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Human milk banks improve infant health but can't fully replace mother's milk

Scientists investigate human milk banks and their impact on infant health, highlighting differences between donated and maternal milk in gut microbiota and development.

25 Jun 2024

Pentraxin 3 as a predictor of advanced fibrosis and carotid intima-media thickness in MAFLD patients

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) may increase the risk of cardiovascular events. In this study, we assessed the predictive value of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) for severe fibrosis and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with MAFLD.

25 Jun 2024

Study links lifetime cannabis use with substance use, mood disorders, celiac, and infectious diseases

Researchers identify genetic loci associated with lifetime and frequency of cannabis use.

21 Jun 2024

UT Health Science Center awarded $1.58M grant to study cancer disparities among Black women

A $1.58 million grant will support work by a health communication scholar at the University of Tennessee (UT) Health Science Center's College of Nursing and a medical oncologist at West Cancer Center and Research Institute (WCCRI) to identify sociocultural and structural factors that are root causes of cancer health disparities for Black women in the Mid-South.

20 Jun 2024

Study: Hepatitis E virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male infertility

Discovering that hepatitis E virus is associated with sperm in pigs suggests the virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male infertility, according to a new study.

18 Jun 2024

Host RNA incorporation linked to chronic hepatitis E infection

If the virus incorporates host genetic segments into its genome, the infection may become chronic.

10 Jun 2024

Stanford study finds 15-day paxlovid treatment safe but ineffective for long COVID

In a clinical trial conducted by Stanford Medicine investigators and their colleagues, a 15-day course of Paxlovid - an antiviral drug combination targeting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 - proved safe as an extended-duration treatment but didn't lessen select symptoms of the syndrome known as long COVID: the persistence, or reappearance, of COVID-related symptoms three months or more after an initial COVID-19 infection.

7 Jun 2024

Statins found to prevent chronic inflammation-related cancers by inhibiting interleukin-33

The effects of statins via inhibition of interleukin 33 (IL-33).

3 Jun 2024

New strategy targets rare B cells for effective HIV vaccine development

Germline-targeting epitope scaffold nanoparticles elicit rare broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) precursors against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

3 Jun 2024

Type 2 diabetes linked to higher cancer risk, especially with diabetic retinopathy, study finds

A recent study in BMC Medicine found that type 2 diabetes significantly increases the risk of various cancers, with the risk being even higher in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR).

2 Jun 2024

Improved kidney transplant success from deceased donors with dialysis history

Researchers compare the outcomes of kidney transplants, in which the kidneys were from deceased donors who had or had not undergone dialysis.

31 May 2024

FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men

The federal government in 2020 and 2023 changed who it said could safely donate organs and blood, reducing the restrictions on men who have had sex with another man.

24 May 2024

WHO report highlights rising STI rates and insufficient progress in HIV and hepatitis control

Global HIV, viral hepatitis epidemics and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continue to pose significant public health challenges, causing 2.5 million deaths each year, according to a new WHO report - Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030.

22 May 2024

Newsom boosted California’s public health budget during covid. Now he wants to cut it.

When a doctor in Pasadena, California, reported in October that a hospital patient was exhibiting classic symptoms of dengue fever, such as vomiting, a rash, and bone and joint pain, local disease investigators snapped into action.

20 May 2024

Clean needles save lives. In some states, they might not be legal.

Kim Botteicher hardly thinks of herself as a criminal. On the main floor of a former Catholic church in Bolivar, Pennsylvania, Botteicher runs a flower shop and cafe.

17 May 2024

Metabolomic analysis sheds light on gut microbes' role in cardiovascular disease risk

The effect of gut bacteria on non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-c) variations.

14 May 2024

UT Health San Antonio leads effort for developing oral vaccine against chlamydia

The study of a novel oral vaccine that could protect against chlamydia infection has been awarded approximately $11 million in National Institutes of Health funding over five years through a cooperative agreements research project grant, known as a U01 grant.

9 May 2024

Hepatitis B News and Research

Latest Hepatitis B News and Research

Human milk banks improve infant health but can't fully replace mother's milk

Pentraxin 3 as a predictor of advanced fibrosis and carotid intima-media thickness in MAFLD patients

Study links lifetime cannabis use with substance use, mood disorders, celiac, and infectious diseases

UT Health Science Center awarded $1.58M grant to study cancer disparities among Black women

Study: Hepatitis E virus may be both sexually transmitted and linked to male infertility

Host RNA incorporation linked to chronic hepatitis E infection

Stanford study finds 15-day paxlovid treatment safe but ineffective for long COVID

Statins found to prevent chronic inflammation-related cancers by inhibiting interleukin-33

New strategy targets rare B cells for effective HIV vaccine development

Type 2 diabetes linked to higher cancer risk, especially with diabetic retinopathy, study finds

Improved kidney transplant success from deceased donors with dialysis history

FDA urged to relax decades-old tissue donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men

WHO report highlights rising STI rates and insufficient progress in HIV and hepatitis control

Newsom boosted California’s public health budget during covid. Now he wants to cut it.

Clean needles save lives. In some states, they might not be legal.

Metabolomic analysis sheds light on gut microbes' role in cardiovascular disease risk

UT Health San Antonio leads effort for developing oral vaccine against chlamydia

50 years of lifesaving vaccinations: WHO's EPI saves 154 million lives

Scientists uncover a cell responsible for repairing damaged liver tissue

Study reveals global underassessment and undertreatment of chronic hepatitis B

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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Latest Hepatitis B News and Research

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

PhD researcher at LifeArc

Unveiling Hidden Potential: Organoids for Disease Modeling in Neuroscience Research

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