Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Social isolation increases anxiety and asymmetry in brain atrophy in AD; Researchers test brain stimulation in zero gravity; Angiotensin inhibitors for AD prevention.
A Taiwanese study has demonstrated that human placental mesenchymal stem cells were therapeutic in hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia intra-abdominal infections by secreting IL-1beta to augment neutrophil numbers and functions, while restraining immune responses by other leukocytes.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Brain imaging reveals signs of childhood trauma; Buyer beware for SARS-CoV-2 antibody detection; Tumor-associated cell cluster signal cancer alert.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: SCS reduces pain and motor symptoms in PD patients; Is rheumatoid arthritis two different diseases?; Lockdown impact: Worsening symptoms for people with bone, joint and muscle pain.
Researchers working at the Jackson Laboratory Cancer Center reported in the September 21, 2020, issue of Nature Immunology that breast cancer cells induced neutrophils to accumulate lipids, which were transported to metastatic tumor cells through a macropinocytosis pathway, thus fueling the metastatic potential of tumor cells with lipids.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: New nanoparticle could overcome aggregation-caused quenching for cancer treatment; Epigenetic resistance to PARP inhibitors; Statins help pancreatic tumors go from bad to worse; Sit up straight: PBT coming to a chair near you.