News • Genetics & Viruses
"Gene scissors" in human cells inhibit viral infections
Scientists at the University of Applied Sciences Krems (IMC Krems) show that CRISPR-Cas9 can also be used to inhibit viruses such as adenoviruses in cell cultures.
News • Neuroscience & Pediatrics
Gene therapy could relieve post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus
Premature infants, especially very low birthweight babies, are at risk for intraventricular hemorrhage. A frequent complication of these brain bleeds is hydrocephalus that can gravely disrupt brain development.
News • Neurology & Testicular Cancer
Correlation between neurodevelopmental disorders and the risk of testicular cancer
A new study by researchers at Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital shows that men who have a neurodevelopmental disorder also have a slightly increased risk of testicular cancer.
News • Breast cancer
Study shows: Association between antibiotics and an increased risk of death after breast cancer
Women with triple-negative breast cancer who received multiple antibiotic prescriptions within three years after their cancer diagnosis were more likely to experience disease recurrence and to die from their cancer.
News • Surgery
Clinical trial shows superior preservation of donor lungs at 10 degrees
Storing donor lungs for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius markedly increases the length of time the organ can live outside the body.
News • Neuroscience & Alzheimer's disease
Researchers identifiy subset of neurons that are most susceptible to Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration, or the gradual loss of neuron function, is one of the key features of Alzheimer's disease. However, it doesn't affect all parts of the brain equally.
News • Genetics & Neuroscience
Research investigates the convergence of schizophrenia risk genes in brain coexpression networks
Johns Hopkins researchers, along with colleagues in Italy, have published a study that looks into the genetic mechanisms behind the development of schizophrenia.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Research shows promising results for better treatments of aggressive brain cancer
For decades, researchers have marveled at the ability of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer, to turn off a patient's cancer-fighting immune cells, thereby allowing tumors to grow freely.
News • Long Covid & Neuroscience
Long COVID: correlation between smell loss and changes in the brain
People living with long COVID who suffer from loss of smell show different patterns of activity in certain regions of the brain, a new study led by UCL researchers has found.
News • Pregnancy & colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer in the mother linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes
In a nationwide Swedish study of 207 births to women with an earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers found an increased risk of both maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes.
News • Radiation protection in the healthcare sector
Female health workers need better radiation protection to minimize breast cancer risk, find researchers
Women working in health care who are regularly exposed to radiation from X-rays and other imaging procedures need better ionizing radiation protection.
News • Artifical Intelligence
The promise—and pitfalls—of medical AI headed our way
Doctors across all disciplines, with assistance from artificial intelligence, may soon have the ability to quickly consult a patient's entire medical file against the backdrop of all medical health care data and every published piece of medical literature online.
News • Parkinson disease detection
Low-cost sensor detects early-stage Parkinson's disease in biological samples
Researchers at the University of Campinas and the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil have developed an electrochemical sensor that detects Parkinson's disease at different stages.
News • Genetic diseases
Study sheds light on causes of rare genetic diseases in 5,500 people
Around 5,500 people with severe developmental disorders now know the genetic cause of their condition, thanks to a major nationwide study in the U.K..
News • Chemotherapy, testicular cancer
Gene scissors find target for testicular cancer therapy
Bonn researchers uncover contribution of protein degradation processes to cisplatin resistance in germ cell tumors: Cisplatin is used successfully in the chemotherapy of testicular cancer.
News • Oncology & Cancer
Research uncovers alternate mechanism for producing key protein in metastatic prostate cancer
Like the better-known prostate-specific antigen (PSA), prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) is a biomarker that can tell physicians much about a patient's metastatic prostate cancer.
News • Vaccination
Predicting mRNA degradation to improve vaccine stability
Messenger Ribonucleic Acid (mRNA) as a therapeutic approach is gaining momentum due to its ability to be rapidly manufactured and its promising outcomes.
News • Metabolic activity diffusion imaging
New MRI technique reveals cells’ energy activity in organs and tissues
US researchers have developed a way to use MRI scanning to map body cell metabolism, opening up new possibilities for detecting cancers and revealing if a tumor is responding to treatment.
News • Electric stimulation instead of drug therapy
A new approach to treat Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) Disease
A research team from DGIST develops an electronic medicine technology that restores abnormal protein behavior, the cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT).
News • Longitudinal ageing study
Hearing loss: Many seniors won't tell their doctor
A new study has found that nearly 40% of patients over 50 who recognised they had hearing loss did not inform a doctor or nurse, despite the reduced quality of life and associated health risks.
News • Respiratory research
Preterm birth increases risk of asthma or COPD
A new study from Finland and Norway shows that babies born preterm are more likely to have asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in adulthood.
News • Mortality rates in times of Covid-19
‘Excess deaths’: Gap between Europe and US widens
Among all but oldest age groups, the US has higher death rates than five high-income European nations, according to new UCLA research. However, this gap is only partly due to Covid-19.
News • Hypertension and the brain
Study links high blood pressure to memory loss and dementia
A new study led by the University of Edinburgh has identfied areas of the brain susceptible to damage from high blood pressure, affecting memory loss, thinking skills and dementia.
News • Long-term anxiety
Cardiac arrest 'haunts' women more often than men
More than 40% of women report anxiety four months after a cardiac arrest compared with 23% of men, according to research presented at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023.
News • Medical engineering
‘Smart' bandages monitor wounds and provide targeted treatment
A new kind of smart bandage developed at Caltech may make treatment of chronic wounds - for example caused by diabetes - easier, more effective, and less expensive.
