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C28 compound can eliminate the danger of inducing Q-T prolongation from common medications
Dozens of commonly used drugs, including antibiotics, antinausea and anticancer medications, have a potential side effect of lengthening the electrical event that triggers contraction,...
How can inflammation caused by COVID-19 lead to upper limb blood clots and how...
Researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are reporting the first instance of COVID-19 triggering a rare recurrence of potentially serious blood clots...
Breakthrough in reverse osmosis
Making fresh water out of seawater usually requires huge amounts of energy. The most widespread process for desalination is called reverse osmosis, which works...
Artificial food colorants can cause disease when the immune system has become dysregulated
Artificial food colorants can cause disease when the immune system has become dysregulated, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers report.
The study, published...
Retinal scans can provide an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease
While it has been said that the eyes are a window to the soul, a new study shows they could be a means for...
Only 6% of cancer drugs show meaningful quality of life improvements
"The First Cell" is the title of a revolutionary book written in 2019 by oncologist Azra Raza from the Columbia University Medical Center. In...
COVID-19: Controlling the pandemic through air management
Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe inside buildings is not regulated to the same...
B cell’s fate is determined by epigenetic modifications driven by a protein called DNMT3A
B cells are the immune cells responsible for creating antibodies, and most B cells, known as B2 cells, produce antibodies in response to a...
The stimulating environments increase the essential epigenetic changes for human cognition
Environmental enrichment — with infrastructure, unfamiliar odors and tastes, and toys and puzzles — is often used in zoos, laboratories, and farms to stimulate...
Adipose cells are plentiful source of stem cells for use in spinal fusion surgeries
Adipose cells, better known as fat, may be the least popular component of the human body. However, most people don't realize that fat actually...
Chronic itch: medical marijuana provide nearly instantaneous improvement
Chronic itch - known clinically as chronic pruritus - is characterized as an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to itch, and often lowers...
Sevoflurane anesthetic may affect tau spread in the brain to promote Alzheimer’s disease pathology
During the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease, a protein called tau accumulates and spreads in the brain. Understanding the mechanisms behind tau spread...
Il vaccino COVID-19 durante la gravidanza non danneggia la placenta
Un nuovo studio della Northwestern Medicine sulla placenta di pazienti che hanno ricevuto il vaccino COVID-19 durante la gravidanza non ha trovato prove di...
COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy does not damage the placenta
A new Northwestern Medicine study of placentas from patients who received the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy found no evidence of injury, adding to the...
Long term use of prescription meds for insomnia doesn’t seem to improve disturbed sleep...
Long term use of prescription meds for insomnia doesn't seem to improve disturbed sleep in middle-aged women, suggests research published in the online journal...
