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Differences in effectiveness among antihyperglycemic drugs on dementia risk identified in recent study

Researchers compare the effectiveness of anti-diabetes medications in reducing the risk of dementia in older diabetics.

26 Jun 2024

Study finds women lost more of their body weight on average with semaglutide than men

Researchers performed a secondary analysis of the semaglutide treatment effect in people with obesity and heart failure with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction program that included individuals with diabetes mellitus, stratified by biological sex.

26 Jun 2024

Melanoma messages: Social media a useful tool for skin cancer communication

Researchers assessed health communication messages that effectively educate the public and raise intentions to get skin exams.

26 Jun 2024

Liquid core fibers offer long-term drug delivery in medical textiles

Treating a wound or an inflammation directly where it occurs has clear advantages: The active ingredient reaches its target immediately, and there are no negative side effects on uninvolved parts of the body.

26 Jun 2024

Primerdesign launches new assay for norovirus detection in oysters

Primerdesign (part of the Novacyt Group), a company focused on the design, manufacture, validation and supply of real-time PCR kits and reagents, today launched the genesig® Easy_oys Detection Kit for Norovirus in oysters.

From Primerdesign 26 Jun 2024

Hospital-based donor care linked to longer lung transplant survival rates

A new study by Penn researchers examined, for the first time, the differences in lung transplant graft outcomes from organs recovered from the two types of deceased organ donor care facilities operating in the United States. The research, published today in JAMA Network Open, offers insights that could improve the organ donation and transplantation process for patients across the nation.

26 Jun 2024

Study provides resource for investigating diabetes-linked transcription factors

Scientists have generated a comprehensive map of the gene targets regulated by the transcription factors HNF4A and HNF1A in human pancreatic beta cells and liver cells. Published in the journal Nature Communications, the study revealed common and tissue-specific molecular pathways regulated by HNF4A and HNF1A, two proteins that possess important functions governing the development and function of the pancreas and liver.

26 Jun 2024

AI-powered wristband or fingertip clip may revolutionize sleep apnea diagnosis

West Virginia University researchers will put a sleep apnea detection device at the fingertips or wrists of patients facilitating early diagnosis and treatment of the disease with support from a National Science Foundation grant.

26 Jun 2024

Open-source platform enables high-definition spatial transcriptomics

An open-source platform developed by researchers in Nikolaus Rajewsky's lab at the Max Delbrück Center creates molecular maps from patient tissue samples with subcellular precision, enabling detailed study and potentially enhancing routine clinical pathology. The study was published in "Cell."

25 Jun 2024

MicroRNAs shed light on aggressive youthful type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes in young people ages 10 to19 has more than doubled in the past 20 years, yet it remains difficult for physicians to predict who will be diagnosed and who will improve with treatment. A newly published study from the University of Oklahoma shows that measuring the circulating abundance of microRNAs – which affect insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas – is likely as effective as measuring the level of sugar in the blood for determining how a young person with the condition will fare.

25 Jun 2024

Study links gene regulation to allergic airway inflammation

Asthma patients experience respiratory distress due to allergens like house dust mites or pollen. However, the various triggers for asthma share a common pathway involving the release of proteins called type-2 cytokines by Type-2 helper T (Th2) cells and group-2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s). Both Th2 and ILC2 require high amounts of GATA-binding protein 3 (GATA3) for their maturation.

25 Jun 2024

Innovative fingerprint technique detects TB antibiotics with high accuracy

A fingerprint may soon be all a doctor needs to check whether tuberculosis patients are taking their antibiotics – thanks to a new study led by the University of Surrey.

24 Jun 2024

Study reveals cannabis and tobacco users face higher COVID-19 hospitalization and adverse outcomes

Researchers found that cannabis and tobacco use significantly increase the risk of hospitalization and adverse outcomes in COVID-19 patients, even when controlling for other factors.

24 Jun 2024

Study reveals early immune responses to SARS-CoV-2, offering insights for future COVID-19 treatments

Researchers analyzed early immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 using single-cell multi-omics, revealing key cellular states associated with different infection outcomes.

24 Jun 2024

Brazilian researchers identify possible biomarkers associated with recurrence of vivax malaria

The most common type of malaria in Brazil is caused by the parasite Plasmodium vivax. Although vivax malaria is milder than the variant caused by P. falciparum, the ability of P. vivax to produce dormant forms in the host's liver that can be reactivated months after the end of treatment makes it very hard to control.

24 Jun 2024