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8 August 2024

University of Houston Researchers Create New Treatment and Vaccine for Flu and Various Coronaviruses

A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory viruses. In back-to-back papers in Nature Communications, the team from the lab of Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor of William A.

8 August 2024

Could This New Drug Turn Back the Clock on Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple sclerosis degrades the protective insulation around nerve cells, leaving their axons, which carry electrical impulses, exposed like bare wires. This can cause devastating problems with movement, balance and vision; and without treatment, it can lead to paralysis, loss of independence and a shortened lifespan.

6 August 2024

Discovery of a new population of macrophages promoting lung repair after viral infections

Respiratory viruses, typically causing mild illness, can have more serious consequences, as shown during the Covid-19 pandemic, including severe cases requiring hospitalization and the chronic sequelae of long Covid.

6 August 2024

High blood pressure associated with environmental contamination by tellurium

The likelihood of developing high blood pressure increases with higher levels of tellurium, a contaminant transferred from mining and manufacturing activities to foods. Improved monitoring of tellurium levels in specific foods could help decrease high blood pressure in the general population. The results of a study examining the relationship between tellurium exposure and hypertension were published in the journal Environment International.

2 August 2024

AI Opens Door to Safe, Effective New Antibiotics to Combat Resistant Bacteria

In a hopeful sign for safe, effective antibiotics for humans, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have leveraged aritificial intelligence to develop a new drug that already is showing promise in animal trials. Publishing their results today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the scientists describe using a large language model an AI tool like the one that powers ChatGPT to engineer a version of a bacteria-killing drug that was previously toxic in humans, so that it would be safe to use.

31 July 2024

The virus that causes COVID-19 is widespread in wildlife : Scientists find

SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to Virginia Tech research published today in Nature Communications. The virus was detected in six common backyard species and antibodies indicating prior exposure to the virus were found in five species with rates of exposure ranging from 40 to 60 percent depending on the species.

31 July 2024

Improving the Design of mRNA-loaded Nanocarriers for Targeted Therapies

Substituting amines with phosphonium-based cations could greatly improve the performance of mRNA-loaded polymeric micelles, report scientists from Tokyo Tech. By adopting this innovative strategy, they managed to enhance the stability and mRNA-delivery capabilities of micelle nanocarriers into tumor tissue in vivo. Their results hint at the importance of exploring other cations besides amines in mRNA drug delivery and could pave the way to effective treatment for challenging diseases.

25 July 2024

Large genetic study on severe COVID-19 - Bonn researchers confirm three other genes for increased risk in addition to the known TLR7 gene

Whether or not a person becomes seriously ill with COVID-19 depends, among other things, on genetic factors. With this in mind, researchers from the University Hospital Bonn UKB and the University of Bonn, in cooperation with other research teams from Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Italy, investigated a particularly large group of affected individuals.

25 July 2024

Fighting leukaemia by targeting its stem cells

Acute myeloid leukaemia is one of the deadliest cancers. Leukaemic stem cells responsible for the disease are highly resistant to treatment. A team from the University of Geneva UNIGE, University Hospital of Geneva HUG, and Inserm has made a breakthrough by identifying some of the genetic and energetic characteristics of these stem cells, notably a specific iron utilisation process.

23 July 2024

These healthcare professionals may be secret weapon against hypertension, study finds

When it comes to helping patients with high blood pressure get their hypertension under control, a new Tulane University study finds that pharmacists and community health workers have the best success rates.

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