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Groundbreaking study unveils new insights into neurodegenerative disorder symptoms

Identification of clinical disease trajectories in neurodegenerative disorders with natural language processing.

14 Mar 2024

Could vitamin D levels be associated with lower back pain?

A study examining U.K. Biobank data found no significant association between vitamin D status or supplement use and the incidence of lower back pain, highlighting the complex nature of pain origins.

13 Mar 2024

Innovative super minigene to revolutionize spinal muscular atrophy research

Ravindra Singh has spent years studying a gene that when missing or mutated causes spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a deadly disease that's among the most common genetic disorders in children.

13 Mar 2024

Obesity linked to increased musculoskeletal pain in school-age girls

Girls with obesity are more likely to experience pain in their bones, joints, muscles, ligaments or tendons compared with children with a healthy weight, according to research by Queen Mary University of London.

12 Mar 2024

Understanding how chikungunya virus affects the brain and body

The chikungunya virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and responsible for more than 900 deaths in Brazil since it arrived around ten years ago, is capable of spreading through the blood, reaching multiple organs and crossing the blood-brain barrier, which protects the central nervous system.

12 Mar 2024

Scientists find answers about cardiovascular diseases by probing the cellular "glue"

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have found important answers about strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases by probing the biological glue our bodies create to protect us from those deadly dangers.

11 Mar 2024

Caffeine vs. creatine: The impact on cognitive and physical performances

The individual and combined effects of caffeine and creatine nitrate on cognitive and exercise performance.

11 Mar 2024

Nutrition's crucial role in Alzheimer's progression revealed

Study highlights the strong association between nutrition, particularly malnutrition, and the risk and progression of Alzheimer's disease, emphasizing early dietary interventions as key to reducing AD's global burden.

10 Mar 2024

Breakthrough in CRISPR delivery promises safer gene editing

Recent research in PNAS highlights advancements in non-viral, cell-specific delivery methods for CRISPR-Cas systems, emphasizing their potential to enhance research and gene therapy applications by minimizing risks associated with off-target effects and improving targeted delivery.

7 Mar 2024

Poor sleep increases diabetes risk regardless of healthy eating habits, study finds

How an individual’s sleep duration and dietary habits are associated with their likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D).

7 Mar 2024

UAB study identifies new molecule for treating hypertension

Researchers at the UAB have carried out two revealing studies on TRPV2, a key ion channel in several cellular functions, which points to it as a possible new therapeutic target in the treatment of hypertension.

6 Mar 2024

Injectable hydrogel can mitigate right ventricular heart failure

An injectable hydrogel can mitigate damage to the right ventricle of the heart with chronic pressure overload, according to a new study published March 6 in Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Basic to Translational Science.

6 Mar 2024

Key gene found to prevent muscle breakdown in muscular dystrophy

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, muscular dystrophies.

6 Mar 2024

Can postbiotics improve athletic performance and recovery?

Researchers describe the utility of postbiotics in improving exercise performance and recovery.

6 Mar 2024

Study shows semaglutide as a safe and effective therapy for MASLD in people with HIV

A weekly injection of semaglutide was safe and reduced the amount of fat in the liver by 31% in people with HIV and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to a presentation today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver.

5 Mar 2024

Study identifies waist-to-height ratio as better obesity measure in children

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio.

5 Mar 2024

New method simplifies production of limb progenitor cells from fibroblasts

In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can turn or "reprogram" fibroblasts -; the most commonly found cells in skin and connective tissue -; into cells with similar properties to limb progenitor cells.

4 Mar 2024

Researchers find differences in how people with impulse control disorder process consequences

Parkinson's disease is a neurological disorder that affects movement and muscle control. One characteristic of the disease is the deficiency of dopamine, a neurotransmitter or brain chemical that plays a role in movement and can impact how people think and feel.

4 Mar 2024

Can the modulation of the gut microbiome using a prebiotic improve muscle function and cognition?

Researchers examined the efficacy of a prebiotic in improving muscular and cognitive performance vs. a placebo among elderly individuals.

4 Mar 2024

Iron dysregulation identified as potential trigger for long COVID

Problems with iron levels in the blood and the body's ability to regulate this important nutrient as a result of SARS-CoV-2 infection could be a key trigger for long COVID, new research has discovered.

4 Mar 2024