Posted Today The new sensor device measures heart and breathing rate from patients with sleep apnea and could also be used to monitor people at risk of opioid overdose. Diagnosing sleep disorders such as sleep apnea usually requires a patient to spend the night in a sleep lab, hooked to various sensors and monitors. Researchers from...
Month: <span>December 2023</span>
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Cheap drugs may be within reach thanks to copper chemistry discovery
By Bronwyn Thompson An abundance of copper that outstrips demand means the metal has become even cheaper in 2023Depositphotos Copper is not new to medicine, having been used in infection-fighting nanoparticles and implants, among many other innovations. However, it hasn’t quite been used in the way some chemists from the University of California Los Angeles...
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Slow-release diabetes drugs could cut shots from daily to 3 times a year
By Michael Irving Stanford’s new hydrogel, loaded with diabetes-controlling drugs, inside a syringe ready for injectionAndrea Ivana d’Aquino Managing diabetes usually involves regular shots of insulin or other drugs, but soon patients might only need to inject themselves a few times a year. Stanford has developed a hydrogel-based delivery system that slowly releases drugs over months...
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New tech screens & identifies drugs capable of stopping melanoma spread
By Paul McClure Researchers have used a novel tech platform to screen and identify drugs that interrupt the spread of melanoma Researchers have developed an automated platform that they’ve used to screen thousands of drugs and identify those that can be used to interrupt the spread of melanoma, one of which they successfully trialed on mice....
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Scientists discover key step to kidney fibrosis
by Bill Snyder, Vanderbilt University EGFR was highly expressed in kidney myofibroblasts from both male and female patients. Credit: Nature Communications (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43226-xResearchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for the first time have shown that activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is essential for the development of kidney fibrosis, tissue scarring following injury...
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Lowering a form of brain cholesterol reduces Alzheimer’s-like damage in mice
by Washington University School of Medicine Lipid deposits (green) in brain immune cells (red) from mice with Alzheimer’s-like disease all but disappear (right) after the mice are treated with an experimental drug. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a form of cholesterol known as cholesteryl esters builds up in...
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Nutrient found in beef and dairy improves immune response to cancer: Study
by University of Chicago Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Trans-vaccenic acid (TVA), a long-chain fatty acid found in meat and dairy products from grazing animals such as cows and sheep, improves the ability of CD8+ T cells to infiltrate tumors and kill cancer cells, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Chicago. The...
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Study: hair care product chemicals can linger in the air in surprising amounts
PURDUE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: NUSRAT JUNG, A PURDUE ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, REVIEWS DATA SHOWING THE CHEMICALS EMITTED INTO THE AIR FROM USING A HAIR STYLING TOOL. CREDIT: PURDUE UNIVERSITY PHOTO/DREW STONE The average morning routine for many Americans includes inhaling several milligrams of chemicals that may be harmful to their health, Purdue University researchers...
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How to check your mouth for cancer when getting to see a dentist is hard
by Michael Ho, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainRegular dental checkups and oral hygiene visits are important for identifying the early stage of mouth cancer. However, the shortage of dentists in the UK has led to a rise in mouth cancers that are spotted too late, according to the charity Oral Health Foundation. Ninety percent...
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Decline in excess mortality seen in first decade after quitting smoking
by Elana Gotkine Former smokers avoid more than half of the excess cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality associated with current smoking within the first decade after quitting, according to a research letter published online Nov. 27 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Blake Thomson, D.Phil., and Farhad Islami, M.D., Ph.D., from the American Cancer Society in Atlanta,...