by Amy Walden, Florida State University Wen Li is a professor of psychology at Florida State University and is also an affiliate of the neuroscience program. Credit: Florida State University A Florida State University researcher’s work to understand exactly what part of the brain is involved in disorders such as anxiety, PTSD and other phobias...
by Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environments and Human Factors in Dortmund EDI3 expression and enzyme activity according to HER2 and ER status. A, EDI3 (GPCPD1; 224826_at) mRNA expression was compared among subtypes defined according to HER2 and ER status in human breast cancer Affymetrix datasets (total n = 540). B, EDI3 protein expression in breast cancer subtypes using...
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Mar 13 2023 University of Queensland researchers have contributed to the largest ever genetic study of endometriosis, finding new data about the variants that increase risk of the disease. The study found genetic risk factors for endometriosis are also associated with other chronic pain types such as migraine, back pain and multi-site...
by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study by Columbia University researchers suggests that cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins have the potential to reduce heart disease in people with obstructive sleep apnea, regardless of the use of CPAP machines during the night. The study is published in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic...
by Wayne State University Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAID A team of faculty from Wayne State University has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies. Their work, “Discovery of Novel Transketolase Epitopes and the Development of IgG-Based Tuberculosis Serodiagnostics,” was published in...
DOE/LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY IMAGE: A STRUCTURAL MODEL OF A BACTERIOPHAGE AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION CREDIT: DR. VICTOR PADILLA-SANCHEZ, PHD As conventional antibiotics continue to lose effectiveness against evolving pathogens, scientists are keen to employ the bacteria-killing techniques perfected by bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria. One major challenge standing in their way is the difficulty...
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Not all probiotics are created equal. In a new study, researchers found that certain enzymes within a class known as bile salt hydrolases (BSHs) can restrict Clostridioides difficile (C. diff.)colonization by both altering existing bile acids and by creating a new class of bile acids within the gut’s microbial environment. The...
by Texas Tech University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 2009 to 2017 determined that approximately 1 in 44 children ages 3-17 are diagnosed with some form of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Research also has established that children with ASD have an increased risk of obesity,...
by Aarhus University Schematic representation of central findings. Left: Polyvalent antigen induces robust activation at both low and high stoichiometry, whereas monovalent antigen is only active at high stoichiometry, and small-molecule or small footprint monovalent antigen has no activity whatsoever. Right: The role of footprint in determining monovalent antigen activity. There is not a simple...
by Krista Weidner, Pennsylvania State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vitamin D plays an integral role in regulating immune function, and Penn State researchers have identified immune cells in mice that can be differentiated by whether or not they have vitamin D receptors—a finding that could lead to a better understanding of the link between vitamin D...
