In a study posted to the medRxiv preprint* server, researchers in the United Kingdom (UK) investigated the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on brain aging using longitudinal neuroimaging data, comparing brain age predictions of participants before and… S..
Category : Health Trends – Australia
University of Toronto researchers have identified two genes that play a critical role in tumour growth in the pancreas – findings that have significant implications for understanding and treating pancreatic cancer. The tumour suppressor genes USP15 and SCAF1 were discovered by a research team… S..
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A safety program to lessen risks faced by emergency service personnel and others responding to incidents on high-speed roads has been trialed in Victoria,… S..
Australia is experiencing a resurgence of mpox, with infections this year surpassing the 2022 outbreak. So far, 152 cases have been recorded across the country, prompting alerts from state health departments. Victoria is experiencing the largest outbreak with 83 cases. Of those, 25 per cent… S..
A Victorian safety program trial for emergency service personnel and others responding to incidents on high-speed roads has led to recommendations for similar initiatives to be rolled out across Australia. Professor Sharon Newnam, Head of the QUT School of Psychology and Counselling in the… S..
In vivo CRISPR screen reveals pancreatic cancer tumors suppressors. A Experimental design of the in vivo PDAC CRISPR screen, showing gene selection from long-tail mutations, pancreatic injection of AAV libraries and tumor… S..
Memory loss and attention deficit are common complaints among those who have recovered from severe COVID-19. However, a new study from the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil reveals that even individuals with mild COVID cases can experience cognitive impairments more than 18 months after… S..
There are many important reasons for keeping cuts and sores clean, but new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania shows that a certain bug, Alcaligenes faecalis (A. faecalis), can facilitate healing of hard-to-treat wounds among people with… S..
Announcing a new article publication for BIO Integration journal. The purpose of this study was to determine the analgesic effect of a flurbiprofen ester injection via continuous intravenous drip during transvaginal 4-dimensional hysterosalpingography (TVS 4D-HyCoSy). Two hundred… S..
A new facility at The University of Queensland is set to provide Australian researchers with cancer vaccines tailored to individual patients. The lab at UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) will bring together the equipment and expertise to enable the… S..