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Study reveals new insights on how immune system cells respond to disease-causing pathogens

In laboratory experiments involving a class of mutations in people with a rare collection of immune system disorders, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have uncovered new details about how immune system cells respond to disease-causing bacteria, fungi and viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.

8 Mar 2022

Ketogenic diet leads to significant improvements in MS symptoms

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS – including reductions in neurologic disability, fatigue and depression and heightened overall quality of life, a new study finds.

8 Mar 2022

Rising global temperatures likely to increase the health burden from hyponatremia

Global warming is likely to increase the number of people requiring hospitalization due to critically low sodium levels in the blood, a condition known as hyponatremia.

8 Mar 2022

Researchers come one step closer to reversing the destructive aging process in egg cells

Throughout much of the world, increasing numbers of women are delaying having their first child until they are in their late thirties, and even into their forties.

8 Mar 2022

A promising approach for COVID-19 prophylaxis

SARS-CoV-2 viruses can hide from recognition by the immune system. However, the antiviral immune receptor RIG-I can be stimulated, which improves protection against lethal SARS-CoV-2 infections.

8 Mar 2022

Lab-grown pig heart tissue could open new avenues for the study of heart regeneration

A new way to replicate what happens inside the heart after cardiac arrest could open new avenues for the study of heart regeneration whilst reducing the use of live animals in research, according to a study from the University of Surrey and King’s College London.

8 Mar 2022

Intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system used to reveal two different brain circuits

Osaka Metropolitan University uses new “intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system” to reveal two different mouse brain circuits: the retina/primary visual cortex to the superior colliculus and the bilateral motor cortex to the dorsal striatum.

8 Mar 2022

Stress appears to have a negative effect on the learning of movements in mice

Stress seems to have a negative effect on the learning of movements - at least in mice. This is the conclusion of a recent study at the University of Bonn.

8 Mar 2022

Digital pen may aid in earlier diagnosis of dementia

Detecting cognitive changes early in the onset of dementia would be a game-changer for thousands impacted by the disease and would allow for interventions well before significant brain changes occur.

8 Mar 2022

Current and future perspectives of mRNA technology

New research reports on the current and future perspectives on messenger ribonucleic acid technology, the platform on which the first successful COVID-19 vaccine was based.

8 Mar 2022

New multi-marker risk algorithm could improve the accuracy of prostate cancer screening

Calculating a person's risk of developing prostate cancer using results from two blood markers would improve the accuracy of screening for the disease, reports a new study led by a UCL researcher.

8 Mar 2022

The NFL has been using an unproven measure to get players with covid back on the field fast

Two months before the Super Bowl, the omicron surge was decimating NFL rosters as players tested positive for covid-19. In mid-December, the NFL postponed a game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks because the Rams, who would go on to win the Super Bowl, had 29 players out with covid.

8 Mar 2022

International Women's Day 2022: Breaking the Bias

The IWD theme for 2022 is #BreaktheBias; coming together to forge women's equality.

8 Mar 2022

Touch-sensing protein in the gut likely plays a key role in constipation

When we eat food, our gut somehow senses its presence to begin shifting it along our digestive tract, but the question has always been – how?

8 Mar 2022

Two new studies shed light on tau’s role in Alzheimer’s disease psychosis

Helping to advance Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research, scientists from The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have published two studies supporting the connection of tau – a protein in the brain that forms neurofibrillary tangles that are a hallmark of AD and have been linked to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) from head trauma – with psychosis in AD.

8 Mar 2022

Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity

As part of their second-year MD curriculum, a group of Feinberg students recently designed and implemented a community quality improvement project, screening patients for food insecurity at their Education-Centered Medical Home (ECMH) site, the CommunityHealth Clinic, on Chicago's West side.

7 Mar 2022

Glucocorticoid steroids improve muscle performance through distinct, sex-specific molecular pathways

Glucocorticoid steroids improved muscle performance through distinct, sex-specific molecular mechanisms in mice, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

7 Mar 2022

Older adults under severe financial strain more likely to die within six months after heart attack

Older adults who report being under severe financial strain were substantially more likely to die within six months of having a heart attack compared to those with moderate or no financial strain, according to a new study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers.

7 Mar 2022

Biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could help combat scleroderma

Investigators have discovered that a biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could combat a rare, sometimes-fatal autoimmune disease.

7 Mar 2022

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Predicting the future may be beyond our grasp, but what about predicting disease progression? Researchers in Japan have delved into the human genome to investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease showing progressive joint damage.

7 Mar 2022

Medicine News and Research

Study reveals new insights on how immune system cells respond to disease-causing pathogens

Ketogenic diet leads to significant improvements in MS symptoms

Rising global temperatures likely to increase the health burden from hyponatremia

Researchers come one step closer to reversing the destructive aging process in egg cells

A promising approach for COVID-19 prophylaxis

Lab-grown pig heart tissue could open new avenues for the study of heart regeneration

Intersectional, anterograde transsynaptic targeting system used to reveal two different brain circuits

Stress appears to have a negative effect on the learning of movements in mice

Digital pen may aid in earlier diagnosis of dementia

Current and future perspectives of mRNA technology

New multi-marker risk algorithm could improve the accuracy of prostate cancer screening

The NFL has been using an unproven measure to get players with covid back on the field fast

International Women's Day 2022: Breaking the Bias

Touch-sensing protein in the gut likely plays a key role in constipation

Two new studies shed light on tau’s role in Alzheimer’s disease psychosis

Feinberg second-year medical students screen patients for food insecurity

Glucocorticoid steroids improve muscle performance through distinct, sex-specific molecular pathways

Older adults under severe financial strain more likely to die within six months after heart attack

Biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could help combat scleroderma

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Decoding Cannabis: Differentiating Hemp and Marijuana

Deciphering the Microbiome with The Microsetta Initiative

Leveraging the power of automation to boost research

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