Psychological sciences doctoral student Marci Horn (left) conducts a name-face memory test as part of a study at the Center for Vital Longevity. Credit: University of Texas at Dallas New research from the Center for Vital Longevity (CVL) at The University of Texas at Dallas suggests that subjective complaints about poor memory performance, especially in...
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Turns Out, The Mono Virus Is Worse Than We Thought, According To New Research
If you’ve ever suffered from mononucleosis (commonly known as mono), you know how unpleasant it can be. Sometimes called “the kissing disease,” the mono virus is transmitted through saliva and causes extreme fatigue, sore throat, fever, headache and a skin rash. Mono actually originates from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), and now a new study has shown that it is linked...
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At-Home CRISPR Kit Will Diagnose You Better Than WebMD
CRISPR is moving out of the lab and into your home. Mammoth Biosciences, a new biotech company co-founded by CRISPR pioneer Jennifer Doudna, is developing an at-home CRISPR diagnostics kit. If it reaches the commercial market, this kit could replace “Dr. Google” as the average person’s go-to source for health diagnostics. And given how much the internet makes us freak...
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Vitamin D deficiency linked to greater risk of diabetes
An epidemiological study conducted by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Seoul National University suggests that persons deficient in vitamin D may be at much greater risk of developing diabetes. The findings are reported in the April 19, 2018 online issue of PLOS One. The scientists studied a cohort of 903...
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MRI technique detects spinal cord changes in MS patients
A Vanderbilt University Medical Center-led research team has shown that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can detect changes in resting-state spinal cord function in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This first application of these measures in patients living with MS, reported last week in the journal Brain, could lead to new ways to monitor the effectiveness of...
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Just one concussion could increase Parkinson’s risk
If you’ve ever had a mild concussion, your risk of developing Parkinson’s disease goes up by 56 percent, a new study of more than 300,000 U.S. veterans suggests. “Upwards of 40 percent of adults have had a traumatic brain injury [concussion], so these findings are definitely concerning,” said study author Dr. Raquel Gardner. She is an assistant...
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Research finds new mechanism that can cause the spread of deadly infection
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a unique mechanism that drives the spread of a deadly infection. The Pacific Northwest strain of Cryptococcus gattii has gained the ability to infect otherwise healthy individuals. Cptococcosirys is a rare and deadly fungal infection that affects the lung and brain and usually only occurs in people...
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New breath and urine tests detect early breast cancer more accurately
AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV A new method for early and accurate breast cancer screening has been developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, using commercially available technology. The researchers were able to isolate relevant data to more accurately identify breast cancer biomarkers using two different...
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CRISPR As Disease-Detector
Mammoth Biosciences, a company co-founded by CRISPR researcher Jennifer Doudna, has announced it is developing a platform to detect and diagnose disease using CRISPR technology, as GenomeWeb has reported. Company co-founder Trevor Martin from Stanford University tells the Verge that CRISPR isn’t just a gene-editing tool, but is “biology’s search engine.” The Verge adds that CRISPR can be...
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Discovery of novel biomarker with remarkable specificity to rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disorder that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s tissues. Unlike the wear-and-tear damage of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis affects the lining of the joints, causing painful swelling that can eventually result in bone erosion and joint deformity. Most RA patients are positive for anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA), and these antibodies are...