Medical News
Çukurova University (TDRAC) joins Bentham Science as institutional member
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) Bentham Science is pleased to announce an Institutional Member partnership with the Turkish university, Çukurova University Tropical Diseases Research and Application Center (TDRAC).
Altering mealtimes could prevent development of Type 2 diabetes
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Surrey) An innovative new study is set to examine if changing our mealtimes to earlier or later in the day could reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
An unexpected, and novel, target for prostate cancer - our biological clock
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) Researchers find that CRY-1, a regulator of circadian rhythms, promotes tumor progression by altering DNA repair.
Basis for the essential cellular powerhouses
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Freiburg) Researchers have solved the operating mode of the barrel pore protein assembly in the mitochondrial outer membrane
Biodistribution of AAV gene transfer vectors in nonhuman primate
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) The biodistribution of adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene transfer vectors can be measured in nonhuman primates using a new method. The method quantifies whole-body and or...
Brotman Baty Institute's Helen Chu named 'Washingtonian the Year'
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine) SEATTLE (January 15, 2021) - A University of Washington physician and professor, whose team of researchers identified the first case of the coronavirus in the United States...
CHOP researchers Find NTRK fusions more common than expected in pediatric tumors
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have found that NTRK fusions are more common in pediatric tumors and also involve a wider range of tumors than adult cance...
COVID-19 deaths really are different. But best practices for ICU care should still apply
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) COVID-19 deaths are indeed different from other lung failure deaths, according to two recent studies, with 56% of COVID-19 patients dying primarily from the lung damage caused...
Climate impacts on health and urban areas: Heatwaves and death rate
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change) Heat does not kill in the same way everywhere. Urban planning, social cohesion, traffic, crime: the urban and social context can worsen the vulnerability of...
Designer cytokine makes paralyzed mice walk again
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Ruhr-University Bochum) To date, paralysis resulting from spinal cord damage has been irreparable. With a new therapeutic approach, scientists from the Department for Cell Physiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) he...
IOF and IFCC review calls for harmonization of assays for reference bone turnover markers
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(International Osteoporosis Foundation) The newly published review 'Analytical considerations and plans to standardize or harmonize assays for the reference bone turnover markers PINP and β-CTX in blood' describes the c...
Increased risk of Parkinson's disease in patients with schizophrenia
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Turku) A new study conducted at the University of Turku, Finland, shows that patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorder have an increased risk of Parkinson's disease later in life. The increased risk ...
Large mammals make soil more fertile in tropical forests
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) A study conducted by scientists at São Paulo State University demonstrates that animals like peccaries and tapirs boost soil levels of nitrogen, an essential eleme...
National consortium to study the threats of new SARS-CoV-2 variants
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(UK Research and Innovation) A new national research project to study the effects of emerging mutations in SARS-CoV-2 will be launched with £2.5 million of funding from UK Research and Innovation. The 'G2P-UK' National ...
New study connects religiosity in US South Asians to cardiovascular disease
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Massachusetts General Hospital) The Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health (SSSH), a cutting-edge proteomics analysis, suggests that religious beliefs modulate protein expression associated with cardiovascular disease...
Principles of care established for young adults with substance use disorders
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Boston Medical Center) A national group of pediatric addiction medicine experts have released newly-established principles of care for young adults with substance use disorder. Led by the Grayken Center for Addiction at...
Rapid blood test identifies COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that a relatively simple and rapid blood test can predict which patients with COVID-19 are at high...
Special interests can be assets for youth with autism
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Missouri-Columbia) COLUMBIA, Mo. - When he was in middle school, teachers would give Sam Curran a list of words to type in a computer to practice his vocabulary.
T cells linked to myelin implicated in MS-like disease in monkeys
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Oregon Health & Science University) Scientists have uncovered new clues implicating a type of herpes virus as the cause of a central nervous system disease in monkeys that's similar to multiple sclerosis in people. By l...
USC study measures brain volume differences in people with HIV
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(Keck School of Medicine of USC) With access to treatment, HIV has become a lifelong chronic condition for the majority of 38 million people living with it. Understanding how it affects the brain over time is increasingl...
USask study finds COVID isolation worsens student diets, inactivity, and alcohol intake
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Saskatchewan) A University of Saskatchewan study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant worsening of already poor dietary habits, low activity levels, sedentary behaviour, and high alc...
UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines
EurekAlert! - 15 Jan 2021 07:00
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health have developed a tool that incorporates a person's age and socioeconomic status to prioritiz...