Monthly Archives: Novembre 2018
Researchers have identified the specific symptoms that put patients at the greatest risk of...
Using patient records from 210,289 hospital visits between 2013 and 2016, Drexel University researchers have identified the specific symptoms that put patients at the...
Gut microbiota-derived metabolites play important roles in health and disease
Gut microbiota-derived metabolites play important roles in health and disease.
In this study, we show the pathophysiological role of D-serine in association with the gut...
Researchers has demonstrated a major step forward in gene therapy for blood disorders
Gene therapy holds a lot of promise in medicine.
If we could safely alter our own DNA, we might eliminate diseases our ancestors passed down...
A team of researchers from the U.S., China and Taiwan has found some rare...
A team of researchers from the U.S., China and Taiwan has found some rare instances of fathers passing mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) to their offspring.
In...
A newfound genetic regulatory mechanism play a key role in autoimmune diseases
A newfound genetic regulatory mechanism may shape the immune system's ability to fight viral infections, and play a key role in autoimmune diseases that...
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) – Advanced imaging technology measures magnetite levels in the living brain
Investigators at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have used magnetoencephalography (MEG) - a technology that measures brain activity...
DVA – Psychological intervention proves ‘life-changing’ for women experiencing domestic abuse
Training domestic violence and abuse (DVA) advocates to deliver psychological support to women experiencing DVA could significantly improve the health of those affected.
In a...
Researchers identified two patients with rare natural ability to suppress HIV shed light on...
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have identified two patients with HIV whose immune cells behave differently than others with the virus and actually appear to...
Scientists found an important immune system-regulating protein that could be targeted to treat...
Scientists at Scripps Research have found an important immune system-regulating protein that in principle could be targeted to treat cancers and chronic viral infections.
The...
When certain retinal cells are exposed to artificial light late into the night, our...
For most, the time spent staring at screens—on computers, phones, iPads—constitutes many hours and can often disrupt sleep.
Now, Salk Institute researchers have pinpointed how...
Short home videos can be used to diagnose autism in children
Short home videos can be used to diagnose autism in children, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
The research,...
A breakthrough study has demonstrated that long-term, devastating effects of spinal cord trauma on...
Millions of people worldwide are living with chronic spinal cord injuries, with 250,000 to 500,000 new cases each year—most from vehicle crashes or falls.
The...
Columbia neuroscientists have discovered why mitochondria are often strangely shaped inside the brain
Columbia neuroscientists have discovered why mitochondria, tiny power generators that keep our cells healthy, are often strangely shaped inside the brain.
Mitochondria, which exist by...
Researchers have found evidence of sCJD related prions in the eyes of patients
By the time symptoms of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) are typically discovered, death is looming and inevitable.
But, in a new study, researchers at...
How coaching moms and dads improves infants’ language skills
When it comes to helping infants learn to talk, it's not just how much parents say, but how they say it.
Speaking directly to the...
