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Study sheds light on role of gut fungi in severe COVID-19 and long COVID

Certain gut-dwelling fungi flourish in severe cases of COVID-19, amplifying the excessive inflammation that drives this disease while also causing long-lasting changes in the immune system, according to a new study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian.

24 Oct 2023

New "pseudo cell" formulation could revolutionize treatment of vitreoretinal diseases

Researchers from the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Beijing Chaoyang Hospital have developed a new "pseudo cell" formulation based on self-healing microcapsule-loading exosomes to treat diverse vitreoretinal diseases.

24 Oct 2023

New method provides valuable insights into the brain's noradrenaline system

An international team of researchers has provided valuable insights into the brain's noradrenaline (NA) system, which has been a longtime target for medications to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, depression, and anxiety.

24 Oct 2023

Study reveals an alternate origin of brain mosaicism in some children with focal epilepsy

In most people, every cell in their body contains the same genetic information. However, sometimes people can have two or more genetically different sets of cells.

24 Oct 2023

Heated yoga sessions linked to greater reductions in depressive symptoms

In a randomized controlled clinical trial of adults with moderate-to-severe depression, those who participated in heated yoga sessions experienced significantly greater reductions in depressive symptoms compared with a control group.

24 Oct 2023

Utilizing Biomarkers in Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

In this interview, Grace Liu from Sino Biological discusses the crucial role of biomarkers in cancer prevention and diagnosis and how they can help guide treatment decisions.

From Sino Biological Inc. 24 Oct 2023

Apoptotic cells play key role in hair follicle regression

A new research paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on October 19, 2023, entitled, "Apoptotic cells may drive cell death in hair follicles during their regression cycle."

24 Oct 2023

Homeless people have a 16-fold higher rate of sudden death from heart attacks

A study led by UC San Francisco has found that people who are experiencing homelessness have a 16-fold higher rate of sudden death from heart attacks, as well as other causes.

24 Oct 2023

Study shows TAVR as a good alternative to open-heart surgery in younger patients with aortic stenosis

Patients with a dysfunctional aortic heart valve who received a new, prosthetic valve through a minimally invasive procedure had similar outcomes at five years as those who underwent open-heart surgery, a new study shows.

24 Oct 2023

Everolimus after surgery may benefit patients with very-high-risk clear cell renal cell carcinoma

A secondary analysis from the SWOG S0931 EVEREST trial has found that in the subgroup of patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who were at very-high risk of recurrence, those who were treated with everolimus after surgery had a statistically significant improvement in recurrence-free survival compared to patients getting placebo after surgery.

22 Oct 2023

Why is finding covid shots for young children still so hard?

On Sept. 12, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the next round of covid shots for everyone 6 months and older.

20 Oct 2023

Scientists uncover a group of immune cells that may drive severe asthma in older men

Scientists from La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and The University of Southampton, UK, have uncovered a group of immune cells that may drive severe asthma.

20 Oct 2023

Scientists develop gene therapy approach for rare paralyzing disease

The 50 families stretch from the Netherlands and the United Kingdom to the United States and China. Each family has a child who is paralyzed from a mutation in a single gene named Contactin-Associated Protein 1 (Cntnap1).

20 Oct 2023

New method uses magnets to align muscle cells

Stimulating muscle fibers with magnets causes them to grow in the same direction, aligning muscle cells within tissue, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston University investigators report October 20 in the journal Device.

20 Oct 2023

Study reveals how tuberculosis bacteria form cords to resist antibiotics

The ability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), a serious respiratory infection, to form snake-like cords was first noted nearly 80 years ago. In a study published October 20 in the journal Cell, investigators report the biophysical mechanisms by which these cords form and demonstrate how several generations of dividing bacteria hang together to create these structures that enable resistance to antibiotics.

20 Oct 2023

Cockroaches provide clues to understanding immune system during pregnancy

Researchers are studying the dramatic physical transformation that some insects undergo to give birth to live young.

20 Oct 2023

School discipline events linked to drop in GPA for Black and Latinx children

Being suspended from school or sent to the office is tied to a big drop in grade point average (GPA), especially for Black and Latinx children, according to UC San Francisco researchers.

20 Oct 2023

Bone health neglected during medical check-ups, IOF survey reveals

An International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) survey completed by more than 7000 women aged 60 and over from five countries has revealed that broken bones affect almost one in two women in this age group, and that, paradoxically, bone health is neglected during medical check-ups.

20 Oct 2023

Pediatric mental health crisis skyrocketed and persisted during the pandemic

Mental health crises among children and adolescents requiring emergency department care skyrocketed during the pandemic and have stayed elevated despite a return to normalcy, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

20 Oct 2023

Pupil size may predict response to TMS treatment for depression

New findings from researchers at UCLA Health suggest that measuring changes in how pupils react to light could help predict recovery from depression and personalize transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatment of major depressive disorder.

20 Oct 2023