A recent clinical trial finds the anti-parasitic drug moxidectin — currently approved to treat river blindness, another tropical disease caused by parasitic worms — is also more effective for lymphatic filariasis than the current gold standard, ivermectin.
Category: 5. Health
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A faster route to eliminating parasitic infection endemic to Africa
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Insights on preventing organ transplant rejection
Current treatments to prevent organ transplant rejection focus mainly on suppressing T cells, part of the adaptive immune system. However, the innate immune system — the body’s first line of defense that triggers early inflammation after transplantation — has largely remained untargeted by…
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Dual-action approach targeting inflammation shows potential as Type 1 diabetes treatment
A study co-led by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers presents a potential new strategy to prevent or slow the progression of Type 1 diabetes by targeting an inflammation-related protein known to drive the disease. The findings, recently published in eBioMedicine, may help inform…
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Warming climate making fine particulate matter from wildfires more deadly and expensive
Scientists say human-caused climate change led to 15,000 additional deaths from wildfire air pollution in the continental United States during the 15-year period ending in 2020.
About 35% of the additional deaths attributed to climate change occurred in 2020, the year of the historic Labor Day…
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Are you curious? It might help you stay sharp as you age
What is the trick to aging successfully? If you’re curious about learning the answer, you might already be on the right track, according to an international team of psychologists including several from UCLA. Their research shows that some forms of curiosity can increase well into old age and…
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A pipette that can activate individual neurons
Researchers at Linköping University have developed a new type of pipette that can deliver ions to individual neurons without affecting the sensitive extracellular milieu. Controlling the concentration of different ions can provide important insights into how individual braincells are affected,…
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Transforming hospital sanitation: Autonomous robots for wiping and UV-C disinfection
Professor Keehoon Kim and Ph.D. candidate Jaewon Byun from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) have developed an “Intelligent Autonomous Wiping and UV-C Disinfection Robot” capable of automating hospital disinfection processes. This…
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Obesity a leading cause of knee osteoarthritis
New research from the University of Sydney reveals that obesity, having a knee injury and occupational risks such as shift work and lifting heavy loads are primary causes of knee osteoarthritis.
nd women twice as likely to develop the condition than men- Consuming a Mediterranean diet and…
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Discovery of antibiotic resistance in newly identified bacterium
Staphylococcus borealis has been found to be resistant to several different types of antibiotics, posing a potentially significant problem for the elderly.
In 2020, a research group at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø discovered a previously unknown bacterium. You may have heard of…
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