Prince Harry And Meghan Markle To Receive The Oprah Treatment

Even after resigning from their Royal duties at the close of last year, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have continued to be prime candidates for tabloid fodder. Despite the turmoil Markle experienced at the hands of the British press, it seems the rest of the world can’t get enough of the royal couple. When an […]

High blood pressure: High-flavanol diet shown to reduce high blood pressure

High blood pressure: Lifestyle changes to reduce reading When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights.You can unsubscribe at any time. High blood pressure […]

Risk of Human Spread of H5N8 Bird Flu Deemed Low: WHO

GENEVA (Reuters) – The risk of human-to-human spread of the H5N8 strain of bird flu appears low after it was identified for the first time worldwide in farm workers in Russia, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Russia registered the first case of influenza A(H5N8) being passed to humans from birds and has […]

Ketone Supplementation: A Novel Intervention for CVD?

Ketone bodies may have therapeutic benefits for patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), regardless of the method used to increase their presence in the heart, a new review suggests. The authors looked at the current body of experimental and clinical research on the potential role of ketone bodies in improving CVD and found that increasing circulating […]

Rapid antigen testing for COVID-19: Piecing the puzzle together

A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital and the Massachusetts Department of Health compared one of the latest rapid antigen tests for COVID-19—the Abbott BinaxNOW—with a highly accurate PCR test in a high-volume, drive-thru testing environment. They found that the rapid test detected almost all adults who tested positive by PCR if they had had […]

Mutant gene-targeted immunotherapy approach developed

A novel targeted immunotherapy approach developed by researchers at the Ludwig Center, the Lustgarten Laboratory, and Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center employs new antibodies against genetically altered proteins to target cancers. The researchers targeted their immunotherapy approach to alterations in the common cancer-related p53 tumor suppressor gene, the […]

Researchers discover balance between two protein counteracting forces in hereditary ataxias

Collaborating with the University of Oxford, Professor Ho Yin Edwin Chan’s research team from the School of Life Sciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) recently unveiled the counteracting relationship between pre-mRNA-processing factor 19 (Prpf19) and exocyst complex component 7 (Exoc7) in controlling the degradation of disease protein and neurodegeneration of the rare […]

Transmission risk of COVID-19 from sewage spills into rivers can now be quickly quantified

Scientists have identified that the COVID-19 virus could be transmitted through fecal-contaminated river water. A team of researchers, including water quality, epidemiology, remote sensing and modeling experts, led by Dr. Jamie Shutler at the University of Exeter, have developed a fast and simple way to assess the potential risk of water-borne transmission of the COVID-19 […]

First Oral SMA Treatment Gets EMA Panel Thumbs Up

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended marketing authorization for risdiplam (Evrysdi), the first treatment that can be given orally to patients with certain types of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Risdiplam is “expected to increase survival of motor neurons and reduce symptoms of the disease,” […]

Research team profiles histone mutational landscape of human cancers

Researchers in the Muir Lab at Princeton University’s Department of Chemistry have completed the first comprehensive analysis of cancer-associated histone mutations in the human genome, featuring both biochemical and cellular characterizations of these substrates. Their study reports that histone mutations that perturb nucleosome remodeling may contribute to the development or progression of a wide range […]