Understanding the role of tau protein in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has led to new ways to diagnose it as well as the creation of medicines now in clinical trials to treat it. Misfolding and aggregation of microtubule associated protein tau…
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French firm makes first sale of artificial heart
French prosthetics maker Carmat said Monday it had sold one of its artificial hearts for the first time since its 2008 founding, for implantation into an Italian patient awaiting a transplant. The operation “was performed by the team headed by…
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First vaccinations given in Haiti since start of pandemic
Health care workers and senior citizens were the first people vaccinated on Friday in Haiti as part of a test run after the country recently received 500,000 doses from the United Nations. The vaccinations were given to more than 30…
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What you say in the first minute after a vaccine can be key in reducing a childs distress
As we look forward to a fall with hopefully one of the most important vaccination uptakes of children in a generation, a new study provides insights to help parents with reducing post-vaccination distress in younger kids. The study, published in…
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China reports first known human case of H10N3 bird flu
A man in China caught the first case of H10N3 bird flu ever reported in a human, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) announced Tuesday (June 1). The H10N3 strain of avian influenza normally causes mild disease in birds, and until…
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Medical first sees CRISPR used to edit DNA inside human bodies
Gene-editing CRISPR tool is used INSIDE four blind patients’ bodies in a world-first attempt to correct their vision without transferring DNA to the lab Carlene Knight and Michael Kalberer were both born with a rare genetic eye disorder called Leber…
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How the gut microbiota develops in the first five years of life
The human gut microbiota largely reaches an adult-like composition by five years of age, but important differences remain, finds a study published on March 31st in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. Several bacterial taxa that have been associated with…
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Younger age of first drug use associated with faster development of substance use disorder
A new study shows that in the time after first trying cannabis or first misusing prescription drugs, the percentages of young people who develop the corresponding substance use disorder are higher among adolescents (ages 12-17) than young adults (ages 18-25)….
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Case of Brazilian coronavirus variant detected in Utah for first time, CDC data shows
AstraZeneca shot found to be 79 percent effective in trials Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel reacts to the latest data. A case of a concerning coronavirus variant that was first identified in Brazil has been detected in Utah for…
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SARS-CoV-2 circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China: study
Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two…
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