Large-scale laboratory testing of man-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals inhibit the growth of gut bacteria considered important for health. The research, including the new machine learning model, is published in the journal Nature Microbiology. Source link
Some tumors are almost impossible to cure. This is especially true for carcinomas, which do not behave like other malignant diseases. Some of these tumors act as shapeshifters and begin to resemble cells from other parts of the human body, such as the skin. This bizarre behavior presents a challenge to existing treatments. Source link
Researchers have created an artificial intelligence model that can identify which mutations in human proteins are most likely to cause disease, even if those mutations have never been seen before in any person. Source link
Peanut allergy is one of the most common food allergies, affecting 1% to 2% of people living in the West. And, for several years, their prevalence has been increasing. Source link
A Washington state resident is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials said Friday the risk to the public is low. Source link
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a natural mechanism that clears existing amyloid plaques in the brains of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease and preserves cognitive function. The mechanism involves recruiting brain cells known as astrocytes, star-shaped cells in the brain, to remove toxic amyloid plaques that build up in many Alzheimer’s…
The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has released a comprehensive updated clinical guideline on the pharmacologic management of moderate to severe Crohn’s disease. The new guideline uses state-of-the-art network meta-analysis to recommend prescribing drugs for patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease based on prior treatment. Source link
A paper from a team of scientists at the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, titled, “Bedtime regularization as a potential adjunctive therapy for hypertension, a concept study,” suggests that regular bedtime regularization may have beneficial effects on blood pressure for individuals with hypertension. Source link
Deep brain stimulation – implants in the brain that act as a kind of “pacemaker” – have led to clinical improvement in half of participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an open-label trial. Source link
Some children are born with early blindness due to dense bilateral congenital cataracts, requiring surgery to restore their vision. This period of several months without vision can leave a lasting impression on how the brain processes visual details, but has surprisingly little effect on the recognition of faces, objects, or words. This is the main…
