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New protein identified as key to protecting kidneys in diabetic nephropathy

This study is led by Dr. Haisheng Zhou (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Anhui Medical University, China) and Dr. Guoling Zhou (Center for Computational Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA).

24 Feb 2025

Study uncovers molecular mechanisms behind insulin resistance in skeletal muscle

Insulin resistance precedes and predicts the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2), a chronic disease that causes high morbidity and mortality worldwide.

19 Feb 2025

Scientists use Zwitterions to prevent blood clotting in medical devices

Zwitterions sound likes a distant cousin of Twitter (X), but in fact they are a common macromolecule found in human cells. Scientists at the University of Sydney are also now using Zwitterions to create materials that could stop blood clots from forming in medical devices and implants.

19 Feb 2025

SwRI develops computational method to track brain cell development

A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) developed a computational method to improve techniques to track brain cell development over time.

18 Feb 2025

Groundbreaking advances in tuberculosis vaccine development and therapies

Despite decades of efforts, tuberculosis remains a global health crisis, claiming over 1.3 million lives annually.

10 Feb 2025

Bimagrumab could reduce osteoporosis risk in people using weight loss medication

Weight loss medication has taken the world by storm and helped many overweight people. But for some, significant weight loss also comes with a loss of muscle mass and can lead to an increased risk of osteoporosis.

10 Feb 2025

Childhood and adult trauma may play a role in endometriosis pathogenesis

The University of Barcelona has participated in an international study that has found new evidence linking traumatic experiences and stressful events with endometriosis, a chronic systemic inflammatory disease characterized by the presence of endometrial-like tissue outside the uterus.

6 Feb 2025

Scientists identify brain inflammation prevention as key to Alzheimer's treatment

Scientists from DZNE, University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn provide new evidence that preventing brain inflammation is a promising approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

4 Feb 2025

Maternal stress may leave epigenetic marks on certain placental genes

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol — a necessary hormone for fetal development — and this would affect the baby's development from very early stages, as stated in a paper published in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology.

4 Feb 2025

New checklist tool addresses ethical challenges in portable MRI research

Portable MRI (pMRI) technologies are rapidly transforming the landscape of neuroscience research, allowing neuroscientists to acquire brain data in community settings outside the hospital for the first time.

31 Jan 2025

Study offers insight into how senescent cells survive after cancer treatment

After treating a tumor with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, cells known as senescent cells can appear.

22 Jan 2025

Smartwatch data unlocks new insights into psychiatric illnesses

Smartwatches that can collect physical and physiological data on users could be potentially interesting tools in biomedicine to gain a better understanding of brain diseases and behavioral disorders and possible driver mutations related to these pathologies.

21 Jan 2025

Cigarette smoke alters immune cell function in the lungs

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory illnesses is incomplete, which has severely hampered the development of effective treatments.

17 Jan 2025

Mouse protein disrupts cancer-causing epigenetic changes in human colorectal cancer

A little-known mouse protein disrupts cancer-causing chemical changes to genes associated with human colorectal cancer cells and potentially could be used to treat solid tumors, according to a new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

16 Jan 2025

Study reveals how cigarette smoke weakens immune cells in the lungs

15 Jan 2025

Scientists uncover genetic secrets of Staphylococcus aureus survival in humans

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to living on the human body could help improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of certain infections.

13 Jan 2025

New software tool offers insights into 3D imaging of heart development

Researchers have developed a new software tool that provides unprecedented capabilities to see inside 3D images.

10 Jan 2025

AI-based tool identifies subtypes of Type 2 diabetes using glucose monitors

Diabetes has long been lumped into two categories - Type 1, which often appears in childhood, or Type 2, which is associated with obesity and typically develops later in life. But scientists have learned that not all patients with Type 2 diabetes are the same, with some patients varying in body weight, age of onset and other characteristics.

7 Jan 2025

Blood cells linked to long-lasting vaccine immunity

When children receive their second measles-mumps-rubella vaccine, around the time they start kindergarten, they gain protection against all three viruses for all or most of their lives.

2 Jan 2025

The "Goldilocks" zone: A key to cellular adaptability and resilience

In a discovery that could redefine how we understand cellular resilience and adaptability, scientists at Scripps Research have unlocked the secret interactions between a primordial inorganic polymer of phosphate known as polyphosphate (polyP), and two basic building blocks of life: DNA and the element magnesium.

24 Dec 2024