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Research opens the door to new therapeutic options for Parkinson's disease

These advances have been reported in a new scientific article published in the international journal Nature, fruit of the collaboration between Northwestern University (Chicago), Weill Cornell Medical College (New York) and the Institute of Biomedicine of Seville HUVR/CSIC/US/ and Ciberned.

8 Nov 2021

Researchers link elevated levels of galectin-1 with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg now associate elevated levels of the protein galectin-1 with increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes about 18 years later.

8 Nov 2021

Research: Less than 10% of Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure get cardiac rehabilitation

Cardiac rehabilitation enrollment rose among adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction after Medicare started covering it in 2014, yet overall enrollment among Medicare beneficiaries remains very low – less than 10% of those eligible according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2021.

8 Nov 2021

International Alzheimer’s trial to evaluate a combination of drugs targeting two brain proteins

Trial participant Rachel Habiger meets in 2018 with Randall J. Bateman, MD, the director of the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

8 Nov 2021

High sitting time may increase depressive symptoms and anxiety

As people adhered to stay-at-home orders or self-isolated during the early months of the COVID-19 outbreak, daily commutes turned into shuffles between the bedroom and the living room. Clicking Zoom links erased time spent walking to meeting rooms, and Netflix spilled into time otherwise dedicated to the gym.

8 Nov 2021

Study points to a new, effective treatment option for patients with mesothelioma

Combining the immunotherapy agent durvalumab with the chemotherapy agents pemetrexed and cisplatin or carboplatin may provide a new treatment option for patients who have inoperable pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the tissues lining the lungs, according to a phase II clinical trial led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy.

8 Nov 2021

COVID-19 lockdowns and young people's mental health

In the current study, the researchers looked at earlier papers for evidence of the impact of lockdowns on the mental health of the population.

8 Nov 2021

Discovery of potent neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a recent study, the researchers identify and characterize mAbs that are effective against the wild-type SARS-CoV-2 strain and B.1.351 variant.

8 Nov 2021

Hemin as a potential therapy for COVID-19

The current study explores the antiviral activity of HO-1 induced by hemin against SARS-CoV-2 and attempts to describe the mechanism of its anti-viral action.

8 Nov 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1 deletions affect protein stability and translation inhibition

A new study discusses the purification of various Nsp1 proteins isolated from several mutated variants of SARS-CoV-2.

8 Nov 2021

Study compares efficacy of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac as the booster dose for COVID-19 vaccination

A recent study reports the immunogenicity and safety of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac as the third dose in CoronaVac-immunized adults.

8 Nov 2021

More inflammation found in Black patients with prurigo nodularis

Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic skin disease that affects an estimated 72 out of 100,000 people in the U.S. The disease disproportionately affects Black patients and other minority groups.

8 Nov 2021

Study reveals the role of SPOP protein in an inherited form of ALS

The damaging effects of toxic proteins created in one inherited form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are mediated by a protein called SPOP, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences.

8 Nov 2021

UK government simplifies travel rules for people vaccinated under WHO EUL and under-18s

From 4am on Monday 22 November, the government will recognise vaccines on the World Health Organization's Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL).

8 Nov 2021

WHO survey highlights how many countries lack funding to deal with health impacts of climate change

Countries have begun to prioritize health in their efforts to protect people from the impact of climate change, but only about a quarter of those recently surveyed by the World Health Organization have been able to fully implement their national health and climate change plans or strategies.

8 Nov 2021

Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 delta variant in England

Researchers from Public Health England have been investigating how one of the most dangerous variants, the Delta variant, spreads within households in England.

8 Nov 2021

‘Drinking through a lead straw’ — $15B approved to fix dangerous water pipes

No one knows exactly how many lead pipes deliver water to homes, schools and businesses throughout America — or even where they all are. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates at least 6 million lead service lines exist. Environmental groups say it's probably many more.

8 Nov 2021