Research News and Research

RSS

Flight risk: Alcohol and cabin hypoxia disrupts sleep quality and impacts heart health

How alcohol consumption and exposure to hypobaric hypoxia interact to affect heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), and sleep.

6 Jun 2024

Overweight, obesity in adolescence and early adulthood linked to increased stroke risk in women

In an analysis of more than 50 years of health data, women who had overweight or obesity at age 14 or 31 were more likely to have an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke before age 55, according to research published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

6 Jun 2024

Ohio State creates user-friendly repository to help study Alzheimer's disease

A searchable database is now ready to help study Alzheimer's disease.

6 Jun 2024

New research reveals hidden challenges faced by people with tooth loss and dentures

The hidden challenges faced by people with tooth loss and dentures has been identified by new research from the University of Sheffield.

6 Jun 2024

New method provides a more accurate way to predict dementia up to nine years before diagnosis

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new method for predicting dementia with over 80% accuracy and up to nine years before a diagnosis.

6 Jun 2024

Wins at the ballot box for abortion rights still mean court battles for access

Before Ohio voters amended their constitution last year to protect abortion rights, the state's attorney general, an anti-abortion Republican, said that doing so would upend at least 10 state laws limiting abortions.

6 Jun 2024

U.S. cardiovascular disease costs set to skyrocket by 2050, new study reveals

New research forecasts that the economic burden of cardiovascular disease and stroke in the U.S. will nearly quadruple by 2050, highlighting the urgent need for preventive measures.

5 Jun 2024

America's looming heart crisis: Study forecasts alarming rise in cardiovascular disease and stroke by 2050

Researchers predict significant increases in cardiovascular disease and stroke in the U.S. by 2050, with rising disparities among racial and ethnic groups.

5 Jun 2024

Does diet influence the onset of multiple sclerosis?

A recent study using the UK Biobank data indicates that a healthy diet, including moderate fatty fish and alcohol consumption, can reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) onset.

5 Jun 2024

Study links PFAS exposure to increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women

New research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has linked multiple types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals") with increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in postmenopausal women.

5 Jun 2024

Short course of immunotherapy prior to surgery effective in treating a subset of colon cancer patients

A short course of immunotherapy was found to be highly effective in a subset of patients with colon cancer.

5 Jun 2024

Common drugs linked to reduced risk of bleeding stroke from brain aneurysm

A new study suggests that people who take a few common drugs may have a decreased risk of having a bleeding stroke due to a ruptured brain aneurysm.

5 Jun 2024

Synergistic cytotoxicity in pancreatic cancer: HDAC, PARP inhibitors, and decitabine show promise

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on June 3, 2024, entitled, "Synergistic cytotoxicity of histone deacetylase and poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitors and decitabine in pancreatic cancer cells: Implications for novel therapy."

5 Jun 2024

Oral insulin drops offer needle-free alternative for diabetes management

Diabetes rates continue to rise, with 11.7 million Canadians living with diabetes or pre-diabetes. At UBC, scientists have created a pain-free drug delivery method to help people with diabetes manage the disease and maintain their health more easily.

5 Jun 2024

Increasing levels of key protein may prevent macular degeneration progression

Increasing the levels of a key protein in the cells at the back of the eye could help protect against the leading cause of vision loss among older adults, finds a new discovery made by researchers from the UK, US, Germany and Australia.

5 Jun 2024

Artificial intelligence accelerates natural-product antibiotic discovery

Almost a century ago, the discovery of antibiotics like penicillin revolutionized medicine by harnessing the natural bacteria-killing abilities of microbes.

5 Jun 2024

Human infants use the 'helpless' period to pre-train, learn powerful foundation models

Babies' brains are not as immature as previously thought, rather they are using the period of postnatal 'helplessness' to learn powerful foundation models similar to those underpinning generative Artificial Intelligence, according to a new study.

5 Jun 2024

Discovery of Ptr gene revolutionizes understanding of plant immunity against fungal infections

Blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, is a veritable plague in agriculture. In addition to devastating rice crops – the staple food of 60% of the world's population – it began attacking wheat in the 1980s, across a growing area of distribution and with a serious risk of emergence in Europe.

5 Jun 2024

New method developed for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and analysis

A team of researchers from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine has developed a new method for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and analysis.

5 Jun 2024

Common melatonin use in foster children linked to poor sleep and behavioral issues

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found that it is common for foster caregivers to give melatonin to their child, and these children who have taken melatonin have worse sleep and more daytime behavioral problems.

5 Jun 2024

Research News and Research

Flight risk: Alcohol and cabin hypoxia disrupts sleep quality and impacts heart health

Overweight, obesity in adolescence and early adulthood linked to increased stroke risk in women

Ohio State creates user-friendly repository to help study Alzheimer's disease

New research reveals hidden challenges faced by people with tooth loss and dentures

New method provides a more accurate way to predict dementia up to nine years before diagnosis

Wins at the ballot box for abortion rights still mean court battles for access

U.S. cardiovascular disease costs set to skyrocket by 2050, new study reveals

America's looming heart crisis: Study forecasts alarming rise in cardiovascular disease and stroke by 2050

Does diet influence the onset of multiple sclerosis?

Study links PFAS exposure to increased cardiovascular disease risk in postmenopausal women

Short course of immunotherapy prior to surgery effective in treating a subset of colon cancer patients

Common drugs linked to reduced risk of bleeding stroke from brain aneurysm

Synergistic cytotoxicity in pancreatic cancer: HDAC, PARP inhibitors, and decitabine show promise

Oral insulin drops offer needle-free alternative for diabetes management

Increasing levels of key protein may prevent macular degeneration progression

Artificial intelligence accelerates natural-product antibiotic discovery

Human infants use the 'helpless' period to pre-train, learn powerful foundation models

Discovery of Ptr gene revolutionizes understanding of plant immunity against fungal infections

New method developed for target DNA sequence amplification, testing and analysis

Common melatonin use in foster children linked to poor sleep and behavioral issues

A guide to advancing biotherapeutic research eBook

Latest eBooks

Editorial Focus eBook - Spatial and single-cell omics (1st edition)

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (3rd edition)

Industry Focus eBook - Microbiome (1st edition)

Industry Focus eBook - Cell biology (5th edition)

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics