Cart is empty Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a way to use artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose muscle wasting, called sarcopenia, in patients with head and neck cancer. AI provides a fast, automated, and accurate assessment that is too time-consuming and error-prone to be made by humans. The tool, published in JAMA Network Open, could be used by doctors to improve treatment and supportive care for patients.
Universal siRNA COVID-19 treatment shows promise in the lab
Lab data in cells has shown that siRNA has the potential to treat COVID-19 infection better than existing antivirals, according to new research from UNSW’s Kirby and RNA Institutes, published today in Antiviral Research.
Repairing the heart with silicon nanowires and stem cell cardiomyocytes
A research group led by Clemson University has developed a strategy to improve heart repair using human pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes combined with biodegradable and biocompatible electroconductive silicon nanowires.
Do you think you have a penicillin allergy? Chances are, you’re wrong
Knowing your penicillin allergy status could make a big difference if you end up in hospital, according to UNSW researchers.
Women can take over financial decisions when partner’s brain function declines, but same not true for men
Women can competently take over financial decision-making when they perceive a decline in their husband’s cognitive ability but the same can’t be said for men, according to University of Queensland research.
New study reveals unregulated toxic chemicals in breast milk
A new study by researchers from Emory University, Toxic-Free Future, the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute found toxic flame retardants in breast milk samples, showing—for the first time—that chemicals meant as replacements for other banned toxic chemicals are now building up in people.
Researchers find new pathway for HIV invasion of cell nucleus
A study published on August 10, 2023, in the journal Nature Communications has identified a new pathway that human immune deficiency virus (HIV) uses to enter the nucleus of a healthy cell, where it can then replicate and go on to invade other cells.
Tactile imagery used to improve rehabilitation of patients with motor disorders
Skoltech researchers in collaboration with Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences demonstrated that sensorimotor regions of the brain can be activated not only through movement, but also tactile imagery. The results are presented in the eNeuro journal.
Don’t mock Zambians on the high cost of living – Silavwe
…instead of spewing mockery on the high cost of living, I urge the UPND government to listen and respond in favour of our people economically
By MILLENNIUM REPORTER
GOLDEN Party Zambia (GPZ) president, Jackson Silavwe has described as insensitive and a mockery to many Zambians the remarks by Minister of Lands, Elijah Muchima asking citizens to buy a “meda” of maize and taking it to a hammer mill to access cheaply priced mealie-meal.
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Enhanced gut microbiome diversity linked to improved survival in children receiving stem cell transplants
Researchers in Italy have shown for the first time that among children who have undergone a donor stem cell transplant, the presence of diverse species of micro-organisms in the intestinal tract before the transplant resulted in significantly better overall patient survival and fewer complications. The study, published in the journal Blood, adds to a growing body of research unraveling the role gut health plays in health outcomes.