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Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Understanding the Connection

Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Understanding the Connection

While we've known about traditional risk factors like high blood pressure and cholesterol for decades, scientists have recently uncovered another important player in heart health: inflammation.

Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease: Understanding the Connection

While we've known about traditional risk factors like high blood pressure and cholesterol for decades, scientists have recently uncovered another important player in heart health: inflammation.
US approves first drug for severe form of fatty liver disease

US approves first drug for severe form of fatty liver disease

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first medication for people with a severe type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Madrigal Pharmac

US approves first drug for severe form of fatty liver disease

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the first medication for people with a severe type of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Madrigal Pharmac
ADHD drug shortages: What to expect if you take Vyvanse and can't access your usual dose

ADHD drug shortages: What to expect if you take Vyvanse and can't access your usual dose

by Alison Poulton,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainImagine you or your child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and after several weeks, or even months, you&#39

ADHD drug shortages: What to expect if you take Vyvanse and can't access your usual dose

by Alison Poulton,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainImagine you or your child has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and after several weeks, or even months, you&#39
Pharmacists could bridge a health care gap by offering more sexual health services

Pharmacists could bridge a health care gap by offering more sexual health services

by Adrianna MacPherson,University of AlbertaPharmacy professor and interim dean Christine Hughes is co-author of a study that suggests pharmacists are well positioned to play a key role in reduc

Pharmacists could bridge a health care gap by offering more sexual health services

by Adrianna MacPherson,University of AlbertaPharmacy professor and interim dean Christine Hughes is co-author of a study that suggests pharmacists are well positioned to play a key role in reduc
Putting the brakes on chronic inflammation: Study discovers link between two key pathways

Putting the brakes on chronic inflammation: Study discovers link between two key pathways

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeA single-cell atlas of IL-23 responses in the small intestine identifies CTLA-4+ILC3s. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07537-3Scient

Putting the brakes on chronic inflammation: Study discovers link between two key pathways

by Weill Cornell Medical CollegeA single-cell atlas of IL-23 responses in the small intestine identifies CTLA-4+ILC3s. Credit:Nature(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07537-3Scient
Burn injury disrupts gut microbiome and weakens intestinal mucus barrier, finds study

Burn injury disrupts gut microbiome and weakens intestinal mucus barrier, finds study

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by TranSpreadThe effect of burn injury on colonic tissue and intestinal mucus barrier. (a) hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and Alcian blue/periodic acid Schiff (AB/PAS) staining of the dist

Burn injury disrupts gut microbiome and weakens intestinal mucus barrier, finds study

FEBRUARY 5, 2024by TranSpreadThe effect of burn injury on colonic tissue and intestinal mucus barrier. (a) hematoxylin and eosin (HE) and Alcian blue/periodic acid Schiff (AB/PAS) staining of the dist
Research offers new insights into how breakdown of omega-6 fatty acids influences metabolism

Research offers new insights into how breakdown of omega-6 fatty acids influences metabolism

by Eva Maria Wellnitz, Universitätsmedizin MannheimGeneration and validation of aldh9a1b−/- zebrafish line using CRISPR/Cas9 technology (A) Neighbor-joining phylogenetic bootstrap tree of amino acid s

Research offers new insights into how breakdown of omega-6 fatty acids influences metabolism

by Eva Maria Wellnitz, Universitätsmedizin MannheimGeneration and validation of aldh9a1b−/- zebrafish line using CRISPR/Cas9 technology (A) Neighbor-joining phylogenetic bootstrap tree of amino acid s
Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases

Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases

by KeAi Communications Co.Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases. Credit: Xue C, et al.In recent decades, the emphasis of biomarker research has centered around blood-bas

Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases

by KeAi Communications Co.Urine biomarkers can outperform serum biomarkers in certain diseases. Credit: Xue C, et al.In recent decades, the emphasis of biomarker research has centered around blood-bas
Scientists reveal new TEV-mediated αPD-L1-specific therapy resistance mechanism

Scientists reveal new TEV-mediated αPD-L1-specific therapy resistance mechanism

by Zhejiang UniversityTEV PD-L1 competes with PD-L1 on tumor cells to bind αPD-L1.a,bMC38-EVs and PC3-EVs (1 μg) (a) or MC38 and PC3 cells (1 × 105) (b) were coincubated with the ind

Scientists reveal new TEV-mediated αPD-L1-specific therapy resistance mechanism

by Zhejiang UniversityTEV PD-L1 competes with PD-L1 on tumor cells to bind αPD-L1.a,bMC38-EVs and PC3-EVs (1 μg) (a) or MC38 and PC3 cells (1 × 105) (b) were coincubated with the ind
Spider venom-based heart drug is a step closer

Spider venom-based heart drug is a step closer

JANUARY 17, 2024byUniversity of QueenslandPipette harvesting drop of venom from funnel web spider. Credit: University of QueenslandA spider venom molecule being investigated by a University of Q

Spider venom-based heart drug is a step closer

JANUARY 17, 2024byUniversity of QueenslandPipette harvesting drop of venom from funnel web spider. Credit: University of QueenslandA spider venom molecule being investigated by a University of Q