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Circadian rhythms govern cancer progression and metastasis

Your circadian rhythm doesn't just govern your sleeping schedule; it can also impact cancer development, diagnosis, and treatment.

24 Mar 2023

Nasally administered molecule effective in preventing all SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers have developed a molecule that is, when administered nasally, extremely effective in preventing the disease caused by all known variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

24 Mar 2023

Blind people superior at sensing their heartbeats than sighted individuals

Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland.

24 Mar 2023

New machine learning model helps improve triage quality and ambulance utilization

A machine learning model has been proven effective as a decision-support tool for dispatchers of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), resulting in improved triage quality and ambulance utilization, according to a study done in Singapore.

24 Mar 2023

mNGS outperforms microbiological tests to diagnose bloodstream infections – BGI Insight

Next-generation sequencing (mNGS) leverages genetic testing advantage to save more lives; twice as effective at identifying infection cases.

From BGI Genomics 24 Mar 2023

J+D release FC365 Lite

This variant of the industry’s most innovative cloud-based forecasting app, FC365, will deliver enhanced forecast model creation with powerful visualisation and detailed reports.

From J+D Forecasting 24 Mar 2023

Health providers scramble to keep remaining staff amid Medicaid rate debate

Andrew Johnson lets his clients choose what music to play in the car. As an employee of Family Outreach in Helena, Montana — an organization that assists developmentally disabled people — part of his workday involves driving around, picking up clients, and taking them to work or to run errands.

24 Mar 2023

Candida auris escapes innate immunity through metabolic reprogramming

A team of scientists from Australia and Israel demonstrates that Candida auris, a fungus associated with life-threatening and drug-resistant infections, escapes the host's innate immune response by destroying macrophages through metabolic reprogramming. The fungus is also capable of escaping antimicrobial inflammatory response.

23 Mar 2023

Antifungal tolerance in Candida auris contributes to treatment failure

A recent study published in the journal Biomedicines aimed to determine the antifungal tolerance of Candida auris (C. auris) to all three classes of antifungal drugs commonly used to treat invasive candidiasis.

23 Mar 2023

High-resolution mass spectrometric rapid identification of Candida auris

A recent study published in the Journal of Fungi used a novel OrbitrapTM high-resolution mass spectrometric technology coupled with liquid chromatography to identify geographically different clades of Candida auris (C. auris) isolates. This proof-of-concept methodology could accurately detect C. auris in the microbiology laboratory.

23 Mar 2023

Candida auris infection without epidemiologic links to a prior outbreak

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has classified Candida auris (C. auris) as an urgent public threat due to its role in elevating mortality, its ability to persist in hospital environments, and the high possibility of developing pan-drug resistance.

23 Mar 2023

Comparison of food portion sizes across Europe

An Italian study has recently compared the standard portion sizes for different food categories in European countries. The study identifies a wide variation between countries regarding their importance for food, nutrient, and energy consumption.

23 Mar 2023

Research advances scientific understanding of how the brain makes choices

New research published by investigators at Cedars-Sinai advances scientific understanding of how the brain weighs decisions involving what people like or value, such as choosing which book to read, which restaurant to pick for lunch - or even, which slot machine to play in a casino.

23 Mar 2023

Women with mental illness have twice the risk of developing cervical cancer

Women with mental illness, neuropsychiatric disability, or substance abuse are less likely to go for gynecological smear tests for cervical cancer and run more than twice the risk of developing the disease.

23 Mar 2023

Carbohydrate Food Quality Score: A holistic approach to quantify carbohydrate food quality

Despite the broad diversity of the U.S. population, dietary recommendations often overlook the positive contributions of cultural foods to build healthy dietary patterns.

23 Mar 2023

Using nanoparticles to encapsulate the medication may make corneal grafts more successful

Corneal transplants can be the last step to returning clear vision to many patients suffering from eye disease. Each year, approximately 80,000 corneal transplantations take place in the U.S. Worldwide, more than 184,000 corneal transplantation surgeries are performed annually.

23 Mar 2023