A sustainable hydrogel formulation for wound dressing prevents wound expansion with its low-adhesion and low-swelling properties and heals woundsPeer-Reviewed Publication TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE ALGINATE IS A BIOCOMPATIBLE AND BIODEGRADABLE SUBSTANCE FOUND IN SEAWEED. NOW, researchers from Tokyo University of Science HAVE USED ALGINATE FROM SEAWEED WASHED ASHORE, CACO3, AND CARBONATED WATER TO DEVELOP A...
ETH Zurich researchers have shown for the first time that microvehicles can be steered through blood vessels in the brains of mice using ultrasound. They hope this will eventually lead to treatments capable of precisely delivering drugs.Neuroscience, brain – associative rendering. Neuroscience, brain – associative rendering. Image credit: Milad Fakurian via Unsplash, free license Brain...
by American Heart Association Credit: CC0 Public Domain Adults diagnosed with coronary heart disease, especially before the age of 45, may be at increased risk of developing dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia later in life, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “Coronary heart disease has previously been...
by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain aging and senescence. In 1957, evolutionary biologist George Williams proposed that genetic mutations that contribute to aging...
by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The ASC speck is a central component of the NLRP3 inflammasome. Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108382 A central component of the human immune system, the NLRP3 inflammasome plays an important role in fighting off infections. However, its chronic activation is also implicated in a variety of common diseases, such as...
by Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI) Credit: Cell Chemical Biology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.11.008 A team from Children’s Medical Research Institute has discovered a new way to impair cancer cell growth, which could lead to the development of a new class of cancer therapeutics with minimal side-effects on normal cells. Professor Hilda Pickett, who leads CMRI’s...
Megan Brooks TOPLINE: In conjunction with psychosocial interventions, oral naltrexone and acamprosate are both effective first-line drug therapies for alcohol use disorder (AUD), results of a systematic review and meta-analysis found.METHODOLOGY: TAKEAWAY: IN PRACTICE: “Alcohol use disorder affects more than 28.3 million people in the United States and is associated with increased rates of morbidity...
Becky McCall October 23, 2023 HAMBURG, Germany – Use of some antibiotic and antipsychotic drugs increases the risk of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among people with type 2 diabetes who do not have a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), shows the first such analysis of real-world, primary care data. People with type 2 diabetes who...
Some call the drug “ecstasy” or “molly.” Researchers are calling it a potential tool to help treat loneliness. As public health experts sound the alarm on a rising loneliness epidemic in the United States and across the globe, early research is finding that MDMA could increase social connectedness and reduce defensiveness in some people —...
Becky McCall HAMBURG, Germany — Use of A1c levels for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in women younger than 50 years may lead to underdiagnosis, owing to the effects of menstrual blood loss on A1c readings, shows the first study of its kind. The analysis estimates that an additional 17% of undiagnosed women younger...
