by Columbia University Irving Medical Center Taurine supplementation increases healthy life span. In the picture bull depicts taurine (The word taurine originates from Taurus bull; Urine, because it was first identified in the urine of bull) which is reversing the clock of aging increasing health span and life span. Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center A...
By Michael Franco June 07, 2023 Artificial blood vessels could help doctors deal with the troubling rate of cardiovascular disease around the world Depositphotos Researchers in the Netherlands have combined two different 3D-printing techniques to produce artificial blood vessel prototypes. The process created tubes that can be covered in live cells while retaining the strength they...
JUNE 6TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS DIAGNOSTICS, MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY Scientists at Purdue University have developed a urine test for early-stage Parkinson’s disease. The technology involves isolating extracellular vesicles of neural origin from urine samples and then assessing the proteins within the vesicles to detect biomarkers of the disease. The researchers have called their technology “EVtrap” (Extracellular Vesicles total recovery...
By Julie Steenhuysen June 06, 2023 CHICAGO (Reuters) – Adding an experimental mRNA-based vaccine from Moderna Inc and Merck & Co reduced the risk that the most deadly skin cancer would spread by 65% over treatment with an immunotherapy alone in a mid-stage trial, the companies reported on Monday. With this and earlier data, Moderna is considering...
by University of Virginia Loss of FOXP3 expression in DDX39B-depleted T cells. (A) RNA abundance changes between control (NTC) and DDX39B-depleted (Sh3) CD4+ T cells from two healthy individuals (Donor 1 and Donor 4) identified by RNAseq. Data points for DDX39B (cyan) and FOXP3 (magenta) are indicated. (B) Examples of MS susceptibility genes differentially expressed upon DDX39B...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Three men who had heart failure caused by the build-up of sticky, toxic proteins are now free of symptoms after their condition spontaneously reversed in an unprecedented case described by a team at UCL (University College London) and the Royal Free Hospital. The condition, a form of amyloidosis...
by Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder Ubiquilin 2 (UBQLN2) regulates paternally expressed gene 10 (PEG10) gag-pol abundance. Credit: eLife (2023). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.79452 More than 5,000 people are diagnosed annually with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), a fatal, neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, gradually robbing people of the ability to speak,...
by SPIE Noninvasive transcranial photobiomodulation (tPBM) experimental setup. (a) Placement of two pairs of optical probes on the forehead connected to atwo-channel near-infrared spectroscopy (2-bbNIRS) unit to capture brain activity. (b) Test regimen followed for each participant. (c) Light source, two spectrometers, and probe bundles for 2-bbNIRS measurement. (d) Arrows indicating the right and left sites...
By Paul McClure June 06, 2023 An Australian study has found that sea cucumbers may delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and reduce complications caused by the disease Depositphotos A study by Australian researchers has found that the humble sea cucumber may contain key ingredients that delay the onset of type 2 diabetes and reduce the...
by British Heart Foundation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Drinking beetroot juice every day for six months after having a stent fitted reduced the chance of angina patients having a heart attack or needing a repeat procedure, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference. The finding on the benefits of the vegetable juice comes from a...
