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A four-stage classification of heart attack based on heart muscle damage

Heart attacks, or acute myocardial infarction (MI), are one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The newly released Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification of Acute Myocardial Infarction (CCS-AMI) appearing in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, published by Elsevier, presents a four-stage classification of heart attack based on heart muscle damage.

31 Oct 2023

World's first living brain metastasis biobank paves way for personalized cancer treatment

At 18 Spanish hospitals, when a patient with brain metastasis undergoes surgery, they can donate a tiny part of their brain to the first repository of brain metastasis living samples in the world, based at CNIO (Spanish National Cancer Research Centre).

31 Oct 2023

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 alters mitochondria, leading to energy outages and organ failure

The lungs were once at the forefront of SARS-Cov-2 research, but as reports of organ failure and other serious complications poured in, scientists set out to discover how and why the respiratory virus was causing serious damage to the body's major organs, including the lungs.

31 Oct 2023

Fingertip blood test could aid in rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

An international research consortium led by LMU has tested a rapid new analytical tool which needs just a bloodsample from the fingertip.

31 Oct 2023

What is the course and stability of maternal depressive symptoms throughout the perinatal period?

Researchers examined maternal depressive symptoms in diverse observational cohorts.

31 Oct 2023

New digital atlas reveals detailed stages of human fetal brain maturation

A comprehensive digital atlas of fetal brain maturation from a large cohort.

31 Oct 2023

Study finds pleasurable music and 'chills' predict music-induced hypoalgesia

In the present study, researchers evaluated which subjective aspects of listening to relaxing and favorite music were crucial for hypoalgesia.

31 Oct 2023

Understanding COVID-19 mortality in people with severe mental illness and different ethnicities

In a recent study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, researchers evaluated mortality in individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) following COVID-19.

31 Oct 2023

Simple dietary substitutions can slash US carbon footprint by over 35%

The environmental and health impact of simple food substitutions in the United States (U.S.) diet.

31 Oct 2023

Unsupervised genome-wide variant effect predictor based on pretraining of DNA language models

The Genomic Pre-trained Network (GPN), a multispecies model developed to learn genome-wide variant effects.

31 Oct 2023

COVID-19’s long reach: Some physical symptoms can persist up to two years post-diagnosis

Researchers investigated the prevalence rate of physical-type symptoms by the severity of acute COVID-19 beyond two years of diagnosis.

31 Oct 2023

The sunscreen paradox: individuals with higher levels of sun exposure use more but not an adequate quantity of sunscreen

Researchers investigated the variables contributing to the varying frequency of melanoma in the Atlantic provinces of Canada to improve understanding of participants' attitudes toward exposure to the sun and inform public health guidelines related to CM prevention.

31 Oct 2023

Broken String Biosciences’ INDUCE-seq platform demonstrates impact of structural DNA changes on specificity of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

Broken String Biosciences today announced that its INDUCE-seq™ DNA break-mapping technology had been used in a peer-reviewed research paper to characterize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing resulting from changes in DNA topology.

From Broken String Biosciences 31 Oct 2023

Promising new drug target for triple-negative breast cancer identified

Improving treatments for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), an aggressive tumor with very poor prognosis and limited therapeutic targets, has been challenging.

30 Oct 2023

Modular nanoparticles developed for targeted drug delivery and neutralizing biological agents

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed modular nanoparticles that can be easily customized to target different biological entities such as tumors, viruses or toxins.

30 Oct 2023

Surfing the web too much? Study links problematic internet use to heightened ADHD symptoms

This meta-analysis reveals a significant association between problematic internet use (PIU) and symptoms of ADHD, particularly in adult males who are not clinically diagnosed. The study emphasizes the need for further research on potential interventions for managing internet use and ADHD symptoms.

30 Oct 2023

Scientists identify mechanism causing deadly blood clots after some COVID-19 vaccines

A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of Covid-19 vaccination has been identified in new research.

30 Oct 2023

Scientists identify mechanism of alcohol withdrawal headaches

About 283 million people worldwide suffer from alcohol use disorder, a debilitating health challenge for which limited therapeutic options are available. The cost to society is estimated at greater than $2 trillion annually.

30 Oct 2023

Self-supervised learning models generate brain-like activity patterns

To make our way through the world, our brain must develop an intuitive understanding of the physical world around us, which we then use to interpret sensory information coming into the brain.

30 Oct 2023

Canadian Cardiovascular Society releases new heart attack classification based on heart tissue damage

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) released the world's first classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack, based on heart tissue damage research that was driven by two cardiovascular investigators within the Ischemic Heart Disease Program of Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center (KCVRC) at Indiana University School of Medicine and Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

30 Oct 2023

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A four-stage classification of heart attack based on heart muscle damage

World's first living brain metastasis biobank paves way for personalized cancer treatment

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 alters mitochondria, leading to energy outages and organ failure

Fingertip blood test could aid in rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

What is the course and stability of maternal depressive symptoms throughout the perinatal period?

New digital atlas reveals detailed stages of human fetal brain maturation

Study finds pleasurable music and 'chills' predict music-induced hypoalgesia

Understanding COVID-19 mortality in people with severe mental illness and different ethnicities

Simple dietary substitutions can slash US carbon footprint by over 35%

Unsupervised genome-wide variant effect predictor based on pretraining of DNA language models

COVID-19’s long reach: Some physical symptoms can persist up to two years post-diagnosis

The sunscreen paradox: individuals with higher levels of sun exposure use more but not an adequate quantity of sunscreen

Broken String Biosciences’ INDUCE-seq platform demonstrates impact of structural DNA changes on specificity of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

Promising new drug target for triple-negative breast cancer identified

Modular nanoparticles developed for targeted drug delivery and neutralizing biological agents

Surfing the web too much? Study links problematic internet use to heightened ADHD symptoms

Scientists identify mechanism causing deadly blood clots after some COVID-19 vaccines

Scientists identify mechanism of alcohol withdrawal headaches

Self-supervised learning models generate brain-like activity patterns

Canadian Cardiovascular Society releases new heart attack classification based on heart tissue damage

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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