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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied which genes are expressed in overactive immune cells in mice with asthma-like inflammation of the airways. Their results, which are published in the journal Immunity, suggest that the synthesis and breakdown of fats plays an important part in the process. The job of the human immune system is to read our environment […]
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Hand hygiene is a critical component of infection prevention in hospitals, but the unintended consequences include water splashing out of a sink to spread contaminants from dirty faucets according to new research presented last week in Philadelphia at the 46th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). Researchers at the University of Michigan Health […]
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Therapies to improve recovery after a heart attack could be developed following fresh insights into how key cells are formed. Scientists have developed a system that allows them to study cells that line the walls of blood vessels, called endothelial cells. Researchers say the findings shed light on how the cells can be best grown in the lab for use […]
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Perfect in every way! Khloé Kardashian has been quite the doting mommy ever since her first child with Tristan Thompson, True Thompson, arrived on April 12. And luckily for Us, she loves to share her daughter’s beauty with her fans! True’s unique name was inspired by Kris Jenner’s grandfather and father. “I sometimes, still can’t believe im a mommy!!! True […]
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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have evidence that children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia mount a robust immune response to their cancer. The findings, which appear today in the journal Science Translational Medicine, will likely aid development of immunotherapy for the most common childhood cancer. Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade, particularly for adults with melanoma, lung […]
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Researchers have found a non-invasive, cost effective method that uses infrared technology to locate hard-to-find breast cancer tumors. For the 40-50% of women with dense breast tissue, where these tumors often hide, this technology could be the difference between early interventions or major surgery. Faculty and student researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology, and physicians from the Rochester Regional Health […]
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For almost two decades, Stanford electrical engineering professor Krishna Shenoy and neuroscientists in his Neural Prosthetics Translational Laboratory have been working on implantable brain sensors that allow them to record and decipher the electrical activity of neurons that control body movement. The long-term goal: to build prosthetics that amputees and those with paralysis can control with their thoughts. Currently, the […]
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Progress report! Pregnant Catherine Giudici gave her followers a glimpse of her baby bump one week after her pregnancy announcement. “Hallo bebe,” the Bachelor alum, 33, captioned her Tuesday, June 25, Instagram Story. In the mirror selfie, the former reality star turned to the side to show off her budding belly in a gray T-shirt and black leggings. “Size of a […]
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More types of cancer could potentially be destroyed by patients’ own immune cells, thanks to new research by Cardiff University. The team of researchers discovered that increasing the amount of the molecule L-selectin on T-cells can vastly improve their ability to fight solid tumors. Professor Ann Ager, from Cardiff University’s Systems Immunity Research Institute, said: “These results mean that immunotherapy […]
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The figures have reportedly been obtained from the national registries in 36 European countries. The researchers assessed 800,000 IVF and ICSI treatment cycles performed in 2016, which resulted in the birth of 165,000 babies. The success rate of two common fertility treatments–in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) have increased with only one in four attempts resulting in […]
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