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Study identifies more than 200 new genes linked to depression

More than 200 genes linked to depression have been newly identified in a worldwide study led by UCL researchers.

10 Jan 2024

What is the prevalence of use of nonprescribed and medically unapproved weight-loss products in adolescents?

The researchers used four major databases to collate relevant studies on the use of nonprescribed weight loss aids by teenagers around the world.

10 Jan 2024

Study reveals mangos attenuates potential against colon cancer

The chemo-preventive potential of Mangiferin (MF) (mango).

10 Jan 2024

New developments at Evosep to make clinical proteomics 100x more robust and 10x faster

J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference – (January 8th, 2024) Evosep, a leading provider of sample preparation solutions for mass spectrometry-based proteomics, today announced a co-marketing agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a world leader in serving science.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 10 Jan 2024

UQ researchers launch the world's biggest drug survey

Researchers from The University of Queensland have launched the world's biggest drug survey, to gain insight into drug use around the globe.

9 Jan 2024

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

A breakthrough study led by Dr. Mehdi Razavi at The Texas Heart Institute (THI), in collaboration with a biomedical engineering team of The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) Cockrell School of Engineering led by Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez, sets the foundation of a ground-breaking treatment regimen for treating ventricular arrhythmia.

9 Jan 2024

New approach to Parkinson's treatment focuses on stopping toxic protein production

Like the Greek mythological beast with a snake's tail and two ferocious heads, a potential Parkinson's medicine created in the lab of chemist Matthew Disney, Ph.D., is also a type of chimera bearing two heads.

9 Jan 2024

Protein linked to neurodegeneration turns out to be crucial for healthy brain function

Researchers have discovered that a protein called phosphorylated α-synuclein, which is associated with several neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, is also involved in the normal processes of how neurons communicate with each other in a healthy brain.

9 Jan 2024

BCG vaccine's impact on innate immunity explained at cellular level

Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) is one of the world’s oldest and most widely used vaccines. It was developed in the early 20th century to provide protection from tuberculosis.

9 Jan 2024

American Heart Association Merit Award fuels three research avenues to tackle heart disease

A physician-scientist from Massachusetts researching whether chemicals naturally occurring in foods could help treat heart disease, a genetics expert from Pennsylvania exploring the molecular mechanisms of lipid metabolism and cardiovascular diseases and a California-based professor of cardiovascular medicine studying how vaping impacts the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms are the most recent American Heart Association Merit Award recipients.

9 Jan 2024

Dutch scientists uncover five different biological variants of Alzheimer's disease

Dutch scientists have discovered five biological variants of Alzheimer's disease, which may require different treatment.

9 Jan 2024

Hidden identity of blood cancer revealed

Leukemia is a common term used to refer to a form of blood cancer. However, there are different types of leukemia depending on the cell type involved.

9 Jan 2024

Children with neuroblastomas may benefit from new drug cocktail

Children who develop neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells, may benefit from receiving certain anti-tumor drugs as well as chemotherapy, a new trial has found.

9 Jan 2024

Infammasomes provide a therapeutic target against human diseases

The structure of inflammasomes and their role in diseases.

9 Jan 2024

3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue unlock new frontier in brain research

Scientists have developed 3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue that self-organize in vitro. These lab-grown organoids open up a brand-new way of studying how the brain develops.

8 Jan 2024

Diabetes drugs may help curb alcohol dependence

In social media posts on the community network Reddit, users reported reduced cravings for alcohol when taking drugs intended to treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

8 Jan 2024

UCSF research lays the groundwork for preventing deafness

Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans – creating new opportunities for averting hearing loss.

8 Jan 2024

Comprehensive insights on pathophysiology and clinical management of atrial fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major global health concern impacting millions and causing symptoms like palpitations, dyspnea, fatigue, dizziness, and chest discomfort.

8 Jan 2024

Growing tiny tumors in the lab for personalized lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer accounts for nearly 20% of annual cancer-related deaths worldwide. According to 2022 statistics from the Swiss Cancer League, nearly 5,000 new cases of lung cancer are reported in Switzerland each year.

8 Jan 2024

Rising out-of-pocket costs for PrEP threaten key strategy in ending the HIV epidemic

Increasing patients' out of pocket costs for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), medications, which have been shown to dramatically reduce the risk of HIV infection, could lead to a significant reduction in PrEP use and a rise in HIV infection rates, according to a new study co-led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

8 Jan 2024

Drugs News and Research

Study identifies more than 200 new genes linked to depression

What is the prevalence of use of nonprescribed and medically unapproved weight-loss products in adolescents?

Study reveals mangos attenuates potential against colon cancer

New developments at Evosep to make clinical proteomics 100x more robust and 10x faster

UQ researchers launch the world's biggest drug survey

Injectable hydrogel paves the way for painless defibrillation and arrhythmia prevention

New approach to Parkinson's treatment focuses on stopping toxic protein production

Protein linked to neurodegeneration turns out to be crucial for healthy brain function

BCG vaccine's impact on innate immunity explained at cellular level

American Heart Association Merit Award fuels three research avenues to tackle heart disease

Dutch scientists uncover five different biological variants of Alzheimer's disease

Hidden identity of blood cancer revealed

Children with neuroblastomas may benefit from new drug cocktail

Infammasomes provide a therapeutic target against human diseases

3D mini-organs from human fetal brain tissue unlock new frontier in brain research

Diabetes drugs may help curb alcohol dependence

UCSF research lays the groundwork for preventing deafness

Comprehensive insights on pathophysiology and clinical management of atrial fibrillation

Growing tiny tumors in the lab for personalized lung cancer treatment

Rising out-of-pocket costs for PrEP threaten key strategy in ending the HIV epidemic

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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