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New Genes Implicated in Life-Threatening Heart Disease
By identifying genes in patients and testing their effects in fruit flies, researchers have found new genes that contribute to hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a rare, life-threatening heart disease that occurs in infants.
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Genes Associated With Pain Also Influence Alcohol Use Disorder Risk
According to a study, the alteration of a group of genes known to influence neuronal plasticity and pain perceptions, rather than a single gene defect, is linked to alcohol use disorders.
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ADHD Diagnoses Have Significantly Increased in the UK
Both ADHD diagnoses and prescriptions for ADHD medication have increased significantly over the past two decades, except in children under five, finds a new study by UCL researchers.
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Tau Biomarker Could Track Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Two pathologies drive the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Around the time symptoms emerge, tau tangles take over as the driving force, and cognition steadily declines. There has been no easy way to measure tau tangles in the brain. Now, researchers have identified a form of tau that could serve as a marker to track Alzheimer’s progression.
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Atypical Chronic Sinusitis Explored
Scientists explored treatment refractory forms of chronic sinusitis with unclear etiology, where in many cases only symptom control can be achieved, noting that these cases require interdisciplinary diagnostics and treatment.
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Precision Technologies Help To Catch Calf-Killing Infections Earlier
Monitoring dairy calves with precision technologies based on the “internet of things,” or IoT, leads to the earlier diagnosis of calf-killing bovine respiratory disease, according to a new study.
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Miniaturized Spectroscopy Advance Good News for Gas Analysis
Two-photon-polymerization 3D printing is successfully exploited to reduce the divergence of a vertical laser diode to be integrated in a compact optical gas sensor.
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Test Enables Detection of Frequently Overlooked Antibiotic Resistance
Researchers have developed a new method that enables quicker detection of a frequently overlooked antibiotic resistance.
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Novel Lipid Test Can Identify Those at Risk of Preeclampsia
Researchers have discovered a way to identify pregnant women who are at risk of preeclampsia, a disorder characterized by high blood pressure and kidney dysfunction which can result in premature delivery, seizures and even death.
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Previously Unknown “Housekeeping” Process Discovered in Kidney Cells
A new "housekeeping" process has been discovered in kidney cells, which ejects unwanted content and enables cells to rejuvenate themselves.
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