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Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

A simple but highly sensitive blood test has been found to accurately diagnose and classify different types of brain tumors, resulting in more accurate diagnosis, less invasive methods and better treatment planning for patients, in the future.

22 Jun 2020

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

A group of scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, led by Luís Moita, discovered that a hormone that has been pointed out as a treatment for obesity reduces the resistance to infection caused by bacteria and is a risk factor for sepsis.

22 Jun 2020

Little-used measure of good cholesterol can predict heart attack and stroke risk

For decades, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol has been dubbed "good cholesterol" because of its role in moving fats and other cholesterol molecules out of artery walls.

22 Jun 2020

Sleep deprivation reduces positive feelings

Sleeping less than normal impacts how we feel the next morning.

22 Jun 2020

Researchers develop new technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs

In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.

22 Jun 2020

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Some children have developed a severe inflammatory response due to COVID-19 infection that appears similar to Kawasaki disease.

22 Jun 2020

Pluripotent cells grown from osteoarthritic knee joint of elderly people

A break through feat of growing pluripotency expressing cells from osteoarthritis affected cartilage tissue of knee joints of elderly has been reported by orthopedicians and cell culture experts led by Dr Shojiro Katoh, President, Edogawa Hospital.

22 Jun 2020

Interesting study on which species may be infected by SARS-CoV-2

The team from the University of Cambridge and the Pirbright Institute found that the Spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 engages with the host cell receptor angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) across a wide range of animals, even though the Spike binding site shows a between-species variation in its amino acid composition.

21 Jun 2020

Environmental conditions affect the stability of SARS-CoV-2, study finds

A new study led by Marshall University researcher M. Jeremiah Matson found that environmental conditions affect the stability of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human nasal mucus and sputum.

21 Jun 2020

Young adults from disadvantaged neighborhoods show differences in the epigenome

The neighborhood a child grows up in may influence their health for years to come in previously invisible ways.

21 Jun 2020

Study shows changes in brain dynamics at rest following a relationship breakup

During a person's life, the experience of a stressful life event can lead to the development of depressive symptoms, even in a non-clinical population.

21 Jun 2020

Researchers discover new and improved way to treat poor-prognosis blood cancer

Researchers at Children's Cancer Institute have discovered what could prove a new and improved way to treat the poor-prognosis blood cancer, acute myeloid leukemia or AML.

21 Jun 2020

Brain-transportable soy derivate reduces memory degradation in mice

In a study that could help one day give a literal meaning to food for thought, researchers from Kyushu University in Japan have reported that a protein fragment that makes its way into the brain after being ingested can reduce memory degradation in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer's disease.

21 Jun 2020

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy could improve treatment for malignant lung cancer

Treating a rare type of malignant lung cancer could improve, thanks to near-infrared irradiation and a cancer-targeting compound. Nagoya University oncologist Kazuhide Sato and colleagues tested the treatment and published their findings in the journal Cells.

20 Jun 2020

New adjuvant helps induce long-lasting immunity against HIV

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Emory Vaccine Center (EVC) are first to show a new adjuvant, 3M-052, helps induce long-lasting immunity against HIV.

20 Jun 2020

Relationship between attentional states and emotions from human pupillary reactions revealed

A research team from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Electronics-Inspired Interdisciplinary Research Institute at Toyohashi University of Technology has indicated that the relationship between attentional states in response to pictures and sounds and the emotions elicited by them may be different in visual perception and auditory perception.

19 Jun 2020

Developing betatron based medical complexes to reduce the chance of cancer recurrence

Tomsk Polytechnic University, JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems and the Polyus Research and Development Center will create the betatron based medical complexes, reducing the chance of cancer recurrence.

19 Jun 2020

New technology detects breast cancer using tears

Kobe University and System Instruments Co., Ltd. researchers have developed TearExo; new technology to detect breast cancer using the exosomes found in tears as biomarkers. Exosomes are a subtype of extracellular vesicles.

19 Jun 2020

Nanosponges attract coronavirus away from lung cells, study shows

Imagine if scientists could stop the coronavirus infection in its tracks simply by diverting its attention away from living lung cells? A new therapeutic countermeasure, announced in a Nano Letters study by researchers from Boston University's National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories and the University of California San Diego, appears to do just that in experiments that were carried out at the NEIDL in Boston.

18 Jun 2020

Study finds overabundance of opportunistic pathogens in the guts of persons with Parkinson's

Parkinson's disease is a common, progressive and debilitating neurodegenerative disease. It currently cannot be prevented or cured.

18 Jun 2020

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Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

Little-used measure of good cholesterol can predict heart attack and stroke risk

Sleep deprivation reduces positive feelings

Researchers develop new technique to print electronic sensors directly on organs

GlobalData: Further research into MIS-C could reveal how COVID-19 affects the immune system

Pluripotent cells grown from osteoarthritic knee joint of elderly people

Interesting study on which species may be infected by SARS-CoV-2

Environmental conditions affect the stability of SARS-CoV-2, study finds

Young adults from disadvantaged neighborhoods show differences in the epigenome

Study shows changes in brain dynamics at rest following a relationship breakup

Researchers discover new and improved way to treat poor-prognosis blood cancer

Brain-transportable soy derivate reduces memory degradation in mice

Near-infrared photoimmunotherapy could improve treatment for malignant lung cancer

New adjuvant helps induce long-lasting immunity against HIV

Relationship between attentional states and emotions from human pupillary reactions revealed

Developing betatron based medical complexes to reduce the chance of cancer recurrence

New technology detects breast cancer using tears

Nanosponges attract coronavirus away from lung cells, study shows

Study finds overabundance of opportunistic pathogens in the guts of persons with Parkinson's

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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