Infection with common cold coronaviruses can trigger broad cross-immunity against SARS-CoV-2 proteins

17-May-2023 - Researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf have demonstrated cross-reactive immune responses to another SARS-CoV-2 protein besides the spike protein. The research team found a broad immune system T cell response to the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of SARS-CoV-2 in blood ...

“Star Wars therapy” for adolescents on autism spectrum

Mind power: Improvements without medication

17-May-2023 - Master Yoda can move objects with the power of his mind. Researchers are using young people’s fascination with Star Wars to get them interested in new treatment methods. A clinical study proves that young people on the autism spectrum can also learn to regulate their brain activity in the ...

Cycling between a healthy and unhealthy diet has significant health effect

Diet cycling impacts spatial memory: rat study

16-May-2023 - We all know this scenario. You’ve been sticking to a healthy diet, then the weekend rolls around. Pub meals, greasy fry-ups, takeaway dinners… None of that matters as long as you ate healthily during the week, right? A UNSW Sydney study in rats, published in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, ...

Unhealthy environment causes cardiovascular disease

Two-thirds of noncommunicable diseases caused by environmental factors

16-May-2023 - Environmental stressors such as air pollution, noise, unhealthy urban planning, and climate change increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, as do traditional risk factors such as smoking, unhealthy diet, and physical inactivity. An article recently in Nature Review Cardiology by an ...

Traditional medicine plant could combat drug-resistant malaria

15-May-2023 - Much of what is now considered modern medicine originated as folk remedies or traditional, Indigenous practices. These customs are still alive today, and they could help address a variety of conditions. Now reporting inACS Omega, a team of researchers have identified compounds in the leaves of a ...

Better than Humans: Artificial Intelligence in Intensive Care Units

An AI can suggest appropriate treatment steps in cases of blood poisoning: The computer has already surpassed humans in this respect

15-May-2023 - In the future, artificial intelligence will play an important role in medicine. In diagnostics, successful tests have already been performed: for example, the computer can learn to categorise images with great accuracy according to whether they show pathological changes or not. However, it is ...

Putting an end to rheumatoid arthritis?

Interdisciplinary research team unlocks the mechanism for inhibiting inflammation of the joints

12-May-2023 - Immunoglobulin G antibodies (IgG) play an important role as drivers of inflammation in infectious diseases and autoimmune diseases. However, if the same immunoglobulin antibodies from the blood plasma of healthy donors are cleansed and injected into a patient’s bloodstream, they exhibit ...

Food additive nanoparticles could negatively affect your gut health

11-May-2023 - Common food additives known as metal oxide nanoparticles may have negative effects on your gut health, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York and Cornell University. Gretchen Mahler, professor of biomedical engineering and interim vice provost and dean ...

Phages and antimicrobial proteins in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

INCATE catalyzes critical growth stage at Invitris

11-May-2023 - INCATE has selected Invitris as the first venture to receive €250,000 in “Stage II Funding” that will allow Invitris to complete spin-out from Chair of Physics of Synthetic Biological Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and further its mission to scale the production of phages, ...

Alzheimer’s: modulation of cell membrane influences formation of amyloid-β

Adding long-chain fatty acids can thicken cell membranes and alter the activity of a key enzyme

10-May-2023 - A characteristic feature of Alzheimer’s disease are deposits of the amyloid-β protein, which clumps together to form plaques in the brain. The amyloid-β protein is produced by an enzyme which resides in cellular membranes. A team lead by Prof. Harald Steiner and Dr. Edgar Dawkins from the ...