Not Committed to Fail: Novel Approach Improves Heart Failure Outcomes in Animal Model
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A physician conducts a heart exam on a patient. Dr. Lilei Zhang In 2020, heart failure affected about 6.5 million people in the U.S. and 23 million around the world. Despite recent advances, the five-year survival rate remains approximately 50%, indicating an urgent need for a novel perspective f…
Listening to Muscles: Examining Muscular Tissue with the Help of Laser Pulses
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Spinal muscular atrophy or “SMA” for short is a terrible disease in which a genetic mutation causes certain nerves responsible for sending signals to muscles to degenerate. This leads to muscles wasting away, and many patients have died a painful death due …
Beyond the Pedals: Testing Upper Limb Feasibility of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology - February 5, 2024 Beyond the pedals: Testing upper limb feasibility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing Beyond the Pedals: Te…
How Much Oxygen Do Very Premature Babies Need After Birth?
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Giving very premature babies high concentrations of oxygen soon after birth may reduce the risk of death by 50 percent, compared to lower levels of oxygen says new research led by University of Sydney researchers. When premature babies are born, they somet…
Diagnosing Heart Issues in Children
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From newborns to older children, a proactive approach to heart health transforms the narrative for individuals with heart issues. Photo: Getty Images. More adults are now living with congenital heart disease than ever before because of medical and technological advances that have allowed them to t…
Century-Old Vaccine Found to Protect Type 1 Diabetics from Infectious Diseases
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Graphical abstract. Credit: iScience (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109881 In new research, investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) show that the 100-year-old Bacillus Calmette-Guérin …
New Insights into How SARS-CoV-2 Evades Our Immune System
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The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), possesses a positive-sense ribonucleic acid (RNA) genome and various proteins. Severe cases of COVID-19 involve cytokine release syndrome and acute respi…
COVID-19 Pandemic Tied to Low Birth Weight for Infants in India, Study Shows
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A mother and her newborn child are pictured in Odisha, India. Photo by Pippa Ranger via Flickr. The incidence of low birth weight rose sharply in India amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame. Globally, 1 in 4 newborns has a low birth wei…
Yale Receives Grant to Fund Long COVID Research
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The PolyBio Research Foundation awarded the Yale School of Medicine and its Center for Infection & Immunity (CII) a $575,000 grant to fund Long COVID Research. The grant will support a collaboration to define mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 can persist for long periods of time in tissue and…
Defining a Space for NRG1 Fusion–Positive Tumors in Lung and GI Cancers
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A group of lung and gastrointestinal (GI) cancer experts gathered during a Frontline Forum event to discuss treatment options for NRG1 fusion–positive tumors. The panel covered how to best detect this gene through different assays using DNA or RNA, and updates in the therapeutic space.The panel was…