In an article appearing in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team of scientists from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA School of Engineering report real-world results on SwabSeq, a high-throughput testing platform that uses sequencing to test thousands of samples at a time to detect COVID-19. They wereContinuar Leyendo
Using real-time deformability cytometry, researchers at the Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin in Erlangen were able to show for the first time: Covid-19 significantly changes the size and stiffness of red and white blood cells — sometimes over months. These results may help to explain why some affected people continueContinuar Leyendo
Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare cancer involving dendritic cells, a type of white blood cell that usually helps defend against infections. The current standard of care for LCH, chemotherapy, cures fewer than half of patients. Houston, july 01, 2021.- «Our research team focuses on identifying the causes ofContinuar Leyendo
The first two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employed a technology that had never before been used in FDA-approved vaccines. Both vaccines performed well in clinical trials, and both have been widely credited with reducing disease, but concerns remain over how longContinuar Leyendo
The brain’s neurons tend to get most of the scientific attention, but a set of cells around them called astrocytes — literally, star-shaped cells — are increasingly being viewed as crucial players in guiding a brain to become properly organized. Durham, NC, June 28, 2021.- Specifically, astrocytes, which form aboutContinuar Leyendo
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center are studying a potential new chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy (CAR-T cell therapy) treatment for multiple myeloma. Their findings were published on Friday, June 24, in The Lancet. Saint Paul, June 27, 2021.- «CAR-T cell therapy is a type of immunotherapy that involves harnessingContinuar Leyendo
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) significantly affected more Black and Latino children than white children, with Black children at the highest risk, according to a new observational study of 124 pediatric patients treated at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. Researchers also found cardiac complications, including systolic myocardial dysfunctionContinuar Leyendo
Researchers have identified a combination of biological markers in patients with dengue that could predict whether they go on to develop moderate to severe disease, according to a study published today in eLife. Oxford, June 25, 2021.- Biomarkers are used to identify the state or risk of a disease inContinuar Leyendo
Cancer cells can become resistant to treatments through adaptation, making them notoriously tricky to defeat and highly lethal. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center Director David Tuveson and his team investigated the basis of «adaptive resistance» common to pancreatic cancer. They discovered one of the backups to which theseContinuar Leyendo
Singapore, June 21, 2021.- Globally, an estimated 10 million people develop tuberculosis (TB) each year and the disease remains a leading cause of death from a single infectious agent. Standard short-course anti-TB treatment still requires a regimen of at least six months of antimicrobial drugs, and drug-resistant TB is anContinuar Leyendo
