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: Study finds graphene nanoparticles have positive influence on neurons; Packaging CRISPR/Cas9 components with nano-micelles enables brain genome editing; Five-year trends of Medicare payments for neurology drugs reported; Macrophages dampen neuropathic pain.
Researchers working at the Duke University Medical Center report on a breakthrough in UTI vaccine development in the March 1, 2021, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Quality of smartphone-transmitted skin images; A noninvasive test for kidney transplant rejection; Fungal culprit in Crohn’s disease.
LONDON – The largest study of its kind to date has identified new biomarkers of inflammation that are both indicators of severe COVID-19 infection and distinguish it from severe influenza.
Curing HIV remains a dream for now, but it is clearly not a pipe dream. One of the challenges for developing a vaccine is that there is no natural immune response to model such a vaccine on. Over time, an untreated HIV infection will almost certainly kill its host. However, there is a group of elite controllers – people who, although they cannot eliminate the virus, manage to keep it in check.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Injectable porous scaffolds promote better, quicker healing after spinal cord injuries; Researchers grow most lifelike bone yet from woven cells; Rapid 3D printing method moves toward 3D-printed organs; Study links kidney stones with bone problems.
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