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New system can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with high accuracy

A multi-university research team co-led by University of Virginia engineering professor Gustavo K. Rohde has developed a system that can spot genetic markers of autism in brain images with 89 to 95% accuracy.

28 Aug 2024

Study reveals a new target for universal treatment for autoimmune diseases

More than two decades ago, a research team in the lab of David Hafler, a Yale researcher who at the time was at Harvard, discovered a type of T cell in humans that suppresses the immune system; they later found that these so-called regulatory T cells, when defective, are an underlying cause of autoimmune disease, specifically multiple sclerosis (MS).

28 Aug 2024

SGLT-2 inhibitors show potential in preventing dementia in diabetes patients

Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors used to treat type 2 diabetes might prevent dementia, providing greater benefits with longer treatment, suggests a large study from Korea published by The BMJ today.

28 Aug 2024

Researchers identify key cellular interactions driving Alzheimer's and aging

An analysis of more than 1.6 million brain cells from older adults has captured the cellular changes that occur in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, potentially revealing new routes for preventing the most common cause of dementia in older individuals.

28 Aug 2024

Early embryos are prone to chromosomal copying errors, new research shows

A new discovery by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics (BDR) in Japan upends decades of assumptions regarding DNA replication.

28 Aug 2024

16 promising postdoctoral scientists awarded Damon Runyon Fellowships for cancer research

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named 16 new Damon Runyon Fellows, exceptional postdoctoral scientists conducting basic and translational cancer research in the laboratories of leading senior investigators.

28 Aug 2024

Kidney donors' mortality risk drops significantly over the past decade

The risk of death for people who donate a kidney for transplantation - already small a decade ago - has dropped by more than half since then, a new study shows.

28 Aug 2024

Study confirms the link between blood glucose levels and voice pitch in people with Type 2 diabetes

As part of its ongoing exploration of vocal biomarkers and the role they can play in enhancing health outcomes, Klick Labs published a new study in Scientific Reports today – confirming the link between blood glucose levels and voice pitch and opening the door to future advancements in non-invasive glucose monitoring for people living with Type 2 diabetes.

28 Aug 2024

Psychedelics: A new hope for substance abuse treatment

Study explores the history and current state of psychedelic research for treating substance abuse disorders, highlighting challenges like restrictive policies, lack of funding, and the need for recognition of traditional and modern therapeutic practices.

28 Aug 2024

Researchers demonstrate a new method to combat pancreatic cancer

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Chan Medical School have demonstrated in mice a new method to combat pancreatic cancer.

28 Aug 2024

Unhealthy commodities linked to mental health problems

"Unhealthy commodities" such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, social media, and fossil fuels, as well as impacts of fossil fuel consumption such as climate change and air pollution are associated with depression, suicide, and self-harm, according to a study published August 28 by Kate Dun-Campbell from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and colleagues.

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

Breakthrough vaccine targets tick-borne bovine anaplasmosis in cattle

University of Missouri researchers are working to develop the first-ever vaccine proven to protect cattle from a devastating tick-borne cattle disease known as bovine anaplasmosis.

28 Aug 2024

Study reveals challenges and risks for women using anabolic-androgenic steroids

A new study published in Drug and Alcohol Review has revealed critical insights into the challenges and risks faced by women who use anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS).

28 Aug 2024

Pediatric heart transplant waitlist fails to prioritize sickest patients, study shows

The method used across the United States to wait-list children for heart transplants does not consistently rank the sickest patients first, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine experts.

28 Aug 2024

TCT 2024 to feature latest advances in interventional cardiovascular medicine

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation is pleased to announce the late-breaking clinical trials and science to be featured at TCT 2024.

28 Aug 2024

Robotic arm-based, 5G-enabled remote echocardiograms show high diagnostic accuracy

New research presented at this year's ESC Congress 2024 in London, UK (30 Aug – 2 Sept) shows that performing echocardiograms remotely using a 5G cellular network has similar accuracy to those performed in person by cardiologists.

28 Aug 2024

Recreational drug users three times more likely to experience repeat cardiovascular events

New research presented at this year's ESC Congress 2024 in London, UK (30 Aug – 2 Sept) shows that, among patients admitted to the intensive cardiac care unit (ICCU), those with a recent history of recreational drug use are three times more likely than those with no history to experience a repeat serious cardiovascular event within one year.

28 Aug 2024

New implant offers hope for nerve repair after spinal cord injury

A research team at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has developed a new implant that conveys electrical signals and may have the potential to encourage nerve cell (neuron) repair after spinal cord injury.

28 Aug 2024

Cell therapy commercialization: Streamline your path to cell therapy commercialization

Moving your cell therapy clinical trial beyond Phase I is an exciting time, marking a significant milestone. There are many therapeutic developers working to address critical patient needs in oncology, auto-immune, regenerative medicine, and other spaces.

From Charles Rivers Laboratories Cell and Gene Therapy 28 Aug 2024