Lower dose, less toxic radiopharmaceutical produces better outcomes
(National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) Together with collaborators at the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, the Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Professor Shawn Chen of the Department of Diagnostic Radiology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, has managed to improve the pharmacokinetics and effectiveness of PPRT, while reducing its dosage and toxicity. The researchers did this by introducing a truncated Evans blue molecule onto octreotate peptide. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - March 9, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
How the South African COVID-19 variant was found
(University of California - Riverside) Variants of the coronavirus are appearing in different parts of the world, many of them spreading with alarming speed. One contagious variant is the South African, or SA, variant, identified by an international team of researchers, including biomedical scientists from the University of California, Riverside. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Molecular biologist Mohamed Abou featured in new video and article from the Vilcek Foundation
(Vilcek Foundation) The Vilcek Foundation recognizes the research contributions and work of Princeton University faculty member Mohamed Abou Donia in a new article and video. Abou Donia is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. He receives the award for his rigorous work on the impact of the microbiome of humans and other organisms on host health, disease, and the environment. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 8, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
BCAS3-C16orf70 complex is a new actor on the mammalian autophagic machinery
(Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science) Autophagy is an intracellular degradation process of cytosolic materials and damaged organelles. Targeted cargo are engulfed by membranes called autophagosome, then delivered to lysosomes where they are degraded. This process is complex, especially in mammals, with many regulatory factors. Researchers in the Ubiquitin Project of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (TMIMS) discovered mammalian BCAS3-C16orf70 as novel proteins that associate with the autophagosome membranes via interaction with phosphoinositide. These studies were published in Autophagy. (Source: ...
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Vilcek Foundation allocates $150,000 for 2022 prizes honoring immigrant scientists
(Vilcek Foundation) The Vilcek Foundation has announced that in 2022 it will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. The foundation has allocated $150,000 to make three awards of $50,000 each to early-career biomedical scientists who have already demonstrated significant accomplishments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Efficient, systematic genetic analysis helps dissect disease inheritance
(City University of Hong Kong) An international research team, including a biomedical scientist from City University of Hong Kong (CityU), has developed a high-throughput biological assay technique which enabled them to conduct a systematic analysis on the impact of nearly 100,000 genetic variants on the binding of transcription factors to DNA. Their findings provided valuable data for finding key biomarkers of type 2 diabetes for diagnostics and treatments. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Largest batch of AIIMS resident surgeons to learn basics of robotic surgery
In the largest such initiative so far, a group of 70 young surgeons specialising in oncology at the premier medical science institute in New Delhi are learning the basics of robot-assisted surgeries in a new two-month course. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - February 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Biotech pursuing deal to access $5B China market with lung cancer test
San Antonio-based bioAffinity Technologies Inc. has secured a non-binding letter of intent from Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd. to evaluate its initial product — the CyPath Lung.
The expectation is that the two companies will negotiate a binding agreement to commercialize the non-invasive test for early detection of lung cancer in China.
“China represents a $5 billio n market for CyPath Lung. An estimated 780,000 people will be diagnosed annually in China with lung cancer,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 12, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: W. Scott Bailey Source Type: news
Biotech pursuing deal to access $5B China market with lung cancer test
San Antonio-based bioAffinity Technologies Inc. has secured a non-binding letter of intent from Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co. Ltd. to evaluate its initial product — the CyPath Lung.
The expectation is that the two companies will negotiate a binding agreement to commercialize the non-invasive test for early detection of lung cancer in China.
“China represents a $5 billio n market for CyPath Lung. An estimated 780,000 people will be diagnosed annually in China with lung cancer,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 12, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: W. Scott Bailey Source Type: news
NASA ’s Climate Communications Might Not Recover From The Damage Of Trump’s Systemic Suppression
Before former U.S. President Donald Trump incited a hostile insurrection against the Capitol, he’d already smashed wrecking balls through the ranks of government agencies. Among the many casualties was the truth about climate science, which NASA was routinely prevented from sharing with the public that supports it.
I was the senior science editor for NASA’s Global Climate Change website and witnessed the impact of science suppression firsthand. I’d been at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), one of 10 NASA centers, for a decade when, three weeks into the Trump Administration, on Feb. 16, 2017, t...
Source: TIME: Science - February 10, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Laura Tenenbaum Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Discovering structural diverseness of neurons between brain areas and between cases
(Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science) Dr. Masanari Itokawa who is the vice president of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science and colleague by the collaboration with Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI/SPring-8) and Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory identified that the schizophrenia cases showed a thin and tortuous neuronal network compared with the controls (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - February 10, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Lipid composition of microalgae of the Kaliningrad Region was determined
(Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University) Scientists from the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and Kemerovo State University determined the qualitative and quantitative composition of fatty acids that the lipids of microalgae comprise. The results are expected to benefit medical science, cosmetology, energy production and the production of feed additives and functional food. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 9, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Senolysis by glutaminolysis inhibition ameliorates various age-associated disorders
(The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo) A collaborative research group led by Professor Makoto Nakanishi of the Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (IMSUT) has identified an inhibitor of the glutamate metabolic enzyme GLS1 so that its administration selectively eliminates senescent cells in vivo. They confirmed that the GLS1 inhibitor eliminated senescent cells from various organs and tissues in aged mice, ameliorating age-associated tissue dysfunction and the symptoms of obese diabetes, arteriosclerosis, and NASH. The results of this research were published in 'Science' on January 15,...
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 3, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Remyelinating drug could improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis
(University of California - Riverside) A team led by a biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, reports a drug -- an estrogen receptor ligand called indazole chloride (IndCl) -- has the potential to improve vision in patients with multiple sclerosis, or MS. The study, performed on mice induced with a model of MS and the first to investigate IndCl's effect on the pathology and function of the complete afferent visual pathway, is published in Brain Pathology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - February 2, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
AHA News: Hormones Are Key in Brain Health Differences Between Men and Women
MONDAY, Feb. 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Medical science has come a long way since the days of " bikini medicine, " when the only time doctors managed a woman ' s health differently than a man ' s was when treating the parts of her body... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - February 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
