Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Gorodenkoff A better framework for the reanalysis of genetic data, a game-changing process which could improve diagnostic rates by ...

Caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 requires vigilance

Leading geriatrician provides key updates and resources for front-line nursing home staff and cliniciansCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the coronavirus ...

International consortium investigates overactive immune cells as cause of COVID-19 deaths

New publication links neutrophil infiltration in the lungs of patients to COVID-19 symptomsCredit: Egeblad lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- ...

Scripps Research expands international effort to rapidly repurpose drugs against COVID-19

An international research network centers around ReFRAME, the world's leading collection of drugs known to be safe in humansCredit: Calibr/Scripps ...

Temple treats 1st patient in US in trial of gimsilumab for patients with COVID-19 and ARDS

Credit: Temple University Health System Temple University Hospital has treated the first patient in the United States in the BREATHE ...

Depression, anxiety may be side effects as nation grapples with COVID-19

Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 15, 2020 - Millions of Americans are being impacted by the psychological fallout from the ...

Australia’s Centre for Digestive Diseases cures Crohn’s disease in new study

The Centre for Digestive Disease headed by Professor Thomas Borody has cured Crohn's disease as reported today by Dr Gaurav ...

Discovering the secrets of the enigmatic caspase-6

Researchers identified the mechanisms underlying the innate immune function of the enzyme caspase-6, offering ways to combat viral infection, inflammatory ...

The Cath Lab during COVID

Paper Published by Le Bonheur Children's Physician in the Journal of Invasive CardiologyCredit: Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Interventional cardiologists should ...

New grant aims to develop digital approaches for patient assessment

Credit: L. Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A new grant will fund an international collaboration to develop tools ...

Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-Ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research

Advanced Light Source experiments focus on proteins related to virus that has infected about 2 million people worldwideCredit: Thor Swift, ...

The importance of probiotic names — and why some of them have changed

Scientists announce new names for some of the most popular probiotic bacteriaCredit: Photo by http://benvandenbroecke.be/ from https://isappscience.org/ "Probiotic" is a ...

UTSW researchers use snake venom to solve structure of muscle protein

Detail of nicotinic receptor involved in muscle contraction revealed through cryo-EM technologyCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 15, 2020 - Researchers ...

When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning

In corticospinal injuries using a mouse model, adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic ...

Study reveals how ‘hypermutated’ malignant brain tumors escape chemotherapy and immunotherapy

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Cancers whose cells are riddled with large numbers of DNA mutations often respond favorably to drugs ...

COPD as a lung stem cell disease

Single cell cloning tells the story of abnormal cellsCredit: University of Houston Two internationally renowned stem cell experts have found ...

COVID-19: Exercise may protect against deadly complication

May prevent or reduce severity of acute respiratory distress syndromeCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Regular exercise may reduce the ...

Improving the treatment of periodontitis

Amoeba linked to severe gum diseaseCredit: Schaefer/ Charité For the first time, researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown ...

Crohn’s disease: Preserving inflammation-free phases

Early detection of Crohn's disease flare-ups leads to improved therapy optionsCredit: Prof. Dirk Haller / TUM Intestinal stem cell metabolism ...

How does sugar drive consumption? Scientists discover gut-brain sugar sensor in mice