The Chinese biotechnology company believes tFNAs will play an increasingly important role in skin care science. According to the 2024 Blue Book of Tetrahedral Framework Nucleic Acid, co-authored by Trautec and Frost & Sullivan, tFNAs have significant skin care benefits. The report said that tFNAs have showed a significant ability to promote cell proliferation, tissue … Read more
Long COVID can result in increased risk for a variety of serious health problems for young people, including those affecting the kidney, gut, and cardiovascular system, according to a group of new studies led by investigators at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. While most public attention has focused on … Read more
New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis – a disease caused by parasitic worms and second only to malaria in terms of potential harm – have been revealed by researchers at Penn State. The study – which took place in mice and was published in PLOS Pathogens -used a mouse model to examine how the … Read more
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Monocyte-to-HDL-C ratio (MHR) was found to be correlated with gout risk and renal dysfunction severity in a new cross-sectional study.1 “High monocyte counts and low HDL-C levels positively correlate with inflammation, and the MHR is recognized as a potential marker for inflammation and oxidative stress. The strong association between MHR and hyperuricemia suggests its utility … Read more
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) have successfully employed an algorithm to identify potential mutations which increase disease risk in the noncoding regions our DNA, which make up the vast majority of the human genome. The findings could serve as the … Read more
Hydroxyurea remains effective long-term in reducing emergency department visits and hospital days for children living with sickle cell disease (SCD), according to new research published in Blood Advances. “This is one of the first large, real-world, long-term studies to assess the efficacy of hydroxyurea outside of a controlled setting,” said study author Paul George, MD, … Read more
Suzanne Broadbent, PhD Credit: University of the Sunshine Coast A self-paced aquatic exercise program improved physical and psychosocial outcomes in people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), according to new findings from a randomized controlled trial (RCT).1 “Appropriate modes of physical activity are uncertain, given the risk of symptom exacerbation, yet remaining sedentary may also … Read more
Cathy Tinney-Zara, a worker at NIOSH’s Pittsburg facility who spoke to WIRED in her capacity as the union representative, says that before they lost their jobs, the researchers at the Morgantown facility had been actively studying how Gulf War soldiers were affected by exposure to Mustard Gas, how pregnant workers have been affected by exposure … Read more
New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14 May) and published in The Journal of Internal Medicine shows that, in survivors of breast cancer, having an unhealthy metabolic profile or so called ‘metabolic syndrome’ increases the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 69%, and subsequent breast … Read more