Study reveals how pushing and pulling forces drive blood vessel formation
How do blood vessels form to reliably supply the body with oxygen and nutrients? A research team at…
Review finds blueberry and grape polyphenols may improve vascular health
From endothelial function to blood pressure, the review maps where blueberry and grape bioactives show promise and where…
Bioresorbable Sensor Tracks Deep-Tissue Lactate for Over 10 Days in Animals
Researchers developed a fully bioresorbable sensor that continuously tracked deep-tissue lactate for more than 10 days in animal…
Wearable fingertip patch tracks Parkinson’s medication levels through sweat
Engineers and neuroscientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a soft, wearable fingertip patch that…
Amyloid beta misfolding predicts Alzheimer’s years before symptoms appear
Widely used Alzheimer’s biomarker P-tau 217 reliably detects the disease only at the clinical stage. The protein misfolding…
Taiwan Biobank data reveals ongoing natural selection in living humans
For more than a century, scientists have sought to reconstruct human evolution using diverse lines of evidence, including…
Cleveland Clinic study links gut microbe byproduct to heart arrhythmia
A Cleveland Clinic-led study shows a connection between elevated blood levels of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) – a byproduct…
Engineered extracellular vesicles dramatically improve cancer detection sensitivity
Anyone afflicted with cancer will often face a long and difficult journey. The early stages of any medical…
Gut immune cells may improve multiple sclerosis treatment outcomes
B-cell depletion therapies, in which B cells of the immune system, which may drive disease activity in multiple…
Frequent TV watching links to higher white matter lesion volume
A 24-year ARIC analysis suggests that the setting in which people sit may matter for brain measures linked…
UVA researchers develop a new experimental approach to target glioblastoma
University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center scientists have developed a promising new experimental approach to targeting glioblastoma, the most common…
Understanding the role of cerebral venous flow in idiopathic intracranial hypertension
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a rare and poorly understood neurological disorder that affects 1 to 20 people…