Immunology
The gut may be involved in the development of multiple sclerosis
The gut has long been suspected to play a role in autoimmune disease. A research team has now identified evidence of a potential mechanism.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Recent study offers new insight into deadly fungal invasion of the lungs
Fungi such as Aspergillus are so common in our surroundings that we breathe in hundreds to thousands of spores every day. In healthy people, fungi typically pose no threat, but they can cause deadly infections in those with ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Health
Microplastics found in human heart tissues, both before and after surgical procedures
Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they've found them—food, water, air and some parts of the human body. But examinations of our innermost organs that aren't directly exposed to the environment are still limited. ...
Aug 9, 2023
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Gastroenterology
'Organs-on-a-chip' system sheds light on how bacteria in the human digestive tract may influence neurological diseases
In many ways, our brain and our digestive tract are deeply connected. Feeling nervous may lead to physical pain in the stomach, while hunger signals from the gut make us feel irritable. Recent studies have even suggested ...
Jan 29, 2021
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Genetics
Group recreates DNA of man who died in 1827 despite having no body to work with
An international team of researchers led by a group with deCODE Genetics, a biopharmaceutical company in Iceland, has partly recreated the DNA of a man who died in 1827, despite having no body to take tissue samples from. ...
Medical research
Antioxidant found to be effective in treating mice with osteoarthritis
A team of researchers in Belgium and the Netherlands has found that feeding a common antioxidant to test mice was effective in treating osteoarthritis. In their paper published in Science Translational Medicine, the group ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers find that SARS-CoV-2 infects sustentacular cells in the olfactory epithelium of COVID-19 patients
It is now widely known that COVID-19 is associated with the transient or long-term loss of olfaction (the sense of smell) but the mechanisms remain obscure. An unresolved question is whether the olfactory nerve can provide ...
Nov 26, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Researchers support new strategies for HIV control
The search for an AIDS cure has partly focused on ways to eradicate infected cells. Now, new research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. shows that this approach may not be ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows how exercise stalls cancer growth through the immune system
People with cancer who exercise generally have a better prognosis than inactive patients. Now, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a likely explanation of why exercise helps slow down cancer growth in ...
Oct 26, 2020
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Medical research
Study of promising Alzheimer's marker in blood prompts warning about brain-boosting supplements
Elevated levels of an enzyme called PHGDH in the blood of older adults could be an early warning sign of Alzheimer's disease, and a study led by the University of California San Diego provides new evidence to support this ...
May 3, 2022
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