Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Algorithm improves prediction of hepatocellular carcinoma following hepatitis-driven cirrhosis; MTOR-targeting metabolite discovered; Dartmouth’s Thayer School wins NIH grant.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Sleep quality linked to onset; progression of Alzheimer's; Using magnetic resonance elastography to detect epilepsy; How can hearing loss cause dementia?
An Australian study led by University of Melbourne scientists has identified a previously unknown role for the hepatokine, sparc-related modular calcium-binding protein 1 (SMOC1), in suppressing hepatic glucose production. The investigators reported their results in the Sept. 2, 2020, edition of Science Translational Medicine.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: A simple point-of-care COVID-19 test; A deep-learning method to predict AMD risk; AP-1 and antidepressant action; Orasure collection device included in Miradx EUA.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Implant choice more important than surgeon skill for hip replacement success; Vertebral body tethering shows clinical success as treatment for scoliosis; Hip fracture risk linked to nanoscale bone inflexibility; Bioventus reports first use of its Signfuse bioactive bone graft in strip format.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Denoising algorithm may boost signal-to-noise ratios in prostate MRI; Cross-reactive immunity helps antitumor response; iBET you I can kill those metastases; Transatlantic assault on cancer announced.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: 3D printing of heart valve models; Findings challenge recommendations for antiplatelet treatment after TAVI; Telehealth could help those with high BP avoid heart attack, stroke.
With COVID-19, questions about how infections cause lasting immunity, or don’t, and how you know and what it all means for vaccines have become a matter of public focus. But some immunologists have been pondering those questions for years. “The immune system has a very good memory,” Bali Pulendran told BioWorld. “Clearly, some viruses and some pathogens can enter the body and stimulate the immune system, and the immune system can remember that encounter for decades.”
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Blood-based test used to predict who is likely to develop psychotic disorders; Study could lead to more personalized choices for OCD treatment; Nerve cells differ before birth in people with ASD.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: A.I. tool promises faster, more accurate Alzheimer's diagnosis; Bioluminescent tool tracks DNA break repair; Mechanisms of retinopathy come into focus.
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