by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain The combination of persistent tobacco use and prediabetes (higher than normal blood sugar levels that may progress to type 2 diabetes) triples the risk of stroke in young adults who do not have other cardiovascular risk factors, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Heart Association’s...
Peer-Reviewed Publication FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY ANTITUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA (ANTI-TNFΑ) AGENTS INCLUDE INFLIXIMAB, ADALIMUMAB, GOLIMUMAB, AVX-470 AND OPRX-106. JANUS KINASE (JAK) INHIBITORS: TOFACITINIB, FILGOTINIB AND UPADACITINIB. CYTOKINE INHIBITORS: USTEKINUMAB, WHICH TARGETS INTERLEUKIN (IL) 12, SUBUNIT P40/P35; RISANKIZUMAB, MIRIKIZUMAB, GUSELKUMAB AND BRAZIKUMAB TARGET IL-23, SUBUNIT P40/P19. SPHINGOSINE-1-PHOSPHATE (S1P) RECEPTOR MODULATORS: AMISELIMOD, OZANIMOD, ETRASIMOD AND...
Peer-Reviewed Publication TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS SMALL, COMFORTABLE GRAPHENE SENSORS CAN MEASURE A VARIETY OF BODILY SIGNALS, INCLUDING RESPIRATIONS, VOCALIZATIONS, TEMPERATURE AND GESTURES, THROUGH TESTS SUCH AS ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAMS (EEGS) THAT QUANTIFY BRAIN WAVES AND ELECTROOCULOGRAMS (EOCS) THAT MEASURE EYE MOVEMENT. CREDIT: CARBON FUTURE, TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY PRESS Interaction between machines and humans is paramount to the development...
Scientists investigate how microbes in the nasal mucosa may influence the pathophysiology of chronic sinusitis Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED IN A RECENT STUDY BY RESEARCHERS FROM JAPAN SUGGEST THAT THE LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES (LPS) PRODUCED BY THE BACTERIAL SPECIES F. NUCLEATUM SUPPRESSES THE EXPRESSION OF ALOX15 AND PREVENTS EXCESSIVE INFILTRATION OF EOSINOPHILS, WHICH CAUSES...
By leveraging the power of oxygen, these gelatin patches can act as effective tissue adhesives that accelerate the healing of woundsPeer-Reviewed Publication INCHEON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Hydrogels are a promising approach for treating wounds. CONVENTIONAL WOUND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES LIKE SUTURE AND STAPLING HAVE SEVERAL DRAWBACKS. TISSUE ADHESIVE PATCHES MADE FROM HYDROGELS COULD BE A GOOD ALTERNATIVE...
New types of experiments indicate that many neuronal features commonly attributed to the soma originate from dendritic mechanisms could impact research of the origin of degenerative diseases, and sleep and awake states of brain activity.Peer-Reviewed Publication BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY A PARADIGM SHIFT IN BRAIN RESEARCH: THE NEW NEURON AND THE NEW TYPE OF LEARNING – CONTNIUE....
Peer-Reviewed Publication SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY JOURNAL CENTER SHORTER LTL IS ASSOCIATED WITH TOTAL AND REGIONAL BRAIN STRUCTURE AND A HIGHER RISK OF INCIDENT DEMENTIA AND AD, IMPLYING THE POTENTIAL OF TELOMERE LENGTH AS A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER OF BRAIN HEALTH. CREDIT: ZHI CAO ET AL. Shorter telomeres on the ends of white blood cell chromosomes...
By Michael Irving November 05, 2023A transmission electron microscope image of a satellite virus attached to a helper virus, a phenomenon which has never been seen before Tagide deCarvalhoScientists have discovered that viruses can latch onto other viruses to insert their genes into host cells. Lab results with apparent contamination led the team to directly see...
By Paul McClure November 05, 2023Researchers have found that a Parkinson’s drug can be repurposed to treat metastatic breast cancer and brain metastasesDepositphotos Researchers have found that a now-discontinued drug used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may be effective at treating metastatic breast cancer and the brain metastases that can often result. The repurposed...
Tool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors. McKenzie Prillaman ‘ChatGPT detector’ catches AI-generated papers with unprecedented accuracyTool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors. A person using ChatGPT on a laptop computer. New software can accurately...
