday. “Anything is possible,” was one of the man’s favorite phrases to spell out, said the first author of a new study on the...
Written by Nishika Reddy, MD | Reviewed by Patricia Pinto-Garcia, MD, MPH Updated on August 2, 2022 Key takeaways: Medications people take for certain medical conditions can affect vision and eye health. Some medications can cause blurred vision, eye pain, redness, or double vision. If you develop eye symptoms from a medication, your healthcare provider...
by Bert Gambini, University at Buffalo Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Racial and ethnic disparities in pain prevalence in the U.S. are far larger than previously realized, according to the results of a new study co-written by a University at Buffalo medical sociologist. The current research represents the first portrait of U.S. pain prevalence across six...
