Gastroenterology
Study shows how the intestine's nervous system affects gut microbes
Sometimes, a gut feeling is literal.
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Cardiology
Using stem cells to regenerate the heart
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the world. One reason is that unlike other tissues, such as bone and skin, the heart has remarkably poor regenerative capability after an injury such as a heart attack. ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Medical research
Discovery could help finetune immunity to fight infections, disease
Research led by Washington State University scientists supports a novel theory that the innate immune system people are born with can respond differently to specific pathogens. This quality, known as immunological specificity, ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Genetics
New genetic clues for multiple sclerosis risk
An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden reports that cells in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Biomedical technology
Bone tissue engineering: Divalent metal cations stimulate new bone formation
The concept of new bone formation via divalent cations is widely reported although the underlying mechanism of the process remains unclear. In a new report now published in Nature Communications, Wei Qiao and a team of scientists ...
Health
Heavy cannabis use by female adults associated with lower incidence of diabetes
A new study recently published in Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research found that women who heavily used cannabis had lower incidence of diabetes, a chronic condition that prevents the body from either making enough insulin ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Abnormal heart-brain connection identified in generalized anxiety disorder
Researchers at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research (LIBR) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, have identified an abnormal link between the autonomic and central nervous systems, specifically via communication between the heart and ...
Feb 2, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
What we now know about lingering COVID-19 known as long COVID
Doctors at UT Health Austin have been trying to solve the puzzle of why some COVID-19 patients remain sick for months or now years.
Jan 28, 2022
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Medical research
Simple and reliable ALS diagnosis with blood tests
Blood tests may enable more accurate diagnosis of ALS at an earlier stage of the disease. As described in a study by researchers at University of Gothenburg and Umeå University, it involves measuring the blood level of a ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Neuroscience
Concussion management is changing as more research suggests exercise is best approach
Public interest in concussion has exploded over the space of a generation, together with a new understanding of how best to help patients recover. Concussion patients were once prescribed rest in a dark room, but in recent ...
Jan 27, 2022
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