An international and interdisciplinary team working at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology has modeled the evolution of one of biology’s most fundamental sets of building blocks and found that it may have special properties that helped bootstrap itself into its modern form. All life on Earth uses an almost…
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology; and Peking University has used single particle cryogenic electron microscopy; to study the human T cell receptor complex. T cells are involved in carrying out an immune response during an infection. Prior research has shown that each T cell has a T cell receptor, which…
According to the study, Nepal’s Health Ministry (also Deputy Prime Minister) Upendra Yadav received the WHO honor for Nepal. Besides Nepal, Bangladesh; Bhutan and Thailand became the first South Asian countries to control Hepatitis B. Studies conducted on five-year-old children in the four countries proved that Hepatitis B immunization rates; were high and the disease’s…
The researches find that the sleep is a crucial part of human health. Piling up a chronic sleep debt by consistently sleeping less than is needed for a fully rested feeling causes a number of illnesses; including heart disease, cancer and autoimmune conditions. However, some people are able to do without as much sleep as…
The rate of chronic hypertension among pregnant women age 35; and over in the United States has increased by more than 75% since 1970, with black women suffering from persistent high blood pressure at more than twice the rate of white women; according to a Rutgers study. In the study, published in the journal Hypertension,…
Under Ayushman Bharat and other health schemes; other schemes do not have a robust IT platform to check beneficiaries. At the same time, cataract can be funded under National Blindness Prevention programme. The committee has decided to increase the rates of 200 packages and reduce the costs of 63 packages under Ayushman Bharat. The government…
Patient-reported symptoms are associated with clinically impactful changes in systemic sclerosis( SSc ) disease activity, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research. “Quantifying disease activity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains challenging due to the complex etiopathogenesis of the disease; and a disease course that lacks clear clinical relapses; and validated measures of various…
New research from Massey University’s Sleep/Wake Research Centre shows that airline cabin crew; who perceive they have higher workload also feel more sleepy and fatigued; and perform more poorly on a reaction time test conducted in flight. The test was done at the point, known as top of descent, at which an aircraft transitions from…
A new type of ultrasound transducer developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) is expected to allow faster and more reliable diagnosis of infection of the middle ear. Thanks to sensor technology developed by Fraunhofer IPMS, a new device from OtoNexus Medical Technologies will enhance the diagnosis of middle ear infections. A prototype…
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized by the inability of individuals; to gauge the emotions and mental states of other people. However, if the lens is widened to include the behavior of people in general; those with ASD traits are as good or even slightly better social psychologists than people who do not have traits…
Infection with parasitic helminths can reduce the susceptibility of T-cells to HIV-1 infection; according to a study Pathogens. Parasitic helminths such as Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) have developed a number of strategies to evade, skew and dampen human immune responses, including the modulation of CD4+ T-lymphocyte responses. Since CD4+ T-lymphocytes are the main cell type infected with…
A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer; according to research by Queen Mary University of London. In combination with the current prostate specific antigen (PSA) test; the new test could help men avoid unnecessary and invasive biopsies, over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Prostate cancer…