Month: May 2024

A team led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital used a new drug to save the life of a patient with immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP), a rare disorder characterized by uncontrolled clotting throughout the small blood vessels. The group describes the first clinical use of the drug for iTTP in the New England Journal Read More

Overview of the datasets and computational workflow. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02995-8 A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumors has been developed by researchers at The Australian National University (ANU). According to Dr. Danh-Tai Hoang, precision in diagnosing and categorizing tumors is crucial for effective patient treatment. “The current Read More

A general view of Brixham Harbour, in Brixham, Devon, Friday May 17, 2024. Around 16,000 homes and businesses in the Brixham area of Devon were told to boil water after cryptosporidium, a microscopic parasite that causes diarrhea, was found in the water. At least 46 cases of cryptosporidiosis have been confirmed and more than 100 Read More

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick population will be equal to last year or larger, some researchers say. Credit: CDC via AP, File Tick season is Read More

Integration of novel AI-powered digital interventions in the intraoperative setting. Credit: Nature Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-02970-3 You may not think artificial intelligence could have a role in surgery, but new research shows AI can help solve problems for patients, doctors and the health system. A group of researchers led by surgery researcher Dr. Chris Varghese Read More

Piezo 1 Activation Decreases the CDH5-stained Area and Increases Drainage of Lymphatic Vessel Mimetics in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) Chip. (a) Schematic illustration of the 3D lymphatic vessel model used for this study. (b) Fluorescence confocal images of the engineered lymphatic vessels stained for F-actin and CDH5. (c) The relative area of CDH5-stained cellular junctions. (d) Western Read More

Morpholino knockdown of cachd1 results in bilateral symmetry. (A-B) Dorsal views of 4 dpf uninjected wildtype and cachd1 morpholino-injected larvae after wholemount in situ hybridization using antisense riboprobes against asymmetric dorsal habenula markers kctd12.1. (C) Semi-quantitative RT-PCR for cachd1 transcripts. Credit: Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.ade6970 Genetic mechanisms behind the brain’s unique left–right differences are now Read More