Fine particulate air pollutants, known as PM2.5, can come from construction sites, unpaved roads, fields, smokestacks or fires, according to the EPA. They also form in the atmosphere as a result of complex reactions of chemicals such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. / Credit: weather.comA recent meta-analysis conducted by Harvard T.H. Chan School...
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainIn a research showing up today in JAMA Network Open, Rady Kid's Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) scientists discovered that the contribution of genetic diseases to infant deaths was greater than formerly recognized. Of 112 infant deaths examined, single-locus (Mendelian) genetic diseases were found to be the most typical antecedent of...
Fluorescence staining of Arlo cells. The image shows the overlay of a staining of cell nuclei (gray) and the tight junction protein 1 (blue) and was taken with a confocal laser scanning microscope. Credit: HIPS/BoeseThere is a very long process before the approval of a medicine, a new drug or a healing substance. It...
A strange new illness might be responsible for severe, inexplicable inflammation in older men. Now, scientists have their first good look at who the disease strikes and how frequently.Credit: THOMAS BARWICK/STONE/GETTY IMAGES PLUSVEXAS syndrome, an illness discovered simply two years ago, impairs almost 1 in 4,000 men over 50, scientists estimate January 24 in...
Schema of the experimental device (arenas). (a) Set-up used during the conditioning phase. The time to find the reward was noted. (b) Slightly modified set-up used during the memory tests. The time spent by the ant in the vicinity of the odors (areas, in dashed lines) was recorded during 2 min. Each area measured...
Humans use a vast array of pharmaceuticals to stay healthy—what do those drugs and their breakdown products mean for the health of groundwater ecosystems? Credit: SharonDawn/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0Engulfing a pill merely seems to make it disappear. In reality, drugs sooner or later leave your organism and go into waterways, where they can suffer more...
(Shubhangi Ganeshrao Kene/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)Alagille syndrome is a potentially deadly genetic disorder that affects numerous organs and systems, most notably the liver. Currently, there's no known treatment for it-- however, researchers have now identified a potentially effective therapy.Called NoRA1, the newly developed drug targets the Notch pathway, a cell-level signaling system in the...
Credit: James Yarema on UnsplashFor the millions of people living with diabetic issues, insulin is a life-saving drug. Unlike many other medicines, however, insulin can not be easily provided by swallowing a pill-- it needs to be injected under the skin with a syringe or pump. Scientists have been making steps towards an insulin...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA team of neuroscientists led by a College of Pittsburgh Institution of Medicine scientist created a test to spot a new marker of Alzheimer's illness neurodegeneration in a blood sample. A research on their outcomes was released today in Brain.New BiomarkerThe biomarker, named brain-derived tau, or BD-tau, outperforms...
(Dougal Waters/Getty ImagesYou've driven home from work along the same course for the past five years. However, lately, you've been stopping at the same intersection, struggling to remember if you must turn left or right. Many occasions in everyday life could make us question whether lapses in memory are common, a sign of cognitive...
