A graphic depicts the “two faces of alpha-synuclein” and the transition from normal states (upper, organized molecular machines on a well-defined grid) to pathologic states…
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In a study published in The Journal of Pineal Research, 5 mg of melatonin increased total sleep time compared to placebo. In a small study…
Encapsulated stem cells (green) tracking and killing GBM tumor cells (red). Credit: Shah lab (CSTI) Investigators uncovered a diagnostic method to identify receptors on cancer…
A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital discovered that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) had a higher number of somatic…
Dietary sources of flavanols. Credit: MARS Large-scale randomized trial found signs of preventive cardiovascular effects for cocoa flavanols, including a 27 percent reduction in the…
In a study of older adults, longer, more frequent daytime napping in a specific year predicted worse cognitive performance in the following year, and vice…
Frequent use of NSAIDs or acetaminophen or regular use of COX-2 inhibitors was associated with an almost 20 percent higher risk of tinnitus Frequent use…
Vitamin D supplementation over five years reduced autoimmune disease rate by 22 percent compared to placebo. Autoimmune diseases (AD) such as rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica,…
Cryobioprinting examples. Credit: Y. Shrike Zhang Researchers invented a technique that combines bioprinting with cryopreservation to construct frozen, cell-laden structures that can be used in…
A new study suggests that newborns who get more sleep and wake up less throughout the night are at lower risk of being overweight. Scientists…
A convection-enhanced encapsulation device as pictured enhances nutrient transport leading to improved survival and improved glucose responsive insulin secretion of the transplanted beta cells. Credit:…
Antibodies capable of neutralizing multiple SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the official name of the virus strain that causes coronavirus disease (COVID-19).…
Novel approach finds targets for future clinical trials in depression and Parkinson’s disease. Researchers have made significant advancements in correlating aberrations in specific brain circuits…
MIT engineers have designed a new type of stent that could be used to deliver drugs to the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, or other tubular…
Using datasets from neurosurgical patients and those with brain lesions, investigators mapped lesion locations associated with spiritual and religious belief to a specific human brain…
Eating milk chocolate every day may sound like a recipe for weight gain, but a new study of postmenopausal women has found that eating a…
Discrepancy driven primarily by an increase in death rates in middle-aged white people. Death rates among Black people remained highest overall, however, gap with those…
New data from the National Health Interview Survey found that 50.2 million US adults reported pain on most days or every day, limiting daily functioning…
Results from the primary analysis of the ongoing phase 3 clinical trial demonstrate efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections and severe illness. A peer-reviewed paper…
Secondary analysis of the VITAL Randomized Clinical Trial found an overall 17 percent risk reduction for metastatic or fatal cancer and a 38 percent reduction…