Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Putting virtual rehab for stroke patients to the test; Deep learning tool advances study of neural degeneration; Popular opinion correct on fear, anxiety.
Researchers at the University of Virginia have used a retrospective database analysis to show that the use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors for the treatment of HIV or hepatitis B reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 33%.
Using 3D tumor organoids, researchers have added to existing evidence that inhibition of kinesin spindle protein (KSP) may represent a broadly relevant target for the treatment of the aggressive childhood tumor neuroblastoma.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Distinguishing metastatic SLNs in breast cancer; MRS method reveals insights into Alzheimer’s disease; SARS-CoV-2 multiplex assay allows 3x as many patients per run.
BioWorld looks at translational medicine, including: Buyer beware for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection; Statins help pancreatic tumors go from bad to worse.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Technology for printing customized neuroprostheses on a 3D bioprinter; AI could expand healing with bioscaffolds; AI detects osteoarthritis years before it develops; 'Bandage' developed to rebuild broken bone.
A Chinese study has discovered that very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs) mediate septin organization in pathogenic fungi and that VLCFA biosynthesis represents a new target for controlling pathogenic fungi, which could lead to the development of new fungicides for use in plants and humans.
Australia is famous, among other things, for venomous animals. Its plants, it turns out, are just as hostile. Now, researchers at the University of Queensland have isolated “neurotoxic peptides from the venom of the giant Australian stinging tree,” as they titled their paper. While the tree’s venomous effects were no secret – the authors wrote that it is known for its “remarkably persistent and painful stings upon contact,” which can produce pain flares for weeks – the effect had been attributed to small molecules.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Single-cell RNA sequencing may clarify response to chemotherapy; Epigenetic resistance to PARP inhibitors; Researchers eye organ-on-a-chip drug screening model.
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