Researchers Develop New Method for Prenatal Genetic Testing
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a non-invasi…
Machine Learning Unlocks Personalized Approach to Early Ovarian Cancer Detection
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For over three decades, a highly accurate early diagnostic test for ovarian cancer has eluded physicians. Now, scientists in the Georgia Tech Integrated Cancer Research Center (ICRC) have combined machine learning with information on blood metabolites to develop a new test able to d…
Research Finds Resin Destroys Coronavirus on Plastic Surfaces
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Studying the impact of rosin-functionalized plastic and standard LDPE on the structure of HCoV-OC43 using (A) TEM and (B) AFM in liquid. The scale bar corresponds to 100 nm and 1 µm in the TEM and AFM images, respectively. In pan…
Female Reproductive Milestones May Be Risk Factors for Diabetes and High Cholesterol Later in Life
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A new review of available evidence led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute suggests that female reproductive characteristics may be overlooked as risk factors that contribute to later metabolic dysfunction. The review, "Reproductive risk factors across the female lifecours…
Guselkumab Demonstrates Significant and Rapid Scalp Psoriasis Clearance in People of Color
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At the Maui Derm Hawaii 2024 conference, Johnson & Johnson presented topline data from Cohort B in the Phase 3b VISIBLE study that demonstrated that TREMFYA® (guselkumab) showed rapid and significant clearance in moderate to severe scalp psoriasis (PsO) and significant improvement in scalp itch…
Dysbiosis in the Gut Microbiome May Lead to Development of Various Liver Diseases
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Dysbiosis in the gut microbiome can cause the progression of chronic liver diseases via the gut-liver axis, according to the authors of a literature review published in Seminars in Immunology. The authors note that while this research provides novel insights that can lead to new treatment options, …
Study: UAB Researchers Establish Optimal Immunosuppression Regimen for Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants
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Currently used Food and Drug Administration-approved transplant drugs — with the addition of an also already FDA-approved complement inhibitor — are the optimal immunosuppression regimen for pig-to-human kidney transplants, according to a landmark discovery by University of Alabama at Birmingham in…
Mass General Brigham Study Highlights Varied Risk of Persistent COVID-19 Infection Among Immunocompromised Patients
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Patients who were severely immunocompromised were at greater risk of protracted disease and had a longer period in which they shed the virus, especially those with hematologic malignancy or transplant. While the sample size was limited, patients with mild/moderate immunosuppression had an inta…
Retinal Photoreceptors Use Dual Pathways to Tell Brain 'I've Seen the Light'
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special ty…
Study: This Protein May Be the ‘Glue’ That Helps COVID Virus Stick
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When SARS-CoV-2 enters the human body, the virus’ spike protein binds to a cell, allowing the virus to infiltrate and begin replicating. A new study from Tulane University, conducted in partnership with Florida International University and published in Protein Science, has identified a protein tha…