Predicting cognitive impairment risk with features from univariate and multivariate EEG analyses. A) Layout of the full night low-density EEG set-up. B) Univariate (relative power) and multivariate EEG analyses (total…
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Novel stem cell therapy repairs ‘irreversible’ corneal damage in clinical trial
CALEC trial principal investigator Ula Jurkunas, MD, associate director of the Cornea Service at Mass Eye and Ear and professor of Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, in her lab at…
How cancer hijacks the immune system by draining T cells’ energy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Research into immunotherapy against cancer typically focuses on better recognition of cancer cells by the body’s own immune system. Researchers at Amsterdam UMC and Moffitt Cancer…
When doctors misdiagnose autoimmune disease as psychosomatic
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Feeling disbelieved when knowing that there is something very wrong with your body can have devastating and long-term consequences. One of the most obvious consequences is…
Gut microbes that convert sugar into vital short-chain fatty acids point the way to novel therapeutics
A Kobe University team found that glucose is excreted into the small intestine, where bacteria transform it into short-chain fatty acids. Credit: Kobe University Gut microbes that were thought to…
Autoimmune diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long-term damage to physical and mental well-being
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A “chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication” is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as…
Can making the NHS cleaner slow the spread of disease?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Several weeks ago, I visited a local NHS urgent care center with my toddler on what might be called a semi-annual pilgrimage related to having a…
For cancer patients, oncologists often have the final word
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels For terminally ill cancer patients, the final days of life are immensely personal, having the choice to continue cancer treatments, or to stop treatments and…
Immune ‘fingerprints’ aid diagnosis of complex diseases
Immune cells (top) generate highly variable receptors by shuffling DNA segments (second panel) to recognize threats like bacteria (green in third). Identifying ‘successful’ receptors (fourth) can help diagnose complex diseases.…
Blood metabolites tied to childhood growth and cognitive milestones
Directed acyclic graph (DAG) of the association between child serum metabolome and early childhood development. Credit: eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.97982 McMaster University researchers have identified small molecules in the blood…
