Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease
Credit: Ulf Sirborn. Small studies have suggested that a group of medications called RAS inhibitors may be harmful in persons ...
Month: December 2020
An explanation for the lack of blood oxygenation detected in many COVID-19 patients
One of the physiopathological characteristics of COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and medical community is what is known ...
In plants, channels set the rhythm
Although plants are anchored to the ground, they spend most of their lifetime swinging in the wind. Like animals, plants ...
Order and disorder in crystalline ice explained
A new theoretical model enlightens the structure and the electrical properties of pure and doped ice A fascinating substance with ...
Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer drug resistance
iCeMS scientists have revealed how a transporter protein twists and squeezes compounds out of cells, including chemotherapy drugs from some ...
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain injury
Brain volume measurement may provide early biomarker Philadelphia, December 29, 2020 - Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric ...
Large transporter protein linked to schizophrenia
Investigations of a cellular protein have uncovered a possible link with schizophreniaCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists have suspected mutations ...
Despite recommendations, patients with treatment-resistant hypertension rarely tested for primary al
Embargoed News from Annals of Internal Medicine Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the ...
Common brain malformation traced to its genetic roots
Discovery could aid early screening, shed light on how Chiari malformation arisesCredit: David Limbrick About one in 100 children has ...
Surveys identify relationship between waves, coastal cliff erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecastsCredit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Scripps ...
Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites invade
A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite ...
$3.9M project on self-deleting genes takes aim at mosquito-borne diseases
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers' work to aid mosquito control efforts To control mosquito populations and prevent them from transmitting diseases ...
Groups of bacteria can work together to better protect crops and improve their growth
Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh Harris, Reizo Quilat Roscios, and Elizabeth Anne Shank Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), ...
Do toddlers learning to spoon-feed seek different information from caregivers’ hands & faces?
Credit: (Illustrations by MATSUMURA Minami) When toddlers begin to use a spoon to eat by themselves, what kind of interactions ...
The brain network driving changes in consciousness
Activity of brain network linked to changes in connectedness for both sleep and anesthesiaCredit: Scheinin et al., JNeurosci 2020 The ...
Neurologists say there is no medical justification for police use of neck restraints
In a perspective piece, they note that some police departments justify these tactics with misleading language. BOSTON - Some police ...
Comparing health outcomes of privileged Americans with residents of other developed countries
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether health outcomes of white citizens living in the richest U.S. counties were ...
One psychedelic experience may lessen trauma of racial injustice
Lower stress, depression recalled after using drug, study finds COLUMBUS, Ohio - A single positive experience on a psychedelic drug ...
Beverage prices, volume sold after sweetened beverage tax repeal in Chicago’s county
What The Study Did: This observational study examined whether lasting change in sweetened beverage prices or the volume sold was ...
Discovery about how cancer cells evade immune defenses inspires new treatment approach
Cancer cells are known for spreading genetic chaos. As cancer cells divide, DNA segments and even whole chromosomes can be ...
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Multiple sclerosis more prevalent in Black Americans than previously thought
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Nearly 70% of private label avocado oil rancid or mixed with other oils
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Whales not to be counted on as ‘climate savers’: study
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University of Sydney launches innovative research fellowship scheme to tackle global challenges
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Phase 3 SWOG Cancer Research Network trial, led by a City of Hope researcher, demonstrates one-year progression-free survival in 94% of patients with Stage 3 or 4 classic Hodgkin lymphoma who received a checkpoint inhibitor combined with chemotherapy
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal