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Fibrin fuels thromboinflammation and brain damage in COVID-19

Researchers reveal fibrin's critical role in COVID-19 by driving thromboinflammation and neuropathology, and highlight a potential antibody therapy to mitigate these effects.

29 Aug 2024

Discovery of borderzone inflammation offers new avenues for heart failure prevention

Ischemic heart disease is the most common cause of death in the world. It begins with a "heart attack", also known as a myocardial infarction (MI), which causes part of the heart to die due to inadequate coronary blood flow.

29 Aug 2024

Marijuana use linked to elevated nicotine levels in plastic surgery patients

Marijuana use is common among patients considering plastic surgery and is associated with elevated nicotine levels on laboratory tests, reports a paper in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

29 Aug 2024

Northwestern NUCATS Institute secures $55 million NIH grant for health care advancements

The Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences (NUCATS) Institute has received $55 million in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to accelerate the development, evaluation and implementation of improved health care interventions.

29 Aug 2024

Global study reveals widespread micronutrient deficiencies across all age groups

More than half of the global population consumes inadequate levels of several micronutrients essential to health, including calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

29 Aug 2024

WHO calls for manufacturers to submit mpox diagnostic tests for Emergency Use Listing

WHO has asked manufacturers of mpox in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) to submit an expression of interest for Emergency Use Listing (EUL).

29 Aug 2024

Nucleic acids in food show potential to inhibit cancer cell growth

When people eat, they ingest the nucleic acids that reside in all living things. The compounds in these acids could inhibit the growth of cancer cells, according to findings published in PLOS ONE by Osaka Metropolitan University Associate Professor Akiko Kojima-Yuasa of the Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology and colleagues.

29 Aug 2024

Multimodal approaches enhance detection of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

A recent case report published in Cyborg Bionic Systems details the diagnosis of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (iNPH) using multimodality diagnostic approaches, highlighting significant advancements in medical diagnostics and patient care.

29 Aug 2024

Climate change linked to increased risk of foodborne illness from Salmonella enterica

Climate change will increase the risk of the foodborne illness from Salmonella enterica, according to a new study. The research was published today in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

29 Aug 2024

Distinct waves of T cells generated by each dose of combination immunotherapy

A new tool for monitoring immune health patterns over time has revealed how a pair of checkpoint inhibitor therapies works together to recruit new cancer-fighting T cells with every infusion.

29 Aug 2024

Mapping DNA’s hidden knot-like structures may revolutionize disease treatment

Innovative study of DNA's hidden structures may open up new approaches for treatment and diagnosis of diseases, including cancer.

29 Aug 2024

Weekend sleep could lower heart disease risk by 20%

The demands of the working week, often influenced by school or work schedules, can lead to sleep disruption and deprivation.

29 Aug 2024

Electrophysiological analysis of brain network for augmented recognition of driving distractions

A research paper by scientists at Beijing Jiaotong University proposed an electrophysiological analysis-based brain network method for the augmented recognition of diﬀerent types of distractions during driving.

29 Aug 2024

NSF funds UCSB-led Biofoundry to revolutionize biotechnology with unexplored microbes

This week, the National Science Foundation announced the award of a six-year, $22M grant to UC Santa Barbara under its biofoundries program for the establishment of the BioFoundry for Extreme and Exceptional Fungi, Archaea and Bacteria (ExFAB), a collaboration led by UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), together with UC Riverside (UCR), and Cal Poly Pomona (CPP). ExFAB establishes the nation's first biofoundry that focuses on largely untapped and unexplored extreme microbes. UCSB's award is one of only five grants made under NSF's BioFoundry program during this funding cycle, which awarded a total of $75M to the five selected universities.

29 Aug 2024

Novel microscopy technique reveals the mechanics of mitotic chromosome condensation

A team of scientists studying cell division developed a special light microscopy system and used it to analyze the molecular density of cellular environments. Their results provide a novel insight into mitotic chromosome condensation in living human cells.

29 Aug 2024

Study reveals how bacteria pass on traits without DNA changes

Bacterial cells can "remember" brief, temporary changes to their bodies and immediate surroundings, a new Northwestern University and University of Texas-Southwestern study has found.

28 Aug 2024

New biomedical device offers hope for patients with chronic pain

Pain is a necessary biological signal, but a variety of conditions can cause those signals to go awry. For people with chronic pain, the root is often faulty signals emerging deep within the brain, giving false alarms about a wound that has since healed, a limb that has since been amputated, or other intricate, hard-to-explain scenarios.

28 Aug 2024

Laboratory News and Research

Fibrin fuels thromboinflammation and brain damage in COVID-19

Discovery of borderzone inflammation offers new avenues for heart failure prevention

Marijuana use linked to elevated nicotine levels in plastic surgery patients

Northwestern NUCATS Institute secures $55 million NIH grant for health care advancements

Global study reveals widespread micronutrient deficiencies across all age groups

WHO calls for manufacturers to submit mpox diagnostic tests for Emergency Use Listing

Nucleic acids in food show potential to inhibit cancer cell growth

Multimodal approaches enhance detection of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Climate change linked to increased risk of foodborne illness from Salmonella enterica

Distinct waves of T cells generated by each dose of combination immunotherapy

Mapping DNA’s hidden knot-like structures may revolutionize disease treatment

Weekend sleep could lower heart disease risk by 20%

Electrophysiological analysis of brain network for augmented recognition of driving distractions

NSF funds UCSB-led Biofoundry to revolutionize biotechnology with unexplored microbes

Novel microscopy technique reveals the mechanics of mitotic chromosome condensation

Study reveals how bacteria pass on traits without DNA changes

New biomedical device offers hope for patients with chronic pain

Breakthrough vaccine targets tick-borne bovine anaplasmosis in cattle

Targeting cancer cells by cutting off essential nutrients and backup supplies

New photoacoustic probes could revolutionize brain activity imaging

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