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Crash course: Injured patients who sign ‘letters of protection’ may face huge medical bills and risks

Jean Louis-Charles couldn't afford spine surgery to ease nagging neck and back pain after a car crash. So he signed a document, promising to pay the bill with money he hoped to get from a lawsuit against the driver who caused the collision.

21 Dec 2021

Nanostructured polymeric scaffolds accelerate neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells

Collaboration between different UPV/EHU departments has achieved a promising advance for future cell therapy: nanostructured scaffolds based on bioresorbable polymers and graphene derivatives that induce aligned migration and accelerate the neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells.

20 Dec 2021

Study identifies genetic causes of sudden unexplained deaths in children aged 1 year and older

A new study found that changes in specific genes may contribute each year to the roughly 400 sudden unexplained deaths in children (SUDC) aged 1 year and older—and separately from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

20 Dec 2021

Dreaded microbe can silence multiple types of pain, study suggests

Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and unsightly, albeit painless, skin lesions in livestock and people, the anthrax bacterium has even been used as a weapon of terror.

20 Dec 2021

Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome decreases after COVID-19 vaccination

A new study suggests that low GBS incidence in vaccinated patients compared to non-vaccinated people should encourage the active propagation of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2.

15 Dec 2021

New stroke treatment imitates the survival strategy of C. elegans

Each year, some 200,000 people in Germany and 1 million people in Europe suffer a stroke. This happens when blood clots obstruct major vessels and there is no longer sufficient supply of blood to the brain.

14 Dec 2021

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announced today 11 research grant recipients in the U.S. and around the world of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award which will fund wide ranging areas from probing the development and progression of lupus to pointing to potential personalized therapies.

14 Dec 2021

Symptoms after a third mRNA vaccine among patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers published a report wherein they assessed the symptomology post a booster dose of mRNA vaccines in adults with IBD.

10 Dec 2021

Scientists determine structure of the molecule associated with ALS for the first time

Scientists have determined for the first time the structure of the molecule associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple other neurodegenerative diseases.

9 Dec 2021

Research reveals a common cause for seizures and memory problems in epilepsy

Damage to a part of the brain that regulates hyperactivity can contribute to both memory problems and seizures in the most common form of epilepsy, according to research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

7 Dec 2021

Scientists find infection of sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients

It is now widely known that COVID-19 is associated with the transient or long-term loss of olfaction (the sense of smell) but the mechanisms remain obscure.

6 Dec 2021

Novel monoclonal antibody could help revolutionize treatment of children with high-risk neuroblastoma

Survival rates increased about 20% for children with high-risk neuroblastoma enrolled in a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital clinical trial that included a novel monoclonal antibody produced onsite. The findings appeared today in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

6 Dec 2021

Targeting the brain should be the focus of ALS therapy, not just spinal cord

The brain is indeed a target for treating ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered.

4 Dec 2021

Study reveals source of the brain's resting energy drain

Pound for pound, the brain consumes vastly more energy than other organs, and, puzzlingly, it remains a fuel-guzzler even when its neurons are not firing signals called neurotransmitters to each other.

4 Dec 2021

Elevated heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia

Having an elevated resting heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia, according to a study at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association.

3 Dec 2021

HyVIS project to develop bionic synapses for retinal prostheses

HyVIS, the European project coordinated by the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), is about to start.

3 Dec 2021

Study sheds new light on how certain neurons regulate the number of heart muscle cells

Human heart muscle cells cease to multiply after birth, making any heart injury later in life a permanent one, reducing function and leading to heart failure.

2 Dec 2021

Study documents and visualizes hearing loss-associated genes in the inner ear

Researchers from Uppsala University have been able to document and visualise hearing loss-associated genes in the human inner ear, in a unique collaboration study between otosurgeons and geneticists.

2 Dec 2021

NEI researchers identify unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have identified, isolated, and characterized a unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system, reducing chronic inflammation.

2 Dec 2021

Novel set of immune cells may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis, other brain conditions

A group of immune cells that normally protect against inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis (MS) and other brain inflammation-related conditions, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers.

1 Dec 2021

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Crash course: Injured patients who sign ‘letters of protection’ may face huge medical bills and risks

Nanostructured polymeric scaffolds accelerate neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells

Study identifies genetic causes of sudden unexplained deaths in children aged 1 year and older

Dreaded microbe can silence multiple types of pain, study suggests

Risk of Guillain-Barré syndrome decreases after COVID-19 vaccination

New stroke treatment imitates the survival strategy of C. elegans

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

Symptoms after a third mRNA vaccine among patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Scientists determine structure of the molecule associated with ALS for the first time

Research reveals a common cause for seizures and memory problems in epilepsy

Scientists find infection of sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients

Novel monoclonal antibody could help revolutionize treatment of children with high-risk neuroblastoma

Targeting the brain should be the focus of ALS therapy, not just spinal cord

Study reveals source of the brain's resting energy drain

Elevated heart rate in old age may be an independent risk factor of dementia

HyVIS project to develop bionic synapses for retinal prostheses

Study sheds new light on how certain neurons regulate the number of heart muscle cells

Study documents and visualizes hearing loss-associated genes in the inner ear

NEI researchers identify unique population of B cells that tamps down the immune system

Novel set of immune cells may have the opposite effect in multiple sclerosis, other brain conditions

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