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Study analyzes effects of burn injury on the gut microbiota and mucus barrier in mice

The gut microbiota, a complex ecosystem within the human intestinal tract, is increasingly recognized for its vital role in human health and disease.

14 Mar 2024

Researchers pioneer a novel approach to enhance diabetic wound healing

Researchers unveiled a novel therapy for diabetic wound healing. This research highlights the use of exosomal miR-4645-5p from hypoxic bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to significantly enhance wound healing by promoting keratinocyte autophagy.

14 Mar 2024

African American veterans with PTSD more likely to be re-hospitalized after stroke

After a stroke, African American veterans previously diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were significantly more likely to be re-hospitalized than those without PTSD. PTSD did not raise the risk of post-stroke readmission in white veterans, according to research published today in Stroke, the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association.

14 Mar 2024

Innovative nanoparticle therapy enhances recovery in severe burn patients

Severe burns can cause critical issues, including deep tissue damage and increased risk of fatal conditions like sepsis and organ failure.

13 Mar 2024

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts ‘fourth wave’

From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural Cabell County.

13 Mar 2024

California voters are skeptical that more money is the answer to homelessness

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's expensive ballot-box attempt to tackle the mental health and addiction crisis on the state's streets is leading by a razor-thin margin, a week after the March 5 election.

12 Mar 2024

Optimizing antithrombotic treatment for individualized cardiovascular care

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Thrombosis, the process of blood clot formation in blood vessels, is an important protective mechanism for avoiding excessive blood spillage when an individual is exposed to trauma.

11 Mar 2024

Trauma screening may help connect children to specific mental-health services

Each year between 200,000 and 270,000 children and youth enter foster care placements with child welfare services, and many more children receive child welfare services while remaining in their parent's care, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

11 Mar 2024

Nutrition's crucial role in Alzheimer's progression revealed

Study highlights the strong association between nutrition, particularly malnutrition, and the risk and progression of Alzheimer's disease, emphasizing early dietary interventions as key to reducing AD's global burden.

10 Mar 2024

New animation series launched to improve parental understanding of brain development in premature infants

Professor Caroline Hartley, Principal Investigator, and Dr Marianne van der Vaart, Postdoctoral Researcher, in the Paediatric Neuroimaging Group at the Department of Paediatrics, have today launched a series of animations aimed at improving parental understanding of brain development in premature infants, and the effect it has on breathing and apnoeas (the cessation of breathing).

7 Mar 2024

Research on fishing as PTSD treatment gets a $1.3 million funding boost

A "game-changing" $1.3m cash injection has been awarded to researchers exploring if doctors can prescribe fishing to treat PTSD.

7 Mar 2024

Combining virtual reality and electric brain stimulation may be a promising treatment strategy for PTSD

Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, whose lives are negatively affected by post-traumatic stress disorder, a new study shows.

7 Mar 2024

Surgical methods and outcomes of anterolateral augmentation for skeletally immature patients

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have increased in recent decades among children. Because re-injuries after ACL reconstruction are higher in children compared with adults, anterolateral augmentation procedures may reduce re-injury rates after ACL reconstruction in youth.

6 Mar 2024

Why even public health experts have limited insight into stopping gun violence in America

Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell.

6 Mar 2024

New method simplifies production of limb progenitor cells from fibroblasts

In a collaborative study, researchers from Kyushu University and Harvard Medical School have identified proteins that can turn or "reprogram" fibroblasts -; the most commonly found cells in skin and connective tissue -; into cells with similar properties to limb progenitor cells.

4 Mar 2024

Adipose tissue holds key to 3D printing skin layers and hair follicles

Fat tissue holds the key to 3D printing layered living skin and potentially hair follicles, according to researchers who recently harnessed fat cells and supporting structures from clinically procured human tissue to precisely correct injuries in rats.

4 Mar 2024

Study reveals broader elements of personal recovery for individuals at risk of mental illness

Definitions of what recovery means to people at risk of mental illness should extend beyond symptom remission into broader areas of life and wellbeing.

4 Mar 2024

PharmaKure partners with Sheffield Hallam University to develop epigenetic markers for Alzheimer’s disease prediction

PharmaKure, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing precision medicines for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other neurodegenerative diseases, today announces a new epigenetics collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University.

4 Mar 2024

Novel genetic mechanisms of tetracycline resistance in gut bacteria discovered

Antibiotic resistance is a significant and growing medical problem worldwide. Researchers at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and collaborators have found a novel genetic arrangement that may help a common bacterium in the human gut, Bacteroides fragilis, protect itself from tetracycline, a widely used antibiotic.

1 Mar 2024

PharmaKure announces epigenetics collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University to understand mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Diseases

New collaboration will enhance ability to identify those more at risk of developing brain diseases to enable earlier interventions.

From PharmaKure 29 Feb 2024

Trauma News and Research

Study analyzes effects of burn injury on the gut microbiota and mucus barrier in mice

Researchers pioneer a novel approach to enhance diabetic wound healing

African American veterans with PTSD more likely to be re-hospitalized after stroke

Innovative nanoparticle therapy enhances recovery in severe burn patients

West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts ‘fourth wave’

California voters are skeptical that more money is the answer to homelessness

Optimizing antithrombotic treatment for individualized cardiovascular care

Trauma screening may help connect children to specific mental-health services

Nutrition's crucial role in Alzheimer's progression revealed

New animation series launched to improve parental understanding of brain development in premature infants

Research on fishing as PTSD treatment gets a $1.3 million funding boost

Combining virtual reality and electric brain stimulation may be a promising treatment strategy for PTSD

Surgical methods and outcomes of anterolateral augmentation for skeletally immature patients

Why even public health experts have limited insight into stopping gun violence in America

New method simplifies production of limb progenitor cells from fibroblasts

Adipose tissue holds key to 3D printing skin layers and hair follicles

Study reveals broader elements of personal recovery for individuals at risk of mental illness

PharmaKure partners with Sheffield Hallam University to develop epigenetic markers for Alzheimer’s disease prediction

Novel genetic mechanisms of tetracycline resistance in gut bacteria discovered

PharmaKure announces epigenetics collaboration with Sheffield Hallam University to understand mechanisms of Alzheimer’s Diseases

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