New Rheumatoid Arthritis Research Points to Bacterial Strain in the Gut as a Disease Trigger
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New research suggests a bacterial strain in the gut may trigger rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease that attacks the joints. Photo: Getty Images. To visualize the idea of the 80 or so autoimmune diseases that afflict some 24 million people in the United States, consider a boxer bobbing and…
Trial Finds Chemotherapy Before Surgery Cuts Risk of Colon Cancer Relapse
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How Huntington’s Disease Affects Different Neurons
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In patients with Huntington’s disease, neurons in a part of the brain called the striatum are among the hardest-hit. Degeneration of these neurons contributes to patients’ loss of motor control, which is one of the major hallmarks of the disease. Neuroscientists at MIT h…
Will Your Smartphone Be the Next Doctor’s Office?
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(Oona Tempest/KHN) The same devices used to take selfies and type out tweets are being repurposed and commercialized for quick access to information needed for monitoring a patient’s health. A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate. The microphone, kep…
New Investigational Topical Peptide Offers Promising Eczema Treatment
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Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) say their topical peptide drug controls the 15 genes responsible for the painful inflammation that comes with atopic dermatitis (AD)1. This topical treatment by a Nuclear Transport Checkpoint Inhibitor (NTCI) targets two nuclear transport s…
Research Review Suggests Long COVID May Last Indefinitely For Some People & Mimic Other Ailments
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Research Provides a Comprehensive Structural Framework to Design Safer Pain-Relieving Drugs
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In the continuing effort to improve upon opioid pain relievers, American and Chinese scientists used cryoEM technology to solve the detailed structures of the entire family of opioid receptors bound to their naturally occurring peptides. Subsequent structure-guided biochemical studies…
Durable SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies Bind to Two Viral Targets at Once
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LA JOLLA, CA—A new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) shows how ideal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 hit their marks. That’s right: marks. Instead of targeting a single binding site on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein, these powerful antibodies bind to two of thes…
A Unique Window Into "Original Antigenic Sin" - News
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A legendary virologist coined the term Original Antigenic Sin to reflect his frustration with the body’s bias against the first flu strain it encounters (iStock). Our immune systems react most strongly to the viral strains we encountered in our childhoods. Scientists call this original antig…
New Research Identifies a Potential Treatment Target for Hepatoblastoma, The Most Common Liver Cancer in Children
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Newswise — Philadelphia, January 16, 2023 – Although rare compared to adult liver cancers, hepatoblastoma is the most common pediatric liver malignancy, and its incidence is increasing. In this novel study appearing in The American Journal of Pathology, published by Elsevier, investigators studyin…