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Study measures increased 'fight or flight' response in young veterans with combat-related PTSD

A new study published this week in the Journal of Physiology finds that young veterans with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have an increased 'fight or flight' response during mental stress.

17 May 2017

3-D printed ovary produces offspring in animal model

Researchers in the U.S., have managed to create an artificial ovary that enabled a mouse to conceive and produce babies.

17 May 2017

Small molecules in saliva show potential for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Your spit may hold a clue to future brain health. Investigators at the Beaumont Research Institute, part of Beaumont Health in Michigan, are hopeful that their study involving small molecules in saliva will help identify those at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease - a neurologic condition predicted to reach epidemic proportions worldwide by 2050.

17 May 2017

‘Disease in a dish’ model pinpoints how defects in blood-brain barrier can cause psychomotor disorder

Scientists for the first time have assembled a "disease in a dish" model that pinpoints how a defect in the blood-brain barrier can produce an incurable psychomotor disorder, Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome.

17 May 2017

Kinesio taping helps treat minor injuries in athletes and others

Sisters Tyler and Riley Lingerfelt both play volleyball and softball at North Davidson High School in Lexington. In the past year, both incurred minor injuries and both were treated with the same therapy: kinesio tape, the colorful, stretchy strips that have become familiar sights on the bodies of professional, varsity and weekend athletes.

17 May 2017

Experimental gene therapy proven safe for preserving vision of people with AMD

In a small and preliminary clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators have shown that an experimental gene therapy that uses viruses to introduce a therapeutic gene into the eye is safe and that it may be effective in preserving the vision of people with wet age-related macular degeneration.

17 May 2017

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

By using induced pluripotent stem cells to create endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the brain for the first time for a neurodegenerative disease, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists and colleagues have learned why Huntington's disease patients have defects in the blood-brain barrier that contribute to the symptoms of this fatal disorder.

17 May 2017

Scientists use AHDS patients’ cells to recreate disease and mimic blood-brain barrier

The blood-brain barrier is biology's proverbial double-edged sword. An impermeable shield of endothelial cells that protects our brains from toxins and other threats that may lurk in circulating blood, the barrier can also exclude therapeutic drugs and, at times, essential biomolecules required for healthy brain development.

17 May 2017

Researchers develop safe and easy self-donning surgical gowns

In the health care setting, there is an increasing need for a self-donning surgical gown that health care personnel can don without the need for any assistance.

17 May 2017

Multifunctional scales can monitor health and inform about life threatening conditions

Weighing oneself has become one of the most common morning rituals. However, your weight is not the only message that can be delivered by your bathroom scales: the team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology Institute of Biomedical Engineering are developing the multifunctional scales, which can monitor your health and inform about potentially dangerous life conditions, such as arteriosclerosis or cardiac arrhythmia.

17 May 2017

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

New research led by Alexey Terskikh, Ph.D., associate professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), and Alex Strongin, Ph.D., professor at SBP, could be a first step toward a drug to treat Zika infections. Publishing in Antiviral Research, the scientific team discovered a compound that prevents the virus from spreading.

16 May 2017

Thyroid cancer surgery complications higher than previously thought, study suggests

As thyroid cancer rates rise, more people are having surgery to remove all or part of their thyroid. A new study suggests complications from these procedures are more common than previously believed.

16 May 2017

Researchers find macrophages to be crucial for tissue regeneration in mammals

A team of University of Kentucky researchers has discovered that macrophages, a type of immune cell that clears debris at injury sites during normal wound healing and helps produce scar tissue, are required for complex tissue regeneration in mammals.

16 May 2017

EPFL scientists develop new antibody-linked biosensor to track drug concentration in the blood

Being able to monitor drug concentration in the blood of a patient is an important aspect of any pharmaceutical treatment. However, this requires equipment and facilities that are often missing from field healthcare in developing countries, but also inhibits the quality of life for patients elsewhere.

16 May 2017

One in five bariatric surgery patients likely to develop alcohol problems, study finds

One in five patients who undergo one of the most popular weight-loss surgical procedures is likely to develop problems with alcohol, with symptoms sometimes not appearing until years after their surgery, according to one of the largest, longest-running studies of adults who got weight-loss surgery.

16 May 2017

Ginger has beneficial effects against metabolic syndrome

A new review notes that recent epidemiological and clinical studies have built a consensus that ginger has beneficial effects against obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and related disorders--more commonly referred to as metabolic syndrome.

16 May 2017

Alcohol may change personality less than we think, say researchers

In a study published in Clinical Psychological Science, people typically reported a personality change between their sober and drunken state, yet observers watching from the outside noticed less of a change, with the only exception being increased extraversion among drinkers.

16 May 2017

Age-related macular degeneration could be arrested by switching to low-glycemic diet, study finds

A study in mice finds that development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) could be arrested by switching from a high-glycemic diet (starches as are found in white bread) to a low-glycemic (starches found in whole grains).

16 May 2017

New study explores safety of exercise in children with sickle cell disease

While regular exercise is known to reduce inflammation over time, it actually increases inflammation in the short term.

16 May 2017

Research identifies protein that could help patients respond more positively to epilepsy drug therapies

New research from the University of Liverpool, in collaboration with the Mario Negri Institute in Milan, published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, has identified a protein that could help patients with epilepsy respond more positively to drug therapies.

16 May 2017

Blood News and Research

Study measures increased 'fight or flight' response in young veterans with combat-related PTSD

3-D printed ovary produces offspring in animal model

Small molecules in saliva show potential for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

‘Disease in a dish’ model pinpoints how defects in blood-brain barrier can cause psychomotor disorder

Kinesio taping helps treat minor injuries in athletes and others

Experimental gene therapy proven safe for preserving vision of people with AMD

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

Scientists use AHDS patients’ cells to recreate disease and mimic blood-brain barrier

Researchers develop safe and easy self-donning surgical gowns

Multifunctional scales can monitor health and inform about life threatening conditions

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

Thyroid cancer surgery complications higher than previously thought, study suggests

Researchers find macrophages to be crucial for tissue regeneration in mammals

EPFL scientists develop new antibody-linked biosensor to track drug concentration in the blood

One in five bariatric surgery patients likely to develop alcohol problems, study finds

Ginger has beneficial effects against metabolic syndrome

Alcohol may change personality less than we think, say researchers

Age-related macular degeneration could be arrested by switching to low-glycemic diet, study finds

New study explores safety of exercise in children with sickle cell disease

Research identifies protein that could help patients respond more positively to epilepsy drug therapies

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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