World-First Study into Global Daily Air Pollution Shows Almost Nowhere on Earth Is Safe
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a world-first study of daily ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the globe, a Monash University study has found that only 0.18% of the global land area and 0.001%…
With $13M, UIC Scientists Will Study Lung Inflammation Mechanisms
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Professor Dolly Mehta, UIC Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine. (Photo: Ian Battaglia) Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago hope to learn more about how the human immune system is regulated by the endothelium in lung tissue, thanks to a $13 million, multi-project …
Muffins That Could Be Good for Your Health
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Love muffins? We’re talking about a tasty, fluffy muffin that has no artificial additives and that simultaneously contains lots of beneficial nutrients. As remarkable as it might sound, a recently published study led describes the development of just such a new muffin in the journal Foods. From m…
COVID-19 Rebound Can Happen Even Without Paxlovid
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Positive test result shown on a Coronavirus Covid-19 or SARS CoV-2 Test on home test kitCredit - Getty ImagesWith COVID-19 infections becoming more common, experts have recently urged doctors to prescribe the antiviral drug Paxlovid more than they have been to minimize patients’ symptoms and reduce…
Temperature-Stable Tuberculosis Vaccine Safe, Prompts Immune Response in First-in-Human Trial
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Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. Credit: NIAID A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine i…
National Study Seeks Patients with ATP1A3 Mutations to Better Understand These Disorders & Discover Potential Treatments
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National study seeks patients with ATP1A3 mutations to better understand these disorders and discover potential treatments Jacobs School dean, the international expert on rapid onset Parkinsonism dystonia and related disorders, is leading the NIH-funded study Release Date: February 27, 2023 BU…
New Insights: Eye Damage in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
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Cedars-Sinai investigators have produced the most extensive analysis to date of changes in the retina—a layer of tissue at the back of the eye where visual information originates—and how those retinal changes correspond to brain and cognitive changes in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Their analysi…
UC Davis Study Uncovers Age-Related Brain Differences in Autistic Individuals
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(SACRAMENTO) A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers confirms that brain development in people with autism differs from those with typical neurodevelopment. According to the study published in PNAS, these differences are linked to genes involved in inflammation, immunity response and…
Researchers Identify Gene Mutation Capable of Regulating Pain
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Newswise — Pain afflicts at least 1.5 billion people worldwide, and despite the availability of various painkilling drugs, not all forms of pain are treatable. Moreover, pain medications can have side-effects such as dependence and tolerance, especially in the case of morphine and other opioids. I…
Psoriasis Tied to Elevated Risk for Celiac Disease
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by Lori Solomon Individuals with psoriasis have double the odds of having celiac disease (CD) versus individuals without psoriasis, according to a research letter published online Feb. 9 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Marina Z. Joel, from the Johns Hopkins University Sch…