The study find taht the General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has found that, contrary to common assumptions, the fact that a specific genetic mutation frequently arises in particular tumors may not signify that the mutation drives cancer development and progression. Their article published in Science describes how DNA single strands that fold back on themselves…
Non Invasive Biomarkers; Normal renal parenchyma is a structurally diverse tissue including glomerular, tubulointerstitial, and vascular compartments. Scarring due to injury or aging can occur in all of these structures, separately or in concert, manifested histopathologically as glomerulosclerosis, interstitial fibrosis (IF), tubular atrophy (TA), and arteriosclerosis. Tubulointerstitial scarring (IF/TA) is a composite of IF and…
Cryptosporidium is a parasite that causes cryptosporidiosis, a profuse; watery diarrhea that can last up to 3 weeks in immunocompetent patients and can lead to life-threatening malnutrition and wasting in immunocompromised patients.* Fecal-oral transmission can occur by ingestion of contaminated recreational water; drinking water, or food, or through contact with infected persons or animals. Prevention…
As many as 1.9 million children with specific medical problems are project to drop out of federal health; and nutrition benefit programs if the administration follows through on a plan to broaden the definition of “public charge,” researchers estimate. When an immigrant applies for entry into the United States or a green card; immigration officials…
A major 2009 revision to a federal nutrition program for low-income pregnant women; and children improved recipients’ health on several key measures, researchers at UC San Francisco have found. The study is the first to analyze the health effects of the changes to the U.S. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women; Infants and Children (WIC),…
Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder that affecting more than 6 million people worldwide; is causing by the buildup of alpha-synuclein protein in the brain. This research focusing on the acetylating form of alpha synuclein proteins; which is present in both healthy and diseasing neurons and is less frequently studying. But the study that the acetylating…
Asthma Patients; Carefully designed, integrated multi-“omic” studies could accelerate the use of precision medicine for asthma patients, according to researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. In an invited review article published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Scott R. Tyler, Ph.D., and Supinda Bunyavanich, MD, MPH report that numerous…
Nipah virus is an emerging zoonotic virus; that spills over from bats to humans causing severe disease and chains of transmission in humans. The henipaviruses, including Nipah virus and Hendra virus, are highly lethal, emerging, bat-borne viruses within the family Paramyxoviridae that infect humans directly or via domestic animals that function as bridging hosts. But the…
Wristband; In this study high tech wristband is being developed along the same lines, potentially helping patients who struggle with mood disorders. The smart wristband would use a person’s skin to track their emotional intensity. During a mood swing, either high or low, the wristband would change color, heat up, squeeze or vibrate to inform the…
Acute brain injury can result in significant damage and loss of consciousness; warranting life support and admission to an intensive care unit. A complex journey toward recovery begins; sometimes involving daily life-and-death battles.As the acuity of the life-threatening injurydeclines and the patient’s condition stabilizes a bit; the dust starts to settle. But then so many questions…
In a poster presentation at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery meeting; a paper demonstrates that the cost of hip and knee replacements can be significantly decrease; with no change in outcomes and no greater rates of complications. The secret is location, location, location in this case, a switch from hospital-based to ambulatory care. Here…
The researches find that the To compare the accuracy of 68Gallium prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography; (68Ga-PSMA PET/CT) with mpMRI in detecting and localising primary prostate cancer when compared with radical prostatectomy (RP) pathology. Therefore Retrospective review of men who underwent 68Ga-PSMA PET/CT and mpMRI for primary prostate cancer prior to RP across…