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From gut to brain: How diet can influence Alzheimer's and Parkinson's outcomes

Diet modification and alterations in the intestinal microbial population could impact the disease course of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.

23 Jan 2024

From pregnancy to pension: Mangoes improve diet, study shows

The beneficial effects of mango consumption in two adult subgroups: women of childbearing age (WCA) and older adults.

23 Jan 2024

Long COVID and ME/CFS patients could benefit from a coordinated treatment strategy

People suffering from Long COVID or Myalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) could benefit from a coordinated treatment strategy, a new University of Otago study has found.

22 Jan 2024

Revolutionary bio-sponge halts bleeding instantly

More than 11 million people in the United States take anticoagulation or antiplatelet medications, such as heparin or aspirin, to treat serious conditions like heart attack and stroke.

22 Jan 2024

Patient-specific "organ-on-chip" aims to accelerate research on cholangiocarcinoma

It is only a few centimeters in size and can be held between two fingers, but in the micro-channels carved inside it, it's hidden a three-dimensional and highly faithful model of a biliary tract cancer called cholangiocarcinoma, complete with its tumor microenvironment.

22 Jan 2024

UMass Amherst researcher aims to tackle bone damage in metastatic cancer

For some patients whose cancer has spread to their bones, the ensuing treatment can be more physically damaging than the original disease, leading to increased bone loss and fracture.

22 Jan 2024

COST Action bridges the gap in cancer immunotherapy research

Cancer is still a leading cause of death worldwide. Globally, there were an estimated 20 million new cases of cancer and 10 million deaths.

20 Jan 2024

CRISPR off-switch discovered: Safer gene editing for future therapies

Using CRISPR, an immune system bacteria use to protect themselves from viruses, scientists have harnessed the power to edit genetic information within cells.

19 Jan 2024

Memory T cells learn and adapt: Post-Omicron immunity offers wider protection

It has been 4 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 has yet to be eradicated and new variants are continuously emerging.

19 Jan 2024

Bacteria's "suicidal" immune system boosts antibiotic power against cholera

Bacteria have an immune system that protects them against viruses known as bacteriophages. A research team from the Universities of Tübingen and Würzburg has now shown how this immune system enhances the effect of specific antibiotics against the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae.

19 Jan 2024

Associations between mercury exposure and allergic diseases in children

Associations between mercury levels in urine and allergic diseases in children.

19 Jan 2024

What is the association between prenatal opioid exposure and risk of immune-related conditions?

Researchers compared the risk of hospitalization and emergency department presentation for immune-related conditions in children with and without prenatal opioid exposure.

19 Jan 2024

Study shows Omicron variants evade immune system like predecessors, suggesting key evolutionary trait in SARS-CoV-2

Researchers compared SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant of concern replication in human cell lines and primary airway cultures and measured host responses to infection.

19 Jan 2024

Important discovery could lead to novel treatment for obesity

A team comprised primarily of Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists has made an important discovery that could lead to a novel treatment for obesity and obesity-associated diseases or conditions.

18 Jan 2024

New device rapidly provides white blood cell count with a single drop of blood

A Rutgers researcher, through his spinoff company, has led a team to design and test a device that quickly counts a person's white blood cells with a single drop of blood, similar to the way glucometers rapidly scan for blood sugar levels.

18 Jan 2024

Researchers make new breakthrough in better understanding the immune system to fight diseases

The Xue Lab at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) has made another breakthrough in better understanding, and potentially modulating, the immune system to fight diseases.

18 Jan 2024

Prior mycobacterium exposure remodels immune cells, impacting tuberculosis defense

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide-;and that number is only growing larger.

18 Jan 2024

Oxford launches LEGACY03 trial to unravel age-related vaccine mysteries

Vaccines are the most effective way to prevent infectious diseases (NHS, 2023) however, people respond to them in different ways.

18 Jan 2024

New bioengineered strategy shows potential for treating ulcerative colitis

By taking advantage of mechanisms that allow cancer cells to evade immune attack, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have developed a new strategy in animal models that has potential for treating ulcerative colitis.

17 Jan 2024

Innovative computational tool unearths hidden cancer targets for immunotherapy

An innovative computational tool dubbed "SNAF" may help the research world bring the emerging promise of cancer immunotherapy to a wider range of patients, according to a study published Jan. 17, 2024, in Science Translational Medicine.

17 Jan 2024