Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The hunt for COVID-19 treatments has researchers optimistic
COVID-19 launches a multipronged assault on the human body, causing complications that range from mild to deadly.
Aug 20, 2020
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Medical research
First live birth of a chimeric monkey using embryonic stem cell lines
A team of researchers in China has reported for the first time the live birth of a monkey that contains a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line. This "chimeric" monkey is composed of cells that originate ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Genetics
A study of genetics of pericarditis increases understanding of newly approved drug treatment
Sequence variants that protect against pericarditis have been discovered at a genomic locus encoding interleukin-1 immune cytokines. A newly approved drug treatment for pericarditis inhibits these cytokines, according to ...
Dec 27, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
SARS-CoV-2 infects ocular tissue, but inflammation absent in the eyes of patients who died from COVID-19: Study
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), infects tissues throughout the human body, including the eye. Now, a recent study has evaluated changes and investigated ...
Oct 10, 2023
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Neuroscience
Scientists use human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
Approximately two years after establishing a human cerebral organoid system to study Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), National Institutes of Health researchers have further developed the model to screen drugs for potential ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Genetics
Mapping the genetic history of French Canadians through space and time
Though we all share common ancestors ranging from a few generations to hundreds of thousands of years, genealogies that relate all of us are often forgotten over time. A new McGill University-led study published in Science ...
May 25, 2023
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Genetics
Enzyme drives cognitive decline in mice, provides new target for Alzheimer's
In a recent search for gene variants associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), several affected families showed a mutation in an enzyme called protein kinase C-alpha (PKCĪ±). Family members with this mutation had AD; those ...
Nov 28, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One in five Americans has an STD: CDC
According to 2018 data, one in five people in the United States probably carries a sexually transmitted infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
Jan 26, 2021
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Genetics
Ancient DNA reveals clues about how tuberculosis shaped the human immune system
COVID-19 is only the latest infectious disease to have had an outsized impact on human life. A new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how tuberculosis has affected European populations over the past 2,000 years, specifically ...
Mar 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Common brain network for psychiatric illness discovered
Psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression, affect nearly one in five adults in the United States and nearly half of patients diagnosed with a psychiatric illness also meet the criteria for a second. With ...
Jan 12, 2023
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