Evaluating long-term survival and cardiac efficacy of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Fibrotic remodeling in skeletal muscle and heart of DMDMDX rats and impact of delandistrogene moxeparvovec treatment. A recent study published in the journal Human Gene Therapy evaluated the long-term survival…

Prenatal supplements largely lack the recommended amount of omega-3 fatty acids to help prevent preterm birth

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Most prenatal supplements lack the amount of omega-3 fatty acids that could help prevent preterm birth, meaning delivery before 37 weeks’ gestation. This is a key…

California teacher dies after she was bitten by a bat inside a classroom

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A central California teacher died last month after she was bitten by a bat inside her classroom that presumably had rabies, officials and the woman’s friend…

Small amounts of incidental vigorous physical exertion may almost halve major cardiovascular events risk in women

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Short bursts of incidental vigorous physical exertion, lasting less than a minute each, may almost halve the risk of a major cardiovascular event, such as heart…

Bioprinting technique creates functional tissue 10x faster

HITS-Bio for SCT fabrication. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54504-7 Three-dimensional (3D) printing isn’t just a way to produce material products quickly. It also offers researchers a way to develop…

US lawmakers back COVID Chinese lab leak theory after two-year probe

Credit: CC0 Public Domain US lawmakers concluded a two-year investigation Monday into the COVID-19 outbreak that killed 1.1 million Americans—backing the theory that the virus likely leaked from a Chinese…

Five new papers highlight cancer inequities, challenges and opportunities in South Asia

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries — Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka — are shown in blue. Credit: Created with mapchart.net A…

AI can predict involuntary admissions and pave way for prevention in psychiatric services

Model performance of the XGBoost model in the test set. (a) Receiver operating characteristics curve. AUROC, area under the receiver operating characteristics curve. (b) Confusion matrix. PPR, positive predictive rate;…

Higher ratio of plant protein to animal protein may improve heart health, study suggests

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD),…

Mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise—here’s how collecting mozzies in your backyard can help science

by Cameron Webb, Craig Williams, Katherine Baldock, Larissa Braz Sousa and Stephen Robert Fricker, The Conversation With hundreds of different types of mosquito in Australia, knowing what’s biting helps determine…