In a recent study published in Advanced Science, scientists developed and characterized small anthrobots from adult human lung cells. These anthrobots are capable of moving around in a culture dish and triggering the wound-healing process in cultured human neurons. Study: Motile Living Biobots Self-Construct from Adult Human Somatic Progenitor Seed Cells. Image Credit: Microgen / … Read more
In a recent review published in Nutrients, researchers reviewed existing data on the interactions between the gut microbiome, lipids, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD), providing valuable insights to inform AD prevention and management. Study: Lipids, Gut Microbiota, and the Complex Relationship with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Narrative Review. Image Credit: Atthapon Raksthaput/Shutterstock.com Background AD is a chronic neurological illness … Read more
In a systematic review published in the journal Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews, authors have described the therapeutic potency of citrus bioflavonoids in controlling blood glucose levels and metabolic complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. Study: A systematic review exploring the mechanisms by which citrus bioflavonoid supplementation benefits blood glucose levels … Read more
By Shania Obrien For Daily Mail Australia 01:04 29 Oct 2023, updated 01:11 29 Oct 2023 Alicia Garrigos suffered through sciatic nerve pain, limited mobility, debilitating cramps and heavy bleeding for eight years before a doctor finally took a closer look at her ‘mysterious’ symptoms. When she was 16, the swim teacher from Melbourne started … Read more
Researchers have long recognized the therapeutic potential of using magnetoelectrics ⎯ materials that can turn magnetic fields into electric fields ⎯ to stimulate neural tissue in a minimally invasive way and help treat neurological disorders or nerve damage. The problem, however, is that neurons have a hard time responding to the shape and frequency of … Read more
Cancer tumors “hijack” the genetic program used by developing nerves. This is shown in a study by researchers at Umeå University, Sweden. In the long term, the results may open up new ways of treating cancer by limiting the tumour’s interaction with the nerves. We are still only early in the research, but this opens … Read more
New research points to a novel potential mechanism behind eating a high-fat diet during pregnancy and asthma in the offspring. This correlation has been previously documented, but the cause was unclear. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. It was chosen as an APSselect article … Read more
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, working with technology company Faculty AI, have shown that machine learning can accurately predict subtypes of Parkinson’s disease using images of patient-derived stem cells. Their work, published today in Nature Machine Intelligence, has shown that computer models can accurately classify four subtypes … Read more