“We now know for sure that Zika virus infection during pregnancy can affect the unborn foetus in such a way that the child develops microcephaly and other severe symptoms,” explains Prof Felix Drexler, a virologist at the Charité who has been developing diagnostic tests for Zika and other viruses at the DZIF. Just a few…
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IMAGE: A 3D reconstruction of an angiogram showing the aneurysm circled in red. view more Credit: Taken directly from paper published in American Journal of Human Genetics, May 2019 Brain aneurysms are relatively common, affecting around 2% of the general population Carrying a high risk of death, they can only be treated with difficult surgical procedures…
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Paris, France, 21 May 2019. Heart failure is a common cardiovascular disorder with ominous prognosis despite significant therapeutic advances. Mitral regurgitation (MR, leaking of the mitral valve within the heart) affects at least 50% of patients with heart failure and is independently associated with worse prognosis. Timely diagnosis is essential, and management is complex, requiring…
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Paris, France, 21 May 2019. Severe symptomatic aortic stenosis, a degenerative disease-causing calcification and immobility of the aortic valve leaflets leading to left ventricular outflow obstruction, is the most common valve lesion leading to intervention in Europe and the USA. Symptoms include heart failure, syncope and angina, and have a dismal prognosis if left untreated.…
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A new update to the PCR-EAPCI Textbook for EuroPCR 2019 features new chapters on invasive physiological assessment of coronary disease, and the role of imaging in CTO intervention. It includes updates to 15 chapters including bifurcation lesions and left main coronary artery disease. Additional updates and new chapters are planned to coincide with the ESC…
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VIDEO: For the first time ever, UT Austin researchers captured the process in which developing killer T-cells (purple and white) are tested by dendritic cells (yellow), and others, to see if… view more For the first time, immunologists from The University of Texas at Austin have captured on video what happens when T-cells – the contract…
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Metals such as zinc, copper and chromium bind to and influence a peptide involved in insulin production, according to new work from chemists at the University of California, Davis. The research is part of a new field of “metalloendocrinology” that takes a detailed look at the role of metals in biological processes in the body.…
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IMAGE: The Pellecchia lab at UC Riverside is working on an approach in which effective drugs can be obtained by appropriately designing molecules to contain an aryl-fluoro sulfate (the chemical group… view more Credit: Pellecchia lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A University of California, Riverside, research team has come up with a new approach to…
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New York (May 17, 2019)–The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today offered a ringing endorsement of the Educating Medical Professionals and Optimizing Workforce Efficiency and Readiness (EMPOWER) for Health Act of 2019 (H.R. 2781), a proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives to ensure communities across the U.S. have access to health professionals and other critical…
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IMAGE: A structural model of a dynamic machine, called a Type IV secretion system, used by many bacteria in order to inject toxic molecules into cells and also to spread genes… view more Credit: Caltech Gastric cancer, Q fever, Legionnaires’ disease, whooping cough–though the infectious bacteria that cause these dangerous diseases are each different, they all…
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