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Medicare policy change may lead to increased inequities in access to heart transplants

A change to Medicare policy surrounding heart transplant may lead to increased inequities in access to transplant for patients with heart failure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.

11 Jan 2023

Study reveals how inflammation alters the tumor microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia

Severe inflammation weakens the body's ability to kill cancerous blood cells in people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a new study shows.

11 Jan 2023

Study may help explain how excess weight can contribute to diabetes

People who are overweight or obese have a significantly increased risk of developing diabetes, but exactly how that happens is not well understood.

11 Jan 2023

Simple method increases the efficacy of T cell therapy by cytokine conjugation

The recent years have seen a wave of adoptive cell therapies (ACTs), a type of immunotherapy in which T cells (T cell transfer therapy) and other immune cells are obtained from patients, activated and multiplied outside the body, and infused in larger numbers back into the blood circulation to help fight cancers.

11 Jan 2023

Deep divers make adaptations to make their hearts, lungs work effectively in low oxygen conditions

Scientists detected deep divers make adaptations that make their hearts and lungs work more effectively in low oxygen conditions.

11 Jan 2023

2022: a year in MIS-C research

In a recent review published in Nature Reviews Rheumatology, researchers reviewed existing data on the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (or MIS-C).

11 Jan 2023

Review shows metformin usage to be associated with better COVID-19 outcomes

Researchers reported on the potential association between metformin usage and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes.

11 Jan 2023

Neurosurgeons discover potential markers of glial brain tumors

RUDN University neurosurgeons have discovered potential markers of the most common brain tumor. They turned out to be microRNAs - small sequences of nucleotides.

11 Jan 2023

MALAT1 suppression is a hallmark of tissue and peripheral proliferative T cells in COVID-19

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers in the United Kingdom investigated lncRNA (long non-coding ribonucleic acids) expression in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) T lymphocyte transcriptomes.

10 Jan 2023

New method can predict cancer patients' survival within hours after chemotherapy

Researchers from the University of Bergen, Norway, has found a new method that within hours can predict if certain cancer patients will survive or not after chemotherapy.

10 Jan 2023

Men who lack interest in sex are at heightened risk of premature death

A recent study published in the journal PLOS ONE evaluated the association between sexual interest and mortality.

10 Jan 2023

Blood-based markers could lead to earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease begins decades before any symptoms, such as memory loss, start to show. Consequently, early diagnosis increases the chances of slowing the disease down with drugs.

10 Jan 2023

Protein Medin: A new treatment target for Alzheimer's

A recent study published in the journal Nature reported the co-aggregation of medin, a fragment of lactadherin, with vascular amyloid-β in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

10 Jan 2023

Can diets reverse or delay aging?

A new study published in the journal Science aimed to summarize the commonly studied anti-aging dietary interventions and their impact on human health and longevity.

10 Jan 2023

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters in children

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol in children, according to a new study from UTHealth Houston.

10 Jan 2023

What are the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and marijuana on fetal development?

Researchers presented the effects of simultaneous alcohol and cannabinoid (SAC) usage during gestation on fetal brain development.

10 Jan 2023

Fluid on the lungs associated with open water swimming

Fluid on the lungs, or pulmonary edema as it's formally known, is a relatively little known hazard associated with open water swimming, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after treating a woman with the condition.

10 Jan 2023

Children living near airports have higher blood lead levels, study finds

A new paper in PNAS Nexus, published by Oxford University Press, finds that children living near one California airport have higher lead levels in their blood.

10 Jan 2023

Study explores incidence, severity, and long COVID associations of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Researchers used electronic health records to characterize the incidence, biomarkers, attributes, and severity of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections and evaluated the association between reinfections and long coronavirus disease (COVID).

10 Jan 2023

Are hospitalizations with infection associated with dementia incidence?

A recent study reveals that hospitalized patients with infection are at higher risk of developing dementia.

10 Jan 2023

Blood News and Research

Medicare policy change may lead to increased inequities in access to heart transplants

Study reveals how inflammation alters the tumor microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia

Study may help explain how excess weight can contribute to diabetes

Simple method increases the efficacy of T cell therapy by cytokine conjugation

Deep divers make adaptations to make their hearts, lungs work effectively in low oxygen conditions

2022: a year in MIS-C research

Review shows metformin usage to be associated with better COVID-19 outcomes

Neurosurgeons discover potential markers of glial brain tumors

MALAT1 suppression is a hallmark of tissue and peripheral proliferative T cells in COVID-19

New method can predict cancer patients' survival within hours after chemotherapy

Men who lack interest in sex are at heightened risk of premature death

Blood-based markers could lead to earlier detection of Alzheimer's disease

Protein Medin: A new treatment target for Alzheimer's

Can diets reverse or delay aging?

School garden-based interventions can improve metabolic parameters in children

What are the effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol and marijuana on fetal development?

Fluid on the lungs associated with open water swimming

Children living near airports have higher blood lead levels, study finds

Study explores incidence, severity, and long COVID associations of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections

Are hospitalizations with infection associated with dementia incidence?

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