by Julia Rinner, Technical University Munich Novel image-based flow cytometry enables the identification of cell aggregates and their components. a Scheme of a flow cytometry setup including a DHM and a microfluidic chip. The insert illustrates the applied principle of hydrodynamic focusing in two dimensions. b Study workflow: consisting of admission of patients to the hospital,...
by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Miriam Alonso from Pexels Dupuytren (DOO-puh-tren) contracture is a disorder that can cause the fingers to curl in, primarily the ring and small fingers. It’s a genetic condition mostly affecting men over 60 of Northern European descent. Others at risk include people with diabetes and those with...
by Andy Miller, KFF Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After years of debilitating bouts of fatigue, Beth VanOrden finally thought she had an answer to her problems in 2016 when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune disorder. For her and millions of other Americans, that’s the most common cause of hypothyroidism, a...
by Mayo Clinic News Network, Mayo Clinic News Network Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Knee dislocation can be caused by a sudden blow, such as taking a hard hit playing a contact sport like football or hockey, or by a chronic condition, such as a stretched ligament. Some people have a particular knee anatomy that makes...
by Sarah Gantz, The Philadelphia Inquirer Hodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 The University of Pennsylvania plans to continue offering CAR-T therapy, a cancer treatment pioneered at Penn, after the Food and Drug Administration announced an investigation into whether the treatment may cause cancer in rare cases. Chimeric...
The new brain center will focus on research translating genetic, metabolic and molecular insights into interventions that protect those at risk before brain changes set in. The medical community can foresee a looming increase in Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, as the population ages. The number of Americans affected is projected to...
Reports and Proceedings RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA IMAGE: KNEE JOINT OF A PATIENT SHOWING (A) SEVERE CARTILAGE DEFECTS AND (B) INTACT KNEE JOINT.view more CREDIT: RSNA CHICAGO – Stronger quadriceps muscles, relative to the hamstrings, may lower the risk of total knee replacement, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of...
Peer-Reviewed Publication FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ASSOCIATIONS OF SERUM LIPIDS WITH CHOLELITHIASIS FROM MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION. (A) CAUSAL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY−LOWERED LIPIDS ON CHOLELITHIASIS. (B) RESULTS OF MULTIVARIABLE MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS. (C) RESULTS OF NONLINEAR MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS.view more CREDIT: BY CHEN L, QIU W, SUN X, ET AL. A new study published in...
A man carriers a child walk out from a crowded holding room of a children’s hospital in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the...
Marcia Frellick ANAHEIM, California — A specially formulated toothpaste (INT301, Intrommune Therapeutics) met its safety endpoints as an oral immunotherapy to help adults with peanut allergy reduce their reaction risk, according to findings of a phase 1 study. The 48-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 32 adults aged 18–55 with peanut allergy to receive in...
