Though Alzheimer's disease affects more than 55 million people worldwide, there's still no cure for the condition—and treatment options are limited.
Jan 19, 2023
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Researchers with the SFU Nanodevice Fabrication Group are developing a new biosensor that can be used to screen for Alzheimer's disease and other diseases. An overview of their work has been recently published in the journal ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Heparin has long been used as a blood thinner, or anticoagulant, for patients with blood clotting disorders or after surgery to prevent complications. But the medication remains difficult to dose correctly, potentially leading ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Of the nearly 4 million births each year in the United States, roughly 50,000 are marked by life-threatening complications, and up to 900 result in maternal death during delivery. One major, often life-threatening complication ...
Jan 5, 2023
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A new research paper was published in Aging entitled "DNA methylation GrimAge version 2."
Dec 21, 2022
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A team at Canada's Lawson Health Research Institute has discovered unique patterns of blood plasma proteins in critically ill patients that may help develop a more personalized approach to treating severe COVID-19. Their ...
Dec 21, 2022
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A perplexing range of neurodegenerative diseases are known to attack distinct regions of the brain, causing severe cognitive and motor deficit. The combined impact of these (generally fatal) diseases has inflicted a devastating ...
Dec 21, 2022
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Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have identified how biological pacemaker cells—cells that control your heartbeat—can "fight back" against therapies to biologically correct abnormal heartbeat ...
Dec 20, 2022
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MUSC Hollings Cancer Center oncologists found that using a combination monoclonal antibody (tixagevimab-cilgavimab) against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in patients with blood cancers prevented moderate and severe COVID cases. ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Hitting two targets at the same time may be the key to stopping the spread of aggressive cancers, according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the Quadram Institute.
Dec 12, 2022
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