Medical research

From 'corpora amylacea' to wasteosomes

Corpora amylacea (CA) are complex aggregates described in different organs and tissues associated with aging and degenerative processes. Described for the first time in 1779 by Giovanni Battista Morgagni in the prostate and ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New insights on sex differences in kidney stone risk

Men face a higher risk of developing kidney stones compared with women, but recent data suggest that an increasing proportion of women are affected. Research that will be presented online at ASN Kidney Week 2021 November ...

Health

Wine's red grape pulp offers nutritional bounty

Pomace—the mashed, leftover pulp from red grapes in the early process of making wine—is considered byproduct rubbish. But maybe not for long. In a new Cornell University-led food science study, researchers now demonstrate ...

Neuroscience

Lewy body dementia exacerbated by immune response

T-cells respond to buildups of alpha-synuclein, the aggregated protein clumps that are a feature of neurodegenerative diseases including dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease (PD), according to a Northwestern ...

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