(HealthDay)—Nikki Moreno had spent nearly a year struggling for breath, and nothing seemed to help. Not the inhalers, not the antibiotics and other drugs. Nothing seemed to help her breathe, and nothing got rid of her constant cough. It finally got so bad that she landed in the emergency room at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. Moreno was not […]
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If you disagree with someone, it might not make any difference how certain they say they are, as during disagreement your brain’s sensitivity to the strength of people’s beliefs is reduced, finds a study led by UCL and City, University of London. The brain scanning study, published in Nature Neuroscience, reveals a new type of confirmation bias that can make […]
Continue reading » A clinical trial investigating the repurposed cancer drug nilotinib in people with Parkinson’s disease finds that it is reasonably safe and well tolerated. Researchers also report finding an increase in dopamine, the chemical lost as a result of neuronal destruction, and a decrease in neurotoxic proteins in the brain among study participants. Finally, they say nilotinib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, […]
Continue reading » Before the news broke internationally that Chinese scientist He Jiankui had allegedly genetically engineered twin girls, only a few people around the world had known about it. One of those was Penn cardiologist Kiran Musunuru. Musunuru had previously advised Associated Press journalist Marilynn Marchione on stories related to gene editing. So, when Marchione needed a trusted scientist to help her […]
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Turkey that’s often bland and accompanied with cranberry sauce from a can? Stuffing yourself with food until you’re set to burst? Those are two of the most common hallmarks of Thanksgiving, which most Americans around the country looking forward to with gusto each year, but have you ever wondered why? The food at Thanksgiving helps drive the enthusiasm for the […]
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A new test could pick out women with advanced breast cancer who are likely to benefit from an exciting new targeted therapy for more than a year. Analysing levels of a molecule called cyclin E1 in tumor biopsies could be used to guide breast cancer treatment—helping delay chemotherapy for some women and ensuring others are closely monitored for any signs […]
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For the first time in the United States, a gene editing tool has been used to treat advanced cancer in three patients and showed promising early results in a pilot phase 1 clinical trial. So far the treatment appears safe, and more results are expected soon. To develop a safer and more effective treatment for cancer patients, scientists from the […]
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People with obesity, high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol are often advised to eat less and move more, but our new research suggests there is now another simple tool to fight off these diseases: restricting your eating time to a daily 10-hour window. Studies done in mice and fruit flies suggest that limiting when animals eat to […]
Continue reading » Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Trento, measured the length of time new-born chicks were sensitive to living or animate objects that visibly change speed when they move. The study, published in Scientific reports, found that this attraction to other living things was short-lived, with chicks losing the behavior two days after birth. Short-term sensitivity […]
Continue reading » The prevalence of cannabis, or marijuana, use in the United States increased from 2005 to 2017 among persons with and without depression and was approximately twice as common among those with depression in 2017. The findings, which are published in Addiction, come from a survey-based study of 728,691 persons aged 12 years or older. “Perception of great risk associated with […]
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