Mindzilla – Health

Health

Research Discovery Identifies Cause of Neonatal Strokes

September 16, 2021
Mindzilla

Parkville, Australia — Scientists have discovered an important cause of stroke occurring in the womb or just after birth, paving the way for new treatments. The research identified that a low number...

Scientists Reveal How the Impact of Chemotherapy on Healthy Cells Affects the Development of Blood Cells

September 16, 2021
Mindzilla

Barcelona, Spain — Some types of chemotherapy eliminate cancer cells by damaging their DNA. These drugs can also affect healthy cells, where the damage can generate mutations that persist after the...

Building the Ovarian Environment from Stem Cells

September 16, 2021
Mindzilla

Fukuoka, Japan — Researchers led by Kyushu University have succeeded in using mouse stem cells to reconstruct structures in the ovarian environment critical for the generation of mature egg cells....

Programming Synthetic Exosomes to Optimize Wound Healing

September 16, 2021
Mindzilla

Munich, Germany — Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg and colleagues at the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen have engineered synthetic...

Researchers Find Immune Cells that Guard Frequent Site of Cancer Spread

September 16, 2021
Helen Yiu

Lebanon, NH — In the progressing field of immunotherapy, surprisingly little is known about immunity to metastatic tumours in locations such as lymph nodes, a frequent place where cancers first spread....

Lab-Grown Cochlear Organoids Enable Screening for Hair Cell-Inducing Drugs

September 15, 2021
Mindzilla

Nanjing, China — New research published in Stem Cell Reports found that organoid culture-based models for cochlear hair cell formation can be used to identify drugs that promote hair cell regeneration...

Fountain of Youth for Ageing Stem Cells in Bone Marrow

September 15, 2021
Mindzilla

Munich, Germany — As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur. One responsible mechanism involves the impaired...

Protein from the Liver may Cause Alzheimer’s Disease in the Brain

September 15, 2021
Mindzilla

Bentley, Australia — Amyloid protein made in the liver can cause neurodegeneration in the brain, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, by John Mamo of Curtin University...

New Study Outlines Additional Reasons for Optimism Related to Heart Regeneration

September 15, 2021
Mindzilla

Houston, TX — The Texas Heart Institute has announced that a new study from its prolific Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab has been published in Circulation Research – a peer-reviewed journal from the American...

Engineers Grow Pancreatic “Organoids” that Mimic the Real Thing

September 14, 2021
Mindzilla

Cambridge, MA — MIT engineers, in collaboration with scientists at Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, have developed a new way to grow tiny replicas of the pancreas, using either healthy or cancerous...

Cancer Immunotherapy Gets PIP Boost

September 14, 2021
Mindzilla

Kyoto, Japan — A synthetic molecular code shows promise towards improving the response of some cancer patients to immunotherapy treatments. The approach involves using a molecule that can provide energy...

Docking Peptides, Slow to Lock, Open Possible Path to Treat Alzheimer’s

September 14, 2021
Mindzilla

Houston, TX — Progress on treating Alzheimer’s disease has been frustratingly slow. A group of scientists in Houston suggest frustration at a very small scale may lead to a new path toward treatment. Researchers...

Researchers Identify a Novel Player in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

September 13, 2021
Mindzilla

La Jolla, CA — A new study led by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys has shown that the protein RNF5 plays an unusual role in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Unlike its expected role, marking aberrant...

White Blood Cells that can Help Destroy Malignant Tumours

September 13, 2021
Mindzilla

Tel Aviv, Israel — A new study at Tel Aviv University found that eosinophils – a type of white blood cells – are recruited to the battle against cancer metastases in the lungs. According...

Signs of Dementia are Written in the Blood, Reveals New Study

September 13, 2021
Mindzilla

Okinawa, Japan — Scientists in Japan have identified metabolic compounds within the blood that are associated with dementia. The study revealed that the levels of 33 metabolites differed in patients...

New Technology Designed to Genetically Control Disease-Spreading Mosquitoes

September 13, 2021
Mindzilla

La Jolla, CA — Leveraging advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering, researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a new system that restrains populations of mosquitoes...

New Research Proves Diet can Put Type 2 Diabetes into Remission

September 13, 2021
Mindzilla

Kelowna, BC — A change in diet is proving to be a key tool in the reversal of Type 2 diabetes. A team of researchers from the University of British Columbia and England’s Teesside University have...

Discovery About Cells’ ‘Batteries’ Boosts Battle Against Many Diseases

September 10, 2021
Mindzilla

Charlottesville, VA — A top exercise researcher at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has revealed how our bodies ensure the proper functioning of the powerhouses of our cells. The findings...

New Gene-Delivery Vehicle could Make Gene Therapy for Muscle Diseases Safer and more Effective

September 10, 2021
Mindzilla

Cambridge, MA — Genetic muscle diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting and often early death, with few treatment options and no cure. Some gene therapies that use a harmless virus to deliver a...

Food Science Meets Cell Science in Bid to Explain Inner Workings of Membrane-Free Cell Compartments

September 10, 2021
Mindzilla

Baltimore, MD — Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that food science principles have helped them determine how unusual droplets within cells stay organized and avoid dissolving into the rest...

T&C

Privacy