Exercising and maintaining a healthy lifestyle are some of the ways in which we can keep our blood vessels flexible, enabling them to retain the ability to pump blood around the body. This is not only important for the body, ...
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A new development in biomedical engineering has led to the creation of a human stomach micro-physiological system (hsMPS), representing a significant leap forward in understanding and treating various gastrointestinal diseases, ...
Sep 27, 2023
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Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and four other institutions have developed a molecular test to identify the presence of brain tumors by measuring abnormal ...
Sep 6, 2023
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For the first time, researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with a type of childhood brain tumor for which there are no effective treatments. The compound, called ONC201, nearly ...
Aug 16, 2023
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Results of a long-term study of cognitively healthy adults—most with a family history of Alzheimer's disease—have added to evidence that low spinal fluid levels of a protein linked to learning and memory in mice may serve ...
Jul 31, 2023
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Alzheimer's is considered a disease of old age, with most people being diagnosed after 65. But the condition actually begins developing, out of sight, many years before any symptoms emerge. Tiny proteins, known as amyloid-beta ...
Jul 20, 2023
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An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio accurately counts brain lesions on MRI scans within seconds. Once it is adapted to the clinic, the AI tool should ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer's disease. Early on, amyloid beta plaques lead the way, but around the time cognitive symptoms arise, tau tangles take over as the driving force and cognition steadily declines. ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Researchers at University of Michigan have developed a method to produce artificially grown miniature brains—called human brain organoids—free of animal cells that could greatly improve the way neurodegenerative conditions ...
Jul 13, 2023
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A study led by Nagoya University in Japan has identified three previously unknown membrane proteins in ovarian cancer. Using a unique technology consisting of nanowires with a polyketone coating, the group succeeded in capturing ...
Jul 7, 2023
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