When it comes to COVID-19, women seem to be the stronger sex, suffering severe disease at about half the rate as men, but the reason for this has been elusive.
Fruit flies and cellular demise: Zeroing in on the causes of ALS
Lou Gehrig’s disease is a progressive disease marked by the deterioration and death of nerve cells used for voluntary movements such as walking, talking, eating and so much more. It is incurable.
Researchers identify potential targets for novel treatments for lung cancer
Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths, accounting for about a third of all tumor-related deaths. Adenocarcinomas, a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), account for about 40 percent of cancer diagnoses, but few treatments are available for the disease.
Protein linked to ALS/ataxia could play key role in other neurodegenerative disorders
Neurological disorders are the number one cause of disability in the world, leading to seven million deaths each year. Yet few treatments exist for these diseases, which progressively diminish a person’s ability to move and think.
Augmented reality for children with dyslexia
Augmented reality can be used to support children with dyslexia, according to a team from Saudi Arabia writing in the International Journal of Cloud Computing.
Discovery of potential new combination therapy for leukemia
WEHI researchers have discovered why some leukemia cells are resistant to new “SMAC-mimetic’ anti-cancer agents, a finding which could improve the use of these drugs in the clinic.
Researchers find new measure to predict stress resilience
Researchers at the University of Zurich show that increased sensitivity in a specific region of the brain contributes to the development of anxiety and depression in response to real-life stress. Their study establishes an objective neurobiological measure for stress resilience in humans.
An ion pump to deliver chemotherapy agents to the brain
Despite surgery and subsequent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation, the majority of patients experience recurrence of malignant brain tumors. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Medical University of Graz, Austria, have shown in cells in culture that an ion pump can deliver drugs more accurately, which results in less severe adverse effects in chemotherapy. …
Bacteria that cause periodontitis are transmitted from parents to children
Adults with periodontitis transmit bacteria that can cause the disease in future to their children, and the bacteria remain in the oral cavity even when the children undergo treatment of various kinds, reinforcing the need for preventive care in the first year of a baby’s life. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted …
Discovery of epigenetic factors predicting the severity of COVID-19
The international COVID-19 pandemic has changed the behavior patterns of humanity. To date, more than 136 million people have suffered from the disease and more than 2.9 million of them have lost their lives. The symptoms of the infection vary widely in the population, from individuals who do not present any symptoms to those who …