Understanding sex differences in how pain develops and resolves in mice could one day lead to new, targeted treatments in humans, says researcher. Alberta, Jan 25, 2024.- A University of Alberta research team has uncovered differences in the way male and female mice develop and resolve chronic pain, pointing toContinuar Leyendo
Simple blood test can predict who will get severe disease and could also point the way to future treatments. Alberta, Jan 08, 2023.- A cross-disciplinary University of Alberta research team has uncovered a biological marker for scleroderma that can predict which patients will develop severe disease and could also leadContinuar Leyendo
New York, Dec 29, 2023.- Billions of years ago, as primitive lifeforms were becoming more complex, a selfish genetic component became a sort of genome colonizer. Using a copy-and-paste mechanism, this pernicious bit of code replicated and inserted itself again and again into a variety of genomes. Over time, allContinuar Leyendo
Bern, Dec 21, 2023.- The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed the Biosafety Center of the Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Bern as a Collaborating Center. The Biosafety Center will support the WHO with advice, training and the development of guidelines and instructions. It is the onlyContinuar Leyendo
New York, Dec 17, 2023.- The current class of anti-obesity drugs is proving remarkably effective at removing excess pounds. However, a phase 3 randomized clinical trial led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian found that people who stopped taking the medication regained much of that weight within aContinuar Leyendo
A Cambridge-led study has shown why many women experience nausea and vomiting during pregnancy – and why some women, including the then Duchess of Cambridge, become so sick they need to be admitted to hospital. The culprit is a hormone produced by the fetus – a protein known as GDF15.Continuar Leyendo
Associative learning was always thought to be regulated by the cortex of the cerebellum, often referred to as the “little brain”. However, new research from a collaboration between the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, and Champalimaud Center for the Unknown reveals that actually the nuclei of the cerebellum makeContinuar Leyendo
Researchers have discovered that misreading of therapeutic mRNAs by the cell’s decoding machinery can cause an unintended immune response in the body. They have identified the sequence within the mRNA that causes this to occur and found a way to prevent ‘off-target’ immune responses to enable the safer design ofContinuar Leyendo
New York, Dec 05, 2023.- Five people who had life-altering, seemingly irreversible cognitive deficits following moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries showed substantial improvements in their cognition and quality of life after receiving an experimental form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in a phase 1 clinical trial. The trial, reportedContinuar Leyendo
New York, Nov 27, 2023.- A common microbe found in sewage, marine sediment, soil, and the GI tracts of pets and farm animals may play a defining role in multiple sclerosis, according to a new study. The findings, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, suggest that a toxin producedContinuar Leyendo
