Cambridge scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects ‘zombie’ cells that could indicate the first signs of the disease. Researchers hope that early detection, through the simple urine test, could enable earlier treatment interventions, significantly improving patient outcomes and prognosis. Around 36,600...
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Urgent CDC warning as new drug carfentanil 100 times more deadly than fentanyl kills hundreds in 37 states
By MAIYA FOCHT HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 13:00 EST, 5 December 2024 | Updated: 13:31 EST, 5 December 2024 Health officials are warning about a drug 100 times more potent than fentanyl that has caused deaths in 37 states in recent years. The drug, called carfentanil, is a derivative of fentanyl that was designed to tranquilize elephants, and is the...
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Dark Chocolate: A Bittersweet Remedy for Diabetes Risk
Edited by Shrabasti Bhattacharya December 05, 2024 123 Added to Email Alert TOPLINE: Consuming five or more servings per week of dark chocolate is associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared with infrequent or no consumption. Conversely, a higher consumption of milk chocolate does not significantly affect the risk for diabetes...
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A tapeworm-inspired, tissue-anchoring mechanism for medical devices
by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Flow chart illustrating the mechanism of action of the tapeworm-inspired tissue anchoring mechanism. Upon contact with a tissue surface (in this case, the intestinal lining), the small protruding trigger posts (top right image) are depressed, rapidly deploying the curved array of hooks which penetrate the...
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How Metals Affect the Brain
F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE DISCLOSURES | December 02, 2024 3241 Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson from the Yale School of Medicine. It has always amazed me that our bodies require these tiny amounts of incredibly rare substances to function. Sure, we need oxygen....
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DOGS SNIFF OUT COVID MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN TESTS
AUGUST 21ST, 2023POSTED BY SONIA FERNANDEZ-UCSB (Credit: Getty Images) SHARE THIS ARTICLE You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. TAGS UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA Dogs can be a faster, more precise, less expensive—not to mention friendlier—method of detecting COVID-19 than even our best current technology, a new review shows. A...
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New Barcode Technology Could Help Diagnose Cancer More Precisely
Posted Today A new pathology tool created at Yale harnesses barcode technology and shows potential for use in cancer diagnoses. The technology, Patho-DBiT (pathology-compatible deterministic barcoding in tissue), was discussed in a new study published in the journal Cell. Patho-DBiT reveals cellular level tissue architecture of an aggressive gastric lymphoma sample stored for 3 years. Image credit: Yale...
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Receptor structure reveals novel drug design opportunities for Parkinson’s disease
by Justin Jackson , Medical Xpress Top and side views of GPR6 structures in different conformational states. Credit: Science Signaling (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.ado8741 University of Southern California-led researchers have discovered the structural details of a brain receptor called GPR6, which could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s disease. GPR6 is an orphan G protein-coupled receptor primarily expressed...
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Antipsychotic medications don’t always work the way they’re supposed to
Sixty-eight per cent of nursing home residents who used antipsychotics had more behavioural issues than they did pre-medicationPeer-Reviewed Publication University of Waterloo A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Waterloo analyzed data from nearly 500,000 Canadian patients who lived in nursing homes across Canada between 2000 and 2022. It found that residents who were given...
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Molecular zip code draws killer T cells straight to brain tumors
Researchers have found a way to program immune cells to attack glioblastoma and treat the inflammation of multiple sclerosis in mice. The technology will soon be tested in a clinical trial for people with glioblastoma.Peer-Reviewed Publication University of California – San Francisco More information, including a copy of the paper, can be found online at...