Megan Brooks December 20, 2024 3226 Added to Email Alert A new evidence-based guideline recommends prescribing metformin when initiating antipsychotic treatment to help mitigate weight gain in certain instances. There is “good evidence” that metformin can prevent weight gain caused by antipsychotics, first author Aoife Carolan, MPharm, with Saint John of God Hospital and the...
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Introducing perceptein, a protein-based artificial neural network in living cells
by Justin Jackson , Phys.org Here, each neuron is represented as spacecrafts, with their pilots in the cockpits depicted in the shape of protein 3D structures. These spacecrafts collectively process and transmit information to the final red neuron to make decisions on space navigation. The wires that connect the neurons, with the green substance inside,...
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Lipoma (lump under skin)
A lipoma is a lump under the skin that occurs due to an overgrowth of fat cells. Lipomas are typically harmless but people may wish to remove one that causes pain, complications, or other symptoms Lipomas can occur anywhere on the body where fat cells are present, but they tend to appear on the shoulders,...
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New drug to prevent migraine may start working right away
Peer-Reviewed Publication American Academy of Neurology EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 4 P.M. ET, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2024 MINNEAPOLIS – A drug recently approved to prevent migraine may start working right away, according to a study published in the December 23, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study looked at...
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Alzheimer’s progression tied to stress-induced microglial lipid release
by CUNY Advanced Science Research Center Electron micrographs show typical microglia in the prefrontal cortex of a 92-year-old healthy female (left) and dark microglia of a 91-year-old female patient with Alzheimer’s disease (right). Credit: Anna Flury Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical mechanism that...
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Clinical trial shows propranolol reduces tremors in Parkinson’s disease
by Radboud University Cerebral activity patterns measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). (A) shows the activation of a cognitive control network during the cognitive load task (whole-brain cognitive load > rest, averaged across sessions). The image shows threshold free cluster enhancement (TFCE)-values of significant clusters, familywise error (FWE)-corrected. (B) shows tremor power-related activity across blocks...
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Digital twin research finds colon cancer cells can be reverted to normal cells
by The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) igure 6. Schematic diagram of the research results. Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho’s research team developed a source technology to systematically discover key control factors that can induce reversibility of colon cancer cells through a systems biology approach and a digital twin simulation analysis of the differentiation trajectory...
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100% successful” cancer drug gets landmark FDA approval
By Bronwyn Thompson December 21, 2024 Novel immunotherapy is a potential breakthrough for colorectal cancer suffers Depositphotos View 1 Images Hugely promising cancer drug dostarlimab is one step closer to being widely available, after the Food and Drug Administration granted it Breakthrough Therapy Designation status that, if successful, will expedite its path to market. Dorstarlimab (brand...
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AI model achieves high accuracy in skin cancer detection
by TranSpread The proposed model architecture. Note: TTA: test-time augmentation. Credit: Data Science and Management (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsm.2024.10.002 Led by Aliyu Tetengi Ibrahim and his team at Ahmadu Bello University, a study published in Data Science and Management on November 2, 2024, introduces an innovative AI model that could revolutionize the way dermatologists detect skin cancer. ADVERTISING By harnessing the power...
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Discovery of norovirus replication hubs offers new antiviral targets
by Baylor College of Medicine Cluster of norovirus virions. Credit: CDC Human norovirus, a positive-strand RNA virus that is the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 million cases and approximately 212,000 deaths globally per year, has no approved vaccines or antivirals. ADVERTISING Paving the way for improved drug therapies, researchers at Baylor...