Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2019
Prion infection can be detect with new skin test
"'Prion' is a term first used to describe the mysterious infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases found in mammals, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)...
Researchers have discovered why symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be so severe
Using sophisticated computational tools, researchers at Yale University and the Icahn School of Medicine have discovered biomarkers that may explain why symptoms of post-traumatic...
Researchers have discovered the reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation...
Rutgers researchers have discovered the long-sought reason that many people with joint replacements experience harmful inflammation and bone loss.
Their finding, published in Nature Materials,...
The decrease in type 1 diabetes could be associated with the introduction of the...
A drop in the number of young children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes could be associated with the introduction of routine rotavirus vaccination of...
Fatty liver disease in children : Diet low in added sugars significantly improves the...
A randomized clinical study of adolescent boys with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) found that a diet low in free sugars (those sugars added...
ALS : Blocking gene C9orf72 that activate and produce toxic-protein
Patients with ALS frequently have a string of repeated DNA code in the cells of their brain, carrying hundreds to thousands of copies within...
Taking aspirin on a regular basis to prevent heart attacks and strokes but can...
A new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has found that taking aspirin on a regular basis to...
The last 50 years has seen a rapid decline in male reproductive health
The last 50 years has seen a rapid decline in male reproductive health. Decreased sperm counts, increased rates of testicular cancer and a range...
The brain seems to reduce sensory perception from an area of skin when we...
The brain seems to reduce sensory perception from an area of skin when we touch it ourselves, according to a new study from Linköping...
Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA) is a stronger predictor of cognitive function
Early adult general cognitive ability (GCA)—the diverse set of skills involved in thinking, such as reasoning, memory and perception—is a stronger predictor of cognitive...
Chinese scientist He Jiankui created the world’s first genetically-modified babies
The second woman carrying a gene-edited foetus in China could now be 12 to 14 weeks into her pregnancy, according to a US physician...
New research has found a link between the change in amyloid levels and Alzheimer’s...
New research from The University of Texas at Dallas suggests that periodic evaluation of changing amyloid levels in certain brain structures may offer an...
Identified neurons in the human visual cortex that selectively respond to faces
A world where everyone has the same face would be very different than the one we know, in which faces are different, conveying essential...
Malaria is still the greatest obstacle for the world health
After major global successes in the battle against malaria, the positive trend stalled around 2015—apart from in Zanzibar in East Africa, where the disease...
What might appear to be signs of memory loss could actually point to hearing...
Older adults concerned about displaying early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease should also consider a hearing check-up, suggest recent findings.
What might appear to be signs...
