Findings from the first international prostate cancer quality of life study conducted by patients themselves reports that significant numbers of men treated for the disease are struggling with continence and sexual problems after treatment. Results suggest that any treatment apart…
Read More
Eating fish could protect your brain from effects of air pollution, says study
If you live in a city, you might want to load up your plate with salmon, sardines and mackerel. Eating these types of oily fish could protect your brain from the damaging effects of air pollution, new research claims. It’s…
Read More
Study: The immune effects of seclidemstat in aggressive ovarian cancer striking young women
A drug known as SP-2577 could help enable the body’s own immune system to attack ovarian cancer, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope. Published today in the scientific…
Read More
Silencing of an ALS gene safely delivered to patients in new study
UMass Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital are the first to safely treat two research participants with a synthetic microRNA, delivered into the spinal fluid, designed to silence a human disease-causing gene. Details of the treatment, which targeted the mutant…
Read More
Sensory neurons outside the brain drive autistic social behaviors, study suggests
A new study from Penn Medicine lends further evidence that the social behaviors tied to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) emerge from abnormal function of sensory neurons outside the brain. It’s an important finding, published today in the journal Cell Reports,…
Read More
Antibody study suggests herd immunity to COVID-19 is 'unachievable'
Coronavirus herd immunity may be ‘unachievable’: Only 5% of people in Spain developed antibodies three months after the pandemic peaked, study suggests Researchers looked at blood test results of a nationwide sample of more than 61,000 participants in Spain Around 5%…
Read More
New study reveals how the brain organizes information about odors
The premiere of the movie Scent of Mystery in 1960 marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the first, and last, motion picture debut “in glorious Smell-O-Vision.” Hoping to wow moviegoers with a dynamic olfactory experience alongside the…
Read More
Researchers attempting to study differing microbiomes more effectively
We know fiber is good for us and is an important part of our diet. One way to get more fiber in our diets is to take fiber supplements, and if we take fiber supplements, our microbiome is going to…
Read More
MRI study reveals arterial culprit plaque characteristics
The degree of cerebral infarction (single or multiple infarcts) is a feasible imaging marker to predict future stroke recurrence in patients with ischemic stroke. However, the features of arterial vessel wall lesions and culprit plaques that ultimately lead to different…
Read More
How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights
New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in the womb—a process critical to healthy brain function. Misfolding of the brain is linked with many neurological conditions including autism, anorexia, epilepsy and…
Read More