Medical News
'Good cholesterol' may protect liver
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) The body's so-called good cholesterol may be even better than we realize. New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that one type of high-...
2021 Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research Advancing Dental Research and its application (SCADA) winners
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) The American Association for Dental Research (AADR) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Student Competition for Advancing Dental Research and its App...
3D imaging reveals neural 'vicious cycle' in fatty liver disease
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Karolinska Institutet) With the application of a novel three-dimensional imaging technology, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that one portion of the autonomic nervous system in the liver u...
ASMBS Foundation awards research grants for studies related to COVID-19 & obesity
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(ASMBS Foundation) The ASMBS Foundation has awarded two research grants to study the effects of obesity on COVID-19 infections in adolescents and the increasing use of cannabis during and after the pandemic and its poten...
Advanced bladder cancers respond to immunotherapy regardless of gene mutation status
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center) UNC Lineberger researchers and colleagues report a study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers whose tumors have a mutated FGFR3 gene respond to immunot...
Alpha variant spread via 'super-seeding' event in UK: Oxford research
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Oxford) The rapid spread of the Alpha variant of COVID-19 in the UK resulted from biological changes in the virus and was enhanced by large numbers of infected people 'exporting' the variant around the cou...
Antibiotics may help to treat melanoma
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(KU Leuven) Some antibiotics appear to be effective against a form of skin cancer known as melanoma. Researchers at KU Leuven, Belgium, examined the effect of these antibiotics on patient-derived tumours in mice. Their f...
Bidirectional impact of cardiovascular disease, cancer in Blacks focus of new AHA center
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation's top two killers, share common ground like obesity and chronic inflammation, as well as a disproportionate impact on Black...
Burden of oral diseases in emerging countries: A prediction model
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) Jiachen Lin, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass., USA., presented the poster "Burden of Oral Diseases in Emerging Countries: A Prediction Model" at...
Cannabidiol promotes oral ulcer healing by inactivating CMPK2-mediated NLRP3 inflammasome
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) Xingying Qi, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, presented the oral session "Cannabidiol Promotes Oral Ulcer Healing by Inac...
Cardio-cerebrovascular disease history complicates hematopoietic cell transplant outcomes
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Cactus Communications) Transplanting hematopoietic stem cells to treat cancers and other conditions carries with it the risk of developing cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (CCVD)--disorders affecting the blood vessels of...
Cell-analysis technique could combat tuberculosis
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Cornell University) Researchers at Cornell have developed a way to analyze how individual immune cells react to the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. It could pave the way for new vaccine strategies and provide insights...
Characterized drugs show unexpected effects
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology) Every drug starts with the search for an active substance targeting disease-related key players. However, there is no perfect drug that affects the one target: no effect wit...
Excess coffee: A bitter brew for brain health
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of South Australia) It's a favourite first-order for the day, but while a quick coffee may perk us up, new research from the University of South Australia shows that too much could be dragging us down, especi...
Exploring how air pollution in indoor spaces affects human health
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(UK Research and Innovation) Three new research projects will investigate how air pollutants in indoor spaces such as homes, schools and workplaces can adversely affect the health of the people inhabiting them.
Generation and application of the high-Q resonance in all-dielectric metasurfaces
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Compuscript Ltd) In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2021.200030 , Researchers led by Professor Liu Yan from Xidian University, China and Professor Gan Xuetao from Northwestern Polytechn...
Higher levels of omega-3 acids in the blood increases life expectancy by almost five years
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute)) Researchers have found that omega-3 levels in blood erythrocytes are very good mortality risk predictors. The study used data from a long-term study group, the Framing...
Interaction identified between SARS-CoV-2 and unusual RNA structures in human cells
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Institut Pasteur) Replication of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, depends on a series of interactions between viral proteins and different cellular partners such as nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Characteriz...
Journey from smoking to vaping variable - Otago academics
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Otago) Persistence may be the key when quitting smoking using an electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS), commonly known as vaping, a University of Otago study found.
Linda Partridge to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(Deep Longevity Ltd) Linda Partridge to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug discovery conference
Llama 'nanobodies' could hold key to preventing deadly post-transplant infection
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Cambridge) Scientists have developed a 'nanobody' - a small fragment of a llama antibody - that is capable of chasing out human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as it hides away from the immune system. This then ena...
Longer stays in refugee camps increase cases of acute mental illness
EurekAlert! - 22 Jul 2021 06:00
(City University London) A new quantitative study suggests people seeking asylum are more likely to experience mental health deterioration as they spend more time living in refugee camps, backing up qualitative evidence ...