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Study links heavy metals to depleted ovarian reserves

Middle-aged women with elevated levels of heavy metals are more likely to have depleted ovarian function and egg reserves, which may lead to earlier arrival of menopause and its negative health effects, a new University of Michigan study shows.

25 Jan 2024

Johns Hopkins scientists unravel mystery of retinal cell communication

Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that, unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different pathways at the same time to transmit electrical "vision" signals to the brain.

25 Jan 2024

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Community engagement is important for developing research involving patients with mental illness, and funding agencies are increasingly requiring such engagement.

25 Jan 2024

Study reveals a stark rise in cervical cancer rates among women in low-income areas of the U.S.

Women in low-income areas of the U.S. face a stark rise in cervical cancer incidence and mortality, according to a new study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

25 Jan 2024

Study establishes the ideal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation

Currently used Food and Drug Administration-approved transplant drugs - with the addition of an also already FDA-approved complement inhibitor - are the optimal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney transplants, according to a landmark discovery by University of Alabama at Birmingham investigators.

25 Jan 2024

New brain pathway links reward and learning centers

New findings published in the journal Nature Neuroscience have shed light on a mysterious pathway between the reward center of the brain that is key to how we form habits, known as the basal ganglia, and another anatomically distinct region where nearly three-quarters of the brain's neurons reside and assist in motor learning, known as the cerebellum.

25 Jan 2024

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has been awarded a grant of more than $4 million from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust to support an innovative research project aimed at understanding the early stages of Crohn's disease before noticeable symptoms develop.

25 Jan 2024

Study links European West Nile outbreaks to agriculture, urbanization, and bird migration

The spread of West Nile virus in Europe is strongly linked to agricultural activities, urbanization, and bird migration, according to a modelling study published January 25, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Lu Lu from the University of Edinburgh, UK, and collaborators belonging to a large European collaborative consortium under the VEO (Versatile Emerging infectious disease Observatory) project.

25 Jan 2024

Study reveals how HIV squirms its way into the nucleus during cell invasion

Because viruses have to hijack someone else's cell to replicate, they've gotten very good at it - inventing all sorts of tricks.

25 Jan 2024

Widespread exposure to toxic metals linked with earlier aging of the ovaries in middle-aged women

Middle-aged women who are exposed to toxic metals may have fewer eggs in their ovaries as they approach menopause, according to new research published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

25 Jan 2024

Unbiased assessment of vamorolone for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

The drug vamorolone (Agamree) has been hailed as a promising new drug to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

25 Jan 2024

Pilot study demonstrates feasibility of multimodal group treatment for veterans with PTSD

Retiring from the U.S. Army in 2016 left Lawrence resident Matt Hastings unmoored. Hastings, a former combat aviation brigade chief, had been someone with skills in demand: He was the only one who could fly certain missions, who had qualifications and experience other instructors needed.

25 Jan 2024

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Study links heavy metals to depleted ovarian reserves

Johns Hopkins scientists unravel mystery of retinal cell communication

McLean Hospital creates standing research advisory board for mental illness studies

Study reveals a stark rise in cervical cancer rates among women in low-income areas of the U.S.

Study establishes the ideal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney xenotransplantation

New brain pathway links reward and learning centers

Mount Sinai project receives $4M grant to understand the early stages of Crohn's disease

Study links European West Nile outbreaks to agriculture, urbanization, and bird migration

Study reveals how HIV squirms its way into the nucleus during cell invasion

Widespread exposure to toxic metals linked with earlier aging of the ovaries in middle-aged women

Unbiased assessment of vamorolone for treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Pilot study demonstrates feasibility of multimodal group treatment for veterans with PTSD

Gastric bypass shows slight edge over sleeve gastrectomy in long-term study

Do yellow fever vaccines truly provide effective lifelong protection against the disease after a single dose?

Scientific review explores adzuki beans' efficacy in diabetes prevention and management

Study addresses knowledge gap of clinical features and outcomes of Black patients with melanoma

Low back pain? There’s good and bad news

New study reveals optimal drug sequencing for postmenopausal osteoporosis treatment

Research shows that receiving warmth from a caregiver during childhood protects cardiovascular health later in life

New insights into why immunotherapy works for some cancers, not others

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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