By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. Jun 11 2023 Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc. Different types of nanomaterials have been used in neuroscience, including two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials widely known for their unique structures and physicochemical properties. In a recent Journal of Nanobiotechnology review, scientists discuss the applications of 2D nanomaterials in neuroscience. Types of 2D nanomaterials...
Scientists may have made a breakthrough in the treatment of baldness by using a tiny RNA particle to stimulate hair growth. The study revealed that hair follicles become stiff with age, making it harder for hair to grow. However, by softening the stem cells through the production of a specific RNA called miR-205, researchers at Northwestern University...
by Julia Moióli, FAPESP LLLT prototype device applying red laser with a wavelength of 660 nm developed at the Technological Support Laboratory of IFSC-USP for laser auriculotherapy. Credit: Journal of Personalized Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.3390/jpm13040581 Low-level laser therapy and associated photobiomodulation is the most effective of the known treatments for tinnitus, according to a study comparing the main...
Extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human episodic ataxia, the researchers report. “Episodic Ataxia 1 (EA1) is a movement disorder caused by inherited mutations in the human KCNA1 gene, which encodes Kv1.1, a voltage-gated potassium channel...
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY Probiotics can help maintain a healthy gut microbiome or restore populations of “good bacteria” after a heavy course of antibiotics. But now, they could also be used as an effective treatment strategy for certain intestinal diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. Researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have developed a microgel delivery system for probiotics that keeps...
WILEY Antitumor agents must kill off cancer cells while protecting healthy tissue and having no toxic side-effects. A novel approach based on “self-immolative” polyferrocenes—copolymers that split apart into their components as soon as they enter a tumor cell—could meet these demands. The drugs they hold then synergistically cause an abrupt increase in free radicals and...
MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Among the tens of thousands of Americans with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, most do not have a single genetic mutation shown to cause the fatal disease. And a study led by University of Michigan finds that a newly created polygenic scoring system — one that weighs the combined...
VETERANS AFFAIRS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS A study led by VA Puget Sound Health Care System researchers has shown that prazosin, a drug used to treat high blood pressure, can prevent posttraumatic headaches. Senior study author Dr. Murray Raskind, director of the VA Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center in Seattle, Washington, explained that few treatment options exist...
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE In an eight-year study of more than 600 community-dwelling older adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have further linked levels of cell-free DNA (DNA fragments resulting from cell death) circulating in the blood to chronic inflammation and frailty. The study is novel and expands on previous work, the investigators say, because...
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – LOS ANGELES HEALTH SCIENCES Highly targeted electrical stimulation to the brain showed promise as a new treatment for the most common type of stroke, according to a pilot study led by UCLA Health researchers. The study is the first in humans to test the feasibility of using a targeted type of electrical current, called...
