Seeing how the malaria can withstand fever’s warmth Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 Even when a man suffering from malaria is burning up with fever and too ill to operate, the little blood-eating parasites lurking inside them continue to flourish, relentlessly growing and multiplying as they gobble up the host’s red blood cells. The single-celled Plasmodium parasites that cause 200 million cases of malaria annually can withstand feverish …
Study shows tofacitinib medication can fix porousness absconds in the digestive tract Kumar Jeetendra | October 6, 2020 A team of researchers led by biomedical scientist Declan F. McCole in the University of California, Riverside, has found that the medication tofacitinib, also called Xeljanz and approved by the FDA to treat rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative colitis, can fix permeability defects in the intestine. Study results appear in the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis. …
Amniotic liquid undifferentiated cells may prompt better treatment for ischemic stroke Kumar Jeetendra | October 7, 2020 A study published today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine points the way to a potential new avenue of treatment for ischemic stroke. The study, led by Annamaria Cimini, Ph.D., of the University of L’Aquila, and Liborio Stuppia, M.D., of D’Annunzio University, Italy, shows how the secretome of amniotic fluid stem cells can restore neuronal plasticity …
World’s quickest UV camera records photons progressively Kumar Jeetendra | October 8, 2020 Compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) captures the whole process in real time and unparalleled resolution with only one click. The spatial and temporal information is compressed into a picture and then, with a reconstruction algorithm, it is converted into a movie. Developing a compact instrument for UV Until now, this technique was limited to visible and …
New initiative identifies key parameters Inherent effective anti-tumor immunity Kumar Jeetendra | October 10, 2020 Neoantigens, tiny markers that arise from cancer mutations, flag cells as cancerous and could be the key to unlocking a new generation of immunotherapies. Targeting the”right” neoantigens – at a cancer vaccine or a cell treatment – has the promise to eliminate a patient’s cancer with minimal side effects. But countless mutations can exist in …
Study uncovers significant antagonistic results in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 Kumar Jeetendra | October 11, 2020 While older age is widely known as a risk factor for increased morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, younger patients have received less attention as a population vulnerable to adverse clinical outcomes. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital analyzed records from 419 hospitals utilizing the Premier Healthcare Database to examine the clinical trajectories of 3,222 …
Female mosquitoes can distinguish a mix of four unique substances in blood Kumar Jeetendra | October 13, 2020 Mosquitoes spread diseases like malaria, dengue, and yellow fever that kill at least a half a million people each year. Researchers are learning what people taste like to mosquitoesdown to the individual neurons that sense blood’s distinctive, flavorful taste. Female mosquitoes have a sense of taste that is especially tuned to detect a combination of …
Ordinary cannabis introduction during pregnancy may cause intellectual lacks and nervousness in posterity Kumar Jeetendra | October 14, 2020 Regular cannabis exposure in rats during pregnancy can cause their offspring to have long-term cognitive deficiencies, asocial behavior, and anxiety later in adulthood. That is according to a new study by neuroscientists at Washington State University’s Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience unit that provides a rare look at the effects of using cannabis during pregnancy. “The …
Healthcare professionals experience mental wellness issues during and after pandemics Kumar Jeetendra | October 16, 2020 Mental health problems such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety and depression are common among healthcare staff during and immediately after pandemics — according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Researchers investigated how treating patients in previous pandemics like SARS and MERS affected the mental health of front-line staff. They found that nearly …
Analysts expect to recognize illness resistance instruments in sepsis patients Kumar Jeetendra | October 16, 2020 Sepsis is estimated to cause 11 million deaths each year in the world. Its treatment is based on the use of antibiotics and organ support measures, but many times it fails because of unsuccessful attempts at controlling the immune reaction. Surviving a serious infection requires the activation of mechanisms both of resistance. This reduce the …
Study gives conceivable clarification to reformist course of different sclerosis in mice Kumar Jeetendra | October 17, 2020 People with multiple sclerosis (MS) gradually develop increasing functional impairment. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a possible explanation for the progressive course of this disease in mice and how it can be reversed. The analysis, which is published in Science Immunology, can prove beneficial to future treatments. MS is a chronic inflammatory …
Trial ALS drug shows potential to drag out patient endurance Kumar Jeetendra | October 18, 2020 An experimental medicine that was recently shown to slow the progression of the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, has now demonstrated the capacity to also prolong patient survival. The findings come from a clinical trial conducted by investigators at the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Massachusetts …