Having a home near a busy airport certainly has its perks. It is close to many establishments and alleviates the problem of wading through endless traffic to catch flights. But it does come at a cost — tolerating the jarring sounds of commercial airplanes during landing and takeoff. Researchers at Texas A&M University have conducted…
IMAGE: Normal liver tissues (left) do not produce mesothelin, while liver tissue from patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis do (right, darker staining). Mesothelin is a marker of liver fibrosis, and the… view more Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Chronic alcohol abuse and hepatitis can injure the liver and lead to fibrosis, the buildup of collagen…
IMAGE: The iconic glasswing butterfly, Greta morgane oto, is a member of the Ithomiini butterfly tribe that is native to Central America and Mexico. view more Credit: Nipam Patel Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: the bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of a swallowtail, the luminous green of a Luna moth. But…
Children with a devastating genetic disorder characterized by severe motor disability and developmental delay have experienced sometimes dramatic improvements in a gene therapy trial launched at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. The trial includes seven children aged 4 to 9 born with deficiency of AADC, an enzyme involved in the synthesis of neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine, that…
IMAGE: In a mouse model study of MRI-guided focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier (BBB) opening at MRI field strengths ranging from approximately 0 T (outside the magnetic field) to 4.7 T, the… view more Credit: Washington University in St. Louis MRI-guided focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles can open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and allow therapeutic drugs to…
Highlights Patients with kidney failure did not report better experience with care from more frequent face-to-face visits with kidney specialists at dialysis facilities. In fact, more frequent visits were linked with slightly lower patient-reported experiences with kidney-related care. Washington, DC (July 12, 2021) — In a recent analysis, more frequent kidney specialists’ visits to clinics…
VENICE — Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen said on Sunday that she was concerned that coronavirus variants could derail the global economic recovery and called for an urgent push to deploy vaccines more rapidly around the world. Her comments, made at the conclusion of a gathering of the finance ministers of the Group of 20…
When Sha’Carri Richardson was denied a spot in the Tokyo Olympics after testing positive for marijuana, it reignited a debate about using cannabis to aid in sports. Does it actually help?
People with diabetes, for instance, may have breath that smells fruity or sweet. The odor is caused by ketones, chemicals produced when the body begins to burn fat instead of glucose for energy, a metabolic state known as ketosis. “The idea that exhaled breath could hold diagnostic potential has been around for some time,” Dr.…
A vaccine to protect against infection with hepatitis C could be in use within 5 years, says Professor Sir Michael Houghton, who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology along with three other scientists for discovering the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989. Sir Michael will discuss the development of a vaccine in a…