Monthly Archives: Giugno 2019
A common gut bacterium can trigger antiphospholipid syndrome
What causes the immune system, designed to protect us, to turn on the body and attack healthy cells?
Common bacteria that reside in the...
Depression : exercise has a comparable effect to therapy and medication
Exercise can certainly be beneficial for individuals with mental health disorders.
To focus on a few benefits, the symptoms of disorders such as depression...
Study finds a correlation between early infant gut microbiota composition and temperament traits in...
Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku, Finland, discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old infant are associated with...
Leptin the hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity
In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key role in appetite, overeating, and obesity.
Their findings...
Researchers developed a microfluidics device that captures circulating cancer cell clusters
Cancer touches nearly everyone in one way or another, and regrettably, it will claim another 600,000 lives in the U.S. in 2019, according to...
Reduce the likelihood of underrepresented high school students being admitted to selective colleges increases...
College affirmative action bans may adversely affect the health of underrepresented minority high school students, according to the results of a new study from...
Colon cancer : researchers have determined that deep sedation does not improve the colonoscopy...
Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and colonoscopy is the most-used screening tool to detect it....
Researchers have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re...
Almost 500,000 Americans die each year from cardiac arrest, when the heart suddenly stops beating.
People experiencing cardiac arrest will suddenly become unresponsive and either...
A groundbreaking drug has boosted growth rates in children with common type of dwarfism
A groundbreaking drug that helps regulate bone development has boosted growth rates in children with achondroplasia - the most common type of dwarfism -...
Cancer metastasis : an anti-inflammatory drug called ketorolac can promote long-term survival
An anti-inflammatory drug called ketorolac, given before surgery, can promote long-term survival in animal models of cancer metastasis, a team of scientists has found....
Mutations in the IL18BP gene causes the body’s immune system to attack and kill...
Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that caused an 11-year-old girl to suffer a fatal reaction to infection with the Hepatitis A virus (HAV)....
Researchers have found a compound to treat autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD)
Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to treat a common genetic...
Researchers has isolated a gene associated with cannabis use disorder (CUD)
A large team of researchers with members from Denmark, Iceland and the U.S. has isolated a gene associated with cannabis use disorder (CUD).
In...
Tumors and certain viral infections switches the human body to a hypofunctional state...
Tumors and certain viral infections pose a challenge to the human body which the immune system typically fails to handle.
In these diseases it...
Neuroscientists have reconstructed 3-D facial models using brain memories
In a world first, neuroscientists from the University of Glasgow have been able to construct 3-D facial models using the unique information stored in...
