An impaired count of natural killer (NK) immune cells and reduced ability to destroy infected cells are key characteristics of severe COVID-19 infection, according to newly published research in the journal Blood Advances. A team of researchers at the University of Alberta and University of Calgary followed 12 patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms at hospitals in Edmonton. They found that the...
LUND UNIVERSITY A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that validated biomarkers can reveal an individual’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Using a model that combines the levels of two specific proteins in the blood of those with mild memory impairment, the researchers are able to predict the risk of developing Alzheimer’s. The researchers have also developed...
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY IMAGE: SEOKHEUN “SEAN ” CHOI, AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING, HAS DEVELOPED A NEW DEVICE FOR FASTER TESTING OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA. v CREDIT: SEOKHEUN “SEAN ” CHOI BINGHAMTON, NY — Bacterial infections have become one of the biggest health problems worldwide, and a recent study shows that COVID-19 patients have a much...
by Johannes Angerer, Medical University of Vienna Credit: CC0 Public Domain Every year, liver cirrhosis is responsible for approximately 170,000 deaths in Europe and recent epidemiological data show Austria to be in second place in regard to prevalence of cirrhosis in Europe. Excessive alcohol consumption, poor dietary habits, and metabolic comorbidities are the most common causes...
Adults with the healthiest sleep patterns in a new study had a 42% lower risk of heart failure regardless of other risk factors compared to adults with unhealthy sleep patterns. Healthy sleep patterns include rising in the morning, sleeping 7 to 8 hours a day, and having no insomnia, snoring, or excessive daytime sleepiness. Heart...
BMC (BIOMED CENTRAL) Compared with people who ate meat, vegans with lower calcium and protein intakes on average, had a 43% higher risk of fractures anywhere in the body (total fractures), as well as higher risks of site-specific fractures of the hips, legs and vertebrae, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC...
by Jade Boyd, Rice University Based on thousands of experiments over more than a decade, Rice University biochemists Michael Stern and James McNew believe degenerative diseases as varied as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and muscle atrophy occur in two phases (green and red) marked by distinct alterations in the activity of the signaling pathway proteins TOR, AMPK, Foxo...
RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA IMAGE: CT IN A 17-YEAR-OLD FEMALE PRIOR TO SLEEVE GASTRECTOMY. VOLUMETRIC BONE MINERAL DENSITY PRE-SURGERY WAS 183 MG/CM3. “Childhood obesity is a major public health issue that has increased over the last 10 years,” said lead investigator Miriam A. Bredella, M.D., professor of radiology at Harvard Medical School in Boston,...
A new study, led by U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at the University of California, Irvine, has deepened the understanding of epigenetic mechanisms in tumorigenesis and revealed a previously undetected repertoire of cancer driver genes. The results were published in Science Advances. Using a new prediction algorithm, called DORGE (Discovery of Oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes using Genetic and Epigenetic...
WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH November 17, 2020 – Can early-stage prostate cancer “vanish” during follow-up? More likely the cancer is just “hidden”–either way, negative biopsies during active surveillance for prostate cancer are associated with excellent long-term outcomes, reports a study in The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio...
