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Expanding covid-19 symptom list could help improve the UK’s pandemic response

The UK should expand its official list of symptoms for defining covid-19 to prevent cases being missed and help improve the UK’s pandemic response, say experts in The BMJ today.

2 Jul 2021

Unprecedented lobbying effort scores big win for California public health

After more than a decade of fruitless entreaties from public health advocates, Democratic lawmakers have secured a landmark agreement that promises $300 million a year in new state funding to fortify and reimagine California's hollowed-out public health system, a complex network of services shouldered largely by the state's 61 local health departments.

2 Jul 2021

New lab system uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat

An affordable lab system that uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat has been developed at the University of Bath in the UK.

2 Jul 2021

Researchers develop the world's first digital cancer cell model

The computer model, developed under the lead management of researchers at TU Graz, simulates the cyclical changes in the membrane potential of a cancer cell using the example of human lung adenocarcinoma and opens up completely new avenues in cancer research.

1 Jul 2021

Study evaluates neutralizing antibody responses elicited by the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

A recent Diagnostics study discusses the specific antibody response that occurred in individuals after they had received the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine.

1 Jul 2021

Study may lead to electrical stimulation implants that restore intraoral functions

Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 muscles of the mouth. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely debilitating. For these people, nerve stimulation offers a ray of hope to regain some of their lost oral function.

1 Jul 2021

Researchers identify specific biomarkers for coronary microvascular disease

Although cardiovascular disease is the main cause of illness among women in the U.S., certain conditions such as coronary microvascular disease (CMD) cannot be easily diagnosed. In a new study, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have identified specific biomarkers for CMD, which might reduce future hospitalizations.

30 Jun 2021

Ohio professor receives NIH grant to study age-related changes in motor neuron excitability

Brian Clark, Ph.D., professor of physiology and neuroscience in Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine's Department of Biomedical Sciences, received a five-year, nearly $3 million National Institutes of Health grant to conduct a series of animal and human studies to better understand the mechanisms and clinical relevance of age-related changes in motor neuron excitability.

30 Jun 2021

Study shows effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the health of women aged 50 to 70 years

In a study involving 34 women aged 50-70, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil performed objective measurements of the impact on the subjects' health of the decrease in physical activity observed during the period of social distancing and isolation imposed by COVID-19.

30 Jun 2021

Reduced function of key gene may affect communication between motor neurons and muscles in ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks nerve cells known as motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, gradually leading to paralysis.

30 Jun 2021

Strength training for breathing muscles lowers blood pressure, improves vascular health

Working out just five minutes daily via a practice described as "strength training for your breathing muscles" lowers blood pressure and improves some measures of vascular health as well as, or even more than, aerobic exercise or medication, new CU Boulder research shows.

30 Jun 2021

New sweat-proof “electronic skin” reliably monitors individual health even during perspiration

Engineers have developed a type of “electronic skin” that monitors a person's health without malfunctioning or peeling away, even when a wearer is perspiring.

30 Jun 2021

Researchers successfully implanted the first artificial tubular muscle in vivo

In January of this year, EPFL engineers announced in Advanced Science their concept of a novel cardiac assist device that is devoid of rigid metallic components. It consists of a soft, artificial muscle wrapped around the aorta that can constrict and dilate the vessel, ultimately enhancing the aorta's natural function and aiding the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.

30 Jun 2021

UTA chemist develops cancer medication that uses light to destroy tumor cells

A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a cancer medication that uses light to target and destroy tumor cells in a process known as photodynamic therapy (PDT).

29 Jun 2021

Covid-19 patients experience a longer lasting reduced sense of taste and smell

Patients with mild Covid-19 infections experience a significantly increased longer lasting reduced sense of taste and smell.

29 Jun 2021

Heart attacks during COVID-19 pandemic more likely to result in worse outcomes

Heart attacks during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to result in heart failure compared with heart attacks one year earlier, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

29 Jun 2021

Study investigates the link between skeletal muscle proteome and type 2 diabetes

Globally, more than 400 million people have diabetes, most of them suffering from type 2 diabetes.

29 Jun 2021

Findings suggest that the cross-linking of fibrin proteins is key to reducing blood clot formation

Researchers have found that the y cross-chain structure of fibrin proteins is essential to stabilizing blood clots that can lead to harmful embolism formation.

29 Jun 2021

UPMC expert finds successful treatment for rare diseases diagnosed by newborn screenings

1It was a nagging mystery: A rare-disease expert at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh had found a successful treatment for two of the deadliest symptoms of one of the more common classes of rare diseases diagnosed by newborn screenings, but one symptom--painful episodes of muscle breakdown that land victims in intensive care--persisted.

29 Jun 2021

Researchers figure out how to build an artificial brain from the bottom up

Rice University scientists are starting small as they begin to figure out how to build an artificial brain from the bottom up.

29 Jun 2021

Muscle News and Research

Expanding covid-19 symptom list could help improve the UK’s pandemic response

Unprecedented lobbying effort scores big win for California public health

New lab system uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat

Researchers develop the world's first digital cancer cell model

Study evaluates neutralizing antibody responses elicited by the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Study may lead to electrical stimulation implants that restore intraoral functions

Researchers identify specific biomarkers for coronary microvascular disease

Ohio professor receives NIH grant to study age-related changes in motor neuron excitability

Study shows effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the health of women aged 50 to 70 years

Reduced function of key gene may affect communication between motor neurons and muscles in ALS

Strength training for breathing muscles lowers blood pressure, improves vascular health

New sweat-proof “electronic skin” reliably monitors individual health even during perspiration

Researchers successfully implanted the first artificial tubular muscle in vivo

UTA chemist develops cancer medication that uses light to destroy tumor cells

Covid-19 patients experience a longer lasting reduced sense of taste and smell

Heart attacks during COVID-19 pandemic more likely to result in worse outcomes

Study investigates the link between skeletal muscle proteome and type 2 diabetes

Findings suggest that the cross-linking of fibrin proteins is key to reducing blood clot formation

UPMC expert finds successful treatment for rare diseases diagnosed by newborn screenings

Researchers figure out how to build an artificial brain from the bottom up

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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