A common heart failure medication may help prevent heart damage related to chemotherapy

November 21, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A commonly prescribed medication for heart failure was linked to a lower risk of heart damage, or cardiotoxicity, among high-risk cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment using anthracyclines, according to preliminary

Why weight? Researchers say it’s fitness that matters

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

As rates of obesity, as defined by body mass index (BMI), continue to climb in the United States, so have efforts to lose weight, including a new era of weight-loss

Cholesterol is not the only lipid involved in trans fat-driven cardiovascular disease

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Salk scientists have tracked the flow of trans fats using mouse models to describe the molecular mechanisms that cause trans fats to promote atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), explaining how industrially

AI needs to work on its conversation game

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

When you have a conversation today, notice the natural points when the exchange leaves open the opportunity for the other person to chime in. If their timing is off, they

Labeling cell particles with barcodes

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Cell-to-cell communication through nanosized particles, working as messengers and carriers, can now be analyzed in a whole new way, thanks to a new method involving CRISPR gene-editing technology. The particles,

Ouch! Commonalties found in pain vocalizations and interjections across cultures

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

There are an estimated 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, each offering unique ways to express human emotion. But do certain emotions show regularities in their vocal expression across languages? In JASA,

Study identifies subtypes of fibroblasts in skin cancer

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A study at MedUni Vienna’s Department of Dermatology provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in white and black skin cancer and describes their different immunomodulatory roles in the

Brain-based visual impairment in children

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood

HIV latency reversing properties in African plant

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A collaboration between The Wistar Institute and the University of Buea in Cameroon has uncovered the mechanisms for a medicinal plant with anti-HIV potential in Croton oligandrus Pierre & Hutch,

Cardiovascular drugs may reduce dementia risk

November 20, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of dementia in older age, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of