Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: New discovery improves DBS effects in Parkinson’s; Women accumulate Alzheimer’s-related protein faster; Brain cell alcohol metabolism affects behavior, addiction; Lipopolysaccharides induce neural repair sweet spot.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Review highlights differences in accuracy of COVID-19 rapid tests; Likelihood of disease from hidden genetic defects; Confocal PET enables color differentiation of PET tracers in preclinical imaging.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: TKR a cost-effective treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis; Nonsurgical treatment quickly reduces arthritis knee pain and improves function; Inflammation and pressure-sensing leads to 'feed-forward' loop in osteoarthritis.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: New technique may enable electrons in cancer radiotherapy; Universal initiates study of cell-free DNA blood test; Concerns linger about cardiovascular risk factors in conjunction with cancer treatment.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Translational medicine slow to change cardiovascular care; New study results boost case for BASILICA; Mitral repair still worthwhile despite issues with atrial fibrillation.
A large-scale metabolomics study of blood samples from 11,000 people has identified common biological links among a number of chronic non-communicable diseases, opening up the possibility of countering multiple diseases simultaneously.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Using AI to track facial changes due to Parkinson’s; Dopamine plays role in pain perception sex differences; Lipid dysregulation gives information on Parkinson’s.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Data flaws sink current AI models for COVID-19 diagnosis; Smartphone-based gaze may provide a scalable, digital biomarker of mental fatigue; AI developed to predict disease based on genetic mutations; High blood fats, sugars alter antigen processing.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Examining the value of lumbar spine surgery; Hip fracture outcomes worse during busy periods; Predicting the likelihood of bone fractures in older men.
LONDON – The alchemy of induced pluripotent cells has broken another barrier, delivering a model of the earliest preimplantation stages of human development, when fertilized eggs form a blastocyst.