Professor Jaime Ross, left, works in her lab in Avedisian Hall with graduate students Lauren Gaspar and Sydney Bartman. The team is investigating the potentially serious neurological impacts of microplastics…
Tag: Medical research
Australia shines in clinical trial activity ranking, but survey reveals gaps
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An examination of how clinical trials have changed in Australia over the past 15 years has identified challenges such as lack of balance in the types…
Stem cell therapy rescues symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease
Systemic transplantation of wild-type hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (green) led to their differentiation into microglia-like cells (red), which reduced the amount of beta amyloid plaques (magenta) in the brain.…
New antibiotics on the way, but not quickly enough
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A report by University of Queensland researchers has warned a global crisis of antibiotic resistance is inevitable, despite promising developments in new antibiotics. The Center for…
Fly toolkit created for investigating COVID-19 infection mechanisms
3-D rendering of cells in the salivary gland expressing the SARS-CoV2 protein NSP8 showing the abnormal accumulation of actin in ring-like structures (green staining). Similar actin rings have been observed…
Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Though per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) make headlines daily, a new paper reveals that most studies finding links between PFAS exposure and human health harms are…
Scent dogs can detect COVID-19 more rapidly and accurately than current tests, finds review study
(A) Illustration of the three cup sniffing experiment with the first author’s Great Pyrenees (photo credit: Todd Dickey). (B) One of the second author’s COVID-19 scent dogs sniffing a test…
Simple oxygen treatment could help patients ‘dramatically improve’ following brain injury
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Motor learning skills let us move through the world: we use them to teach ourselves how to walk, how to pick up a drink, how to…
Acute kidney injury not associated with worsening kidney function in persons with CKD: Study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study of hospitalized persons with chronic kidney disease (CKD) found that acute kidney injury (AKI) did not predict worsening of kidney function trajectory once difference…
New research finds deep-sleep brain waves predict blood sugar control
The combination of two brain waves, called sleep spindles and slow waves, predict an increase in the body’s sensitivity to the hormone called insulin, which consequentially and beneficially lowers blood…
