by Oregon Health & Science University edited by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new clinical trial found that taking a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug once weekly significantly improves blood sugar and leads to substantial weight loss in adults with type 1 diabetes who use automated insulin delivery systems. The results are published today in the […]
by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham edited by Robert Egan Graphical abstract. Credit: Immunity (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2025.02.023 Human exposure to toxic particles drives various diseases. Examples include gout, an acute arthritis driven by monosodium urate crystals, or MSUc; CPPD disease, another inflammatory joint disease driven by calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystals, or CPPDc; and the lung disease
by University of Cambridge edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald demonstrates the capsule sponge. Credit: StillVision Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of
by Washington University in St. Louis edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Fixing problems with cholesterol metabolism might help slow or prevent a common cause of age-related vision loss, a new WashU Medicine study in mice has shown. Pictured are color-stained retinal epithelial cells from a mouse eye, the first cells to die as age-related
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by Case Western Reserve University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine have found that semaglutide, a popular diabetes and weight-loss drug, may lower the risk of dementia in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Dementia, a condition that slowly makes it harder for
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by Delthia Ricks, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Monoclonal antibodies provide protection against a wide range of infectious microbes, and now, in a series of elegant laboratory experiments, scientists have uncovered how a pair of these lab-engineered molecules fight malaria. The newly developed antibodies have arrived at a critical
by Dennis Thompson edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin A blood test might predict when multiple sclerosis patients are about to suffer a relapse in their symptoms, a new study says. Blood levels of a protein called neurofilament light chain rise significantly in MS patients up to a year before they have a relapse,
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by University of Gothenburg edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Brain Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1093/braincomms/fcaf221 Newborn babies and patients with Alzheimer’s disease share an unexpected biological trait: elevated levels of a well-known biomarker for Alzheimer’s, as shown in a study led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg and published in Brain Communications. First author Fernando Gonzalez-Ortiz and senior author
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by Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Exercise/rest measurements of the standardized uptake value ratio (SUVR) are used with an exponential calibration function to estimate myocardial flow reserve (MFR). This allows (i) the physiological information from the exercise stress to be combined with (ii) the proven value
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June 23, 2025 Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to LinkedIn Share on Email The Christchurch mutation in the APOE3 gene protects against tauopathy by tamping down inflammation in the brain. Credit: The Gan lab. A rare gene mutation that delays Alzheimer’s disease does so by damping inflammatory signaling in brain-resident immune cells, according
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