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Study unmasks secrets of glioma's invasive margins

High-grade gliomas are cancerous tumors that spread quickly in the brain or spinal cord.

30 Jan 2024

Hot spring baths shown to boost gut health, study finds

Researchers discovered that bathing in Japanese hot springs significantly alters the gut microbiota in healthy individuals, offering potential health benefits by increasing certain beneficial bacteria. This is the first study to explore the distinct effects of different hot spring types on the gut microbiome.

30 Jan 2024

Weill Cornell Medicine researcher wins $2.1 million grant to study repetitive DNA and RNA sequences

Dr. Jeannine Gerhardt, an assistant professor of stem cell biology in obstetrics and gynecology and in reproductive medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, for the study of repetitive DNA and RNA sequences and the mechanisms by which they cause cell dysfunction and diseases.

30 Jan 2024

Scientists regenerate fully functional urinary bladder tissue using a non-human primate model

Scientists from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University succeeded in regenerating fully functional urinary bladder tissue in a long-term study utilizing a non-human primate model.

30 Jan 2024

Gastric bypass and sleeve tie in short-term complications

The two most common obesity surgeries – gastric bypass and gastric sleeve – have few short-term complications and are equivalent in that sense.

30 Jan 2024

Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms often present in youth accessing mental health services, study finds

A new study co-led by Associate Professor Kristin Cleverley of the Lawrence Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing has found evidence that Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms (PSS) are often present in youth accessing mental health services.

30 Jan 2024

Vegan and keto diets trigger distinct immune system changes in just two weeks

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health observed rapid and distinct immune system changes in a small study of people who switched to a vegan or a ketogenic (also called keto) diet.

30 Jan 2024

Gut microbiome may hold key to fighting common respiratory viruses

The composition of microbiota found in the gut influences how susceptible mice are to respiratory virus infections and the severity of these infections, according to researchers from the Center for Translational Antiviral Research in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

30 Jan 2024

Tomato juice can get rid of enteric bacteria that can harm people's health

Tomato juice can kill Salmonella Typhi and other bacteria that can harm people's digestive and urinary tract health, according to research published this week in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Salmonella Typhi is a deadly human-specific pathogen that causes typhoid fever.

30 Jan 2024

Gene therapy could prolong survival in some people with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

A new study in mice shows that replacement of a dysfunctional gene could prolong survival in some people with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), a rare inherited disorder in which the muscular walls of the heart progressively weaken and put patients at risk of dangerous irregular heartbeats.

30 Jan 2024

Weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes can change cancer-related proteins

A weight loss intervention in people with type 2 diabetes was found to alter levels of cancer-related proteins, according to the findings of a new University of Bristol-led study.

30 Jan 2024

New research links oral health to happiness in older adults

In humans, oral health influences general health and well-being in many ways. Other than reducing the need for oral rehabilitation later in life, maintaining good oral health reduces the risk of several systemic diseases.

30 Jan 2024

Singing mice unlock secrets behind how the brain bends time

Life has a challenging tempo. Sometimes, it moves faster or slower than we'd like. Nevertheless, we adapt. We pick up the rhythm of conversations. We keep pace with the crowd walking a city sidewalk.

30 Jan 2024

New DNA-based vaccine can induce strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2

Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.

30 Jan 2024

Religious people showed lower unhappiness and stress during COVID lockdowns

People of religious faith may have experienced lower levels of unhappiness and stress than secular people during the UK's Covid-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021, according to new University of Cambridge research.

30 Jan 2024

Primary care providers may be the key to accelerating delivery of emerging Alzheimer's treatments

There is substantial geographic variation across the U.S. health care system to diagnose and treat early-stage Alzheimer's disease with disease-modifying therapies, and engaging primary care providers in the effort may be a key to accelerating delivery of emerging new treatments, according to a new RAND report.

30 Jan 2024

Cambridge scientists discover how fasting turns up the body's natural inflammation fighter

Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body's immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases.

30 Jan 2024

Nature walk enhances certain executive control processes in the brain

New research from University of Utah psychology researchers is helping prove what American authors John Muir and Henry David Thoreau tried to teach more than 150 years ago: Time spent in nature is good for the heart and soul.

30 Jan 2024

Genetic blueprint revealed: New insights into thyroid cancer's resistance and transformation

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on January 24, 2024, entitled, "Genetic alterations in thyroid cancer mediating both resistance to BRAF inhibition and anaplastic transformation."

30 Jan 2024

"Zombie" viral fragments trigger inflammation to cause serious COVID-19 outcomes

There are many lingering mysteries from the COVID-19 pandemic. For instance, why does SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the disease, cause severe symptoms in some patients, while many other coronaviruses don't? And what causes strange symptoms to persist even after the infection has been cleared from a person's system?

30 Jan 2024

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Study unmasks secrets of glioma's invasive margins

Hot spring baths shown to boost gut health, study finds

Weill Cornell Medicine researcher wins $2.1 million grant to study repetitive DNA and RNA sequences

Scientists regenerate fully functional urinary bladder tissue using a non-human primate model

Gastric bypass and sleeve tie in short-term complications

Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms often present in youth accessing mental health services, study finds

Vegan and keto diets trigger distinct immune system changes in just two weeks

Gut microbiome may hold key to fighting common respiratory viruses

Tomato juice can get rid of enteric bacteria that can harm people's health

Gene therapy could prolong survival in some people with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

Weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes can change cancer-related proteins

New research links oral health to happiness in older adults

Singing mice unlock secrets behind how the brain bends time

New DNA-based vaccine can induce strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2

Religious people showed lower unhappiness and stress during COVID lockdowns

Primary care providers may be the key to accelerating delivery of emerging Alzheimer's treatments

Cambridge scientists discover how fasting turns up the body's natural inflammation fighter

Nature walk enhances certain executive control processes in the brain

Genetic blueprint revealed: New insights into thyroid cancer's resistance and transformation

"Zombie" viral fragments trigger inflammation to cause serious COVID-19 outcomes

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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