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Highly contagious killer fungus likely to spread and cause epizootics across Africa

Researchers studied the prevalence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a total of 16,900 historical and recent museum specimens, wild-living individuals, and literature records of amphibians from Africa.

16 Mar 2023

Diagnosis and treatment of food allergies using a molecular approach

Researchers discuss molecular methods for food allergy assessments, including diagnostic and prognostic markers, as well as existing therapies.

15 Mar 2023

The role of the fungal mycobiome in women's health

Researchers discuss the association between human mycobiota and female health.

15 Mar 2023

How do fingerprints develop?

A fingerprint is both complex and unique, and that is why it has fascinated scientists for so long. New research reveals the details relating to their formation and how their characteristic variability is achieved during embryonic development.

15 Mar 2023

Premature infants in incubators absorb evaporated alcohol from alcohol-based disinfectants

Neonatal incubators are considered the first home of infants born prematurely, keeping them warm and protecting them from possible infections.

15 Mar 2023

Vitamin A-rich diet may reduce risk of developing asparaginase-associated pancreatitis in ALL patients

Consuming a diet rich in vitamin A or its analogs may help prevent children and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) reduce their risk of developing painful pancreas inflammation during chemotherapy treatment.

15 Mar 2023

Clinical trial shows promising results for oral psoriasis treatment

A company launched from The University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) has passed an important milestone in developing an oral treatment for the common skin disease psoriasis.

15 Mar 2023

AI model empowers atopic dermatitis patients to detect complications from bacterial or viral infections

A team of dermatologists has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that empowers atopic dermatitis (AD) patients to detect complications from bacterial or viral infections and distinguish between eczema and skin lesions caused by a type of blood cancer.

14 Mar 2023

Long-term antibiotic therapy for adolescent acne can affect liver metabolism and promote adiposity

A growing body of evidence is showing that the healthy gut microbiome – a community of microorganisms that live together in the gut – influences many aspects of human growth and development, especially during adolescence.

14 Mar 2023

Cherenkov color imaging holds potential to make radiation therapy safer and more effective

Cherenkov imaging is a valuable cancer treatment tool that can help doctors track and monitor radiation doses received by tissues during cancer therapy in real time.

14 Mar 2023

Wayne State team discovers a simple technology to detect active TB infection antibodies

A team of faculty from Wayne State University has discovered new technology that will quickly and easily detect active Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection antibodies.

13 Mar 2023

Summarizing the evidence of respiratory transmission of mpox

A recent study published in The Lancet Microbe summarized the evidence for respiratory transmission of mpox (formerly monkeypox).

13 Mar 2023

Minimally invasive technique for fixing bunions does not make flatfoot worse, study shows

Existing thought in the orthopedic world is that treating a bunion with the minimally invasive procedure MISB may make a person's flatfoot worse.

13 Mar 2023

New ultrasound method can measure a key indicator of abnormal tissue and disease

A new ultrasound method that can measure the level of tension in human tissue for the first time - a key indicator of disease - has been developed by researchers from the University of Sheffield.

10 Mar 2023

Low-cost smart textile sensor could help tackle the spread of tuberculosis in Asia and Africa

Scientists are developing a low-cost smart textile sensor for early detection of tuberculosis in people and cattle which they hope will help tackle the spread of the disease in Asia and Africa.

9 Mar 2023

Nirogacestat shows promising results in patients with desmoid tumors

When Dana Avellino, now 36, first noticed a lump near her groin in the summer of 2018, she thought it was related her recent cesarean section. Her younger daughter was only 2 months old at the time.

9 Mar 2023

Healthy gut bacteria can travel to other parts of the body and boost antitumor immunity

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how healthy bacteria can escape the intestine, travel to lymph nodes and cancerous tumors elsewhere in the body, and boost the effectiveness of certain immunotherapy drugs.

9 Mar 2023

New technique helps surgeons reconstruct more natural-looking nipples after mastectomy

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have developed a technique to help surgeons reconstruct more natural-looking nipples for patients who have undergone breast reconstruction after mastectomy to treat breast cancer.

9 Mar 2023

Ingestion of waterborne nitrate could be a risk factor for prostate cancer

The nitrate ingested over the course of a person's adult lifetime through the consumption of tap water and bottled water could be a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly in the case of aggressive tumors and in younger men.

9 Mar 2023

Detection and targeting of splicing deregulation reveal a potential strategy for pAML therapy

Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia or pAML is a childhood blood cancer, one that has proved confounding to clinicians and researchers, with a high relapse rate and relatively few identified genetic mutations (compared to the adult version) that might explain its cause.

8 Mar 2023

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Highly contagious killer fungus likely to spread and cause epizootics across Africa

Diagnosis and treatment of food allergies using a molecular approach

The role of the fungal mycobiome in women's health

How do fingerprints develop?

Premature infants in incubators absorb evaporated alcohol from alcohol-based disinfectants

Vitamin A-rich diet may reduce risk of developing asparaginase-associated pancreatitis in ALL patients

Clinical trial shows promising results for oral psoriasis treatment

AI model empowers atopic dermatitis patients to detect complications from bacterial or viral infections

Long-term antibiotic therapy for adolescent acne can affect liver metabolism and promote adiposity

Cherenkov color imaging holds potential to make radiation therapy safer and more effective

Wayne State team discovers a simple technology to detect active TB infection antibodies

Summarizing the evidence of respiratory transmission of mpox

Minimally invasive technique for fixing bunions does not make flatfoot worse, study shows

New ultrasound method can measure a key indicator of abnormal tissue and disease

Low-cost smart textile sensor could help tackle the spread of tuberculosis in Asia and Africa

Nirogacestat shows promising results in patients with desmoid tumors

Healthy gut bacteria can travel to other parts of the body and boost antitumor immunity

New technique helps surgeons reconstruct more natural-looking nipples after mastectomy

Ingestion of waterborne nitrate could be a risk factor for prostate cancer

Detection and targeting of splicing deregulation reveal a potential strategy for pAML therapy

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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