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Category: 4. Health

  • Research highlights urgent need for national strategy to combat rising eating disorders

    Research highlights urgent need for national strategy to combat rising eating disorders

    A paper led by academics at Northumbria University, published in the Journal of Eating Disorders today (27 March), points to figures outlining the scale of the challenges and increasing numbers of people impacted:

    • Approximately 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder
    • 12.5% of 17 to 19-year-olds in England reported having an eating disorder in 2023, compared with 0.8% in 2017
    • The financial cost of eating disorders to the English economy was estimated as £8 billion in…

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  • Cartilage and bone development: Three paths to skeleton formation

    Cartilage and bone development: Three paths to skeleton formation

    In vertebrates, the skeleton of different regions of the body arises from different precursor cells. Researchers at the University of Basel have now discovered that these skeletal cells do not just differ in their developmental origin, but also in their gene regulation — which may be a key to the vertebrates’ evolutionary success story.

    From the skull to the smallest bone in your pinky toe, the skeleton acts as internal scaffolding to give stability to the body, and forms protective cocoons…

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  • Digital technology and AI can support workers with dementia

    Digital technology and AI can support workers with dementia

    People with dementia can enjoy productive and rewarding working lives in the digital era, contrary to the widespread stereotype that dementia is incompatible with the use of modern technology, according to new research from the University of Bath.

    The study — Working lives with dementia: A digital futures perspective — argues that the digital revolution risks exacerbating inequalities amongst those with diverse needs but that organisations can and should develop, adapt and deploy digital…

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  • AI is as good as pathologists at diagnosing Celiac disease, study finds

    AI is as good as pathologists at diagnosing Celiac disease, study finds

    A machine learning algorithm developed by Cambridge scientists was able to correctly identify in 97 cases out of 100 whether or not an individual had coeliac disease based on their biopsy, new research has shown.

    The AI tool, which has been trained on almost 3,400 scanned biopsies from four NHS hospitals, could speed up diagnosis of the condition and take pressure off stretched healthcare resources, as well as improving diagnosis in developing nations, where shortages of pathologists are…

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  • Terahertz imaging: Breakthrough in non-invasive cochlear visualization

    Terahertz imaging: Breakthrough in non-invasive cochlear visualization

    Researchers have discovered a groundbreaking use of terahertz (THz) imaging to visualize cochlear structures in mice, offering non-invasive, high-resolution diagnostics. By creating 3D reconstructions, this technology opens new possibilities for diagnosing hearing loss and other conditions. THz imaging could lead to miniaturized devices, like THz endoscopes and otoscopes, revolutionizing diagnostics for hearing loss, cancer, and more. With the potential to enhance diagnostic speed, accuracy,…

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  • Scientists discover immune cell networks driving deadly lung disease

    Scientists discover immune cell networks driving deadly lung disease

    Rutgers Health researchers have discovered that networks of misplaced immune cells drive an aggressive lung disease, potentially opening a path to new treatments for a condition that kills 80% of patients within a decade.

    Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) scars lung tissue and makes breathing increasingly difficult until patients can’t get enough oxygen. Available drugs provide minimal benefit. Lung transplantation works for some patients, but transplants have a 50% five-year mortality…

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  • New pathways discovered for drugs to act on cells

    New pathways discovered for drugs to act on cells

    Cell membrane proteins hide secret gateways that can be used to modify cell behavior. This has been demonstrated in a study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute and published in Nature Communications, with participation from research centers in Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Sweden, China, and the United States. The findings may facilitate the creation of new medications or improve the mechanisms of…

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  • Digital PCR can reliably determine if chronic myeloid leukemia patients in remission can successfully discontinue drug treatment

    Digital PCR can reliably determine if chronic myeloid leukemia patients in remission can successfully discontinue drug treatment

    Researchers have found that the clinical application of BCR::ABL1 digital PCR can reliably quantify stable deep molecular remission of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), which will help to determine for which patients chronic drug treatment could potentially be discontinued. This transcript that is unique for CML is more sensitive and accurate than the current standard, real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), for detecting ultralow levels of residual leukemic disease. Results are reported in a…

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  • We must not ignore eugenics in our genetics curriculum, says professor

    We must not ignore eugenics in our genetics curriculum, says professor

    To encourage scientists to speak up when people misuse science to serve political agendas, biology professor Mark Peifer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argues that eugenics should be included in college genetics curriculums. In an opinion paper publishing March 27 in the Cell Press journal Trends in Genetics, Peifer explains how he incorporated a discussion of eugenics into his molecular genetics course last year and why understanding the history of the field is critical…

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  • Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism

    Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism

    One of the keys to performing like an elite athlete — or at least having the metabolism of one — may be pooping like one. Transplanting feces from certain top-level cyclists and soccer players into mice boosted levels of a molecule that fuels intense workouts, researchers report March 27 in Cell Reports.

    Our gut microbiota — the collection of bacteria and other microorganisms living in our digestive tract — play a crucial role in helping us digest food. When…

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