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Mild COVID-19 disrupts brain connectivity and reduces memory function in adolescents and young adults

Study reveals localized brain changes in adolescents and young adults post-COVID, including reduced hippocampal volume and disrupted connectivity, correlating with impaired working memory. These findings highlight the importance of understanding long-term cognitive effects of mild COVID-19.

3 Oct 2024

International experts to gather for ALS symposium in Chicago

The 2024 Les Turner Symposium on ALS will be held on Monday, Nov. 4 in Chicago. Hosted by the Les Turner ALS Foundation and the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine, this event will assemble internationally-renowned ALS researchers, clinicians, advocates, and people living with ALS to discuss the latest research and perspectives on the disease.

3 Oct 2024

Innovative blood test for lung cancer offers faster and more sensitive diagnosis

A new way of diagnosing lung cancer with a blood draw is 10 times faster and 14 times more sensitive than earlier methods, according to University of Michigan researchers.

3 Oct 2024

Researchers boost natural defenses to fight cataracts and delay the need for surgery

Researchers have reviewed strategies to increase glutathione levels in the eye lens, focusing on endogenous molecular mechanisms to prevent cataracts by countering oxidative stress.

3 Oct 2024

Researchers use smartphone data for early detection of Alzheimer's

Researchers from DZNE and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg have identified individuals with increased risk for dementia using mobility data, recorded during a smartphone-based wayfinding task on the university campus.

3 Oct 2024

New study explores UBA1 dysfunction in VEXAS and cancer

A new research perspective was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on September 30, 2024, entitled, "UBA1 dysfunction in VEXAS and cancer."

3 Oct 2024

Non-invasive imaging technique can accurately detect clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

A new study led by investigators from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has demonstrated a new, non-invasive imaging technique can accurately detect clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer.

3 Oct 2024

UNF professor secures NIH grant to investigate enzyme's role in muscle atrophy

A University of North Florida biology professor has been awarded a prestigious four-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant totaling over $720K to study the functional role of an enzyme called dual-specificity phosphatase 4 (Dusp4) in skeletal muscle atrophy.

3 Oct 2024

Rice University leads development of innovative bioelectronic implant for obesity and diabetes

Rice University is part of a multiuniversity research team that has secured an award of up to $34.9 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to accelerate the development of a bioelectronic implant designed to improve adherence for obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment while reducing development and manufacturing costs.

3 Oct 2024

Researchers make breakthrough in Alzheimer's disease drug development

An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer's Disease.

3 Oct 2024

Antioxidant-rich diet could help lower risk of infertility in women, new study suggests

The study reveals that increased antioxidant consumption may protect against infertility in women, addressing oxidative stress in reproductive disorders.

3 Oct 2024

High psychological distress experienced by food allergy patients and caregivers

Psychological distress is common amongst those living with food allergy, but a new study co-led by a researcher at Aston University has shown that little support is available to those who are struggling.

3 Oct 2024

Study links obesity and diabetes to higher recurrence rates in liver cancer

Hepatocellular carcinoma, a type of liver cancer associated with hepatitis infections, is known to have a high recurrence rate after cancer removal.

3 Oct 2024

Diagnostic performance of GPT-4 in analyzing radiology findings from brain tumors

GPT-4 demonstrates diagnostic capabilities in brain radiology, achieving 73% accuracy for final diagnoses and 94% for differential diagnoses in recent research.

3 Oct 2024

Researchers discover potential risk marker for cardiovascular disease in women

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new potential risk marker for cardiovascular disease in women.

3 Oct 2024

Cardiovascular risks post-COVID-19 vaccination: Key findings

Researchers explore the risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events following vaccination against the COVID-19.

3 Oct 2024

Florida breast cancer foundation funds two UCF projects to combat breast cancer

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month begins, two College of Medicine cancer researchers have received statewide grants to support their innovative projects to fight a disease that strikes one in eight American women.

3 Oct 2024

New study links pulmonary carcinoid aggressiveness to TERT gene activation

Pulmonary carcinoids are rare tumors of the lung with extremely different clinical courses. In many patients, they behave like benign tumors; surgical removal of the tumor leads to a complete cure. However, some patients experience aggressive growth and spread (metastasis) of the tumor with poor chances of recovery. The biological causes of these different forms of the disease are still unknown.

3 Oct 2024

New pathway linking neuron selectivity to cognitive disorders uncovered

Neuroscientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have determined how a brain cell surface molecule shapes the way certain neurons behave.

3 Oct 2024

The threat of serous uterine cancer: A new perspective

Most uterine cancers have excellent five-year survival rates – up to 95% for localized cancer. Serous uterine cancer is an exception, with five-year survival rates of 35% to 50% for stage 1 or 2 cancer.

3 Oct 2024