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Q&A: New CPIRT director on lung infections, antibiotics, and climate change

By Guest PostMarch 20, 2017Environment, Healthantibiotics, charles dela cruz, climate change, global warming, lung infections, viral infections

This summer, the new Yale Center for Pulmonary Infection Research and Treatment (CPIRT) held its first meeting, with the goal of breathing fresh air into the science of lung infection. Conceived by associate professor Dr. Charles Dela Cruz as a cross-disciplinary hub for investigators, CPIRT brings together innovative minds from basic, translational, and clinical research areas across Yale. The center’s ultimate aim is to develop better treatments for both acute and chronic ailments — from pandemic flu to emphysema — that are affected by lung infections. (more…)

Blueberry concentrate improves brain function in older people

By Guest PostMarch 19, 2017Healthanti-inflammatory, blueberry, blueberry juice, brain function, cherryactive ltd, concentrate, flavonoids, joanna bowtell

Drinking concentrated blueberry juice improves brain function in older people, according to research by the University of Exeter.

In the study, healthy people aged 65-77 who drank concentrated blueberry juice every day showed improvements in cognitive function, blood flow to the brain and activation of the brain while carrying out cognitive tests. There was also evidence suggesting improvement in working memory. (more…)

IBM Watson Health to Integrate MedyMatch Technology into Cognitive Imaging Offerings to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

By Guest PostMarch 16, 2017Health, Technologyanne le grand, cognitive imaging, gene saragnese, head trauma, ibm watson, medical solutions, medymatch, michael lev, stroke, Technology

MedyMatch Application to Help Doctors Identify Head Trauma and Stroke

Tel Aviv, Israel – 16 Mar 2017: MedyMatch Technology today announced a collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) Watson Health to bring MedyMatch’s A.I.-based clinical decision support application to imaging experts working in hospital emergency rooms and other acute care settings to help doctors identify instances of intracranial bleeding as a result of head trauma and stroke. Initially, IBM Watson Health’s Imaging group will distribute the MedyMatch brain bleed detection application globally through its vendor neutral sales channels. Moving forward, IBM Watson Health and MedyMatch will develop interoperability between MedyMatch’s application and IBM Watson Health Imaging’s offerings. (more…)

Neuer Ansatz in der Behandlung von Entzündungen

By Guest PostMarch 9, 2017Healthalexander weber, behandlung, brutons tyrosinkinase, entzuendung, heilungsprozess, inflammasom, krebsmedikament, morbus bruton, vtk

Tübinger Forscher identifizieren ein Protein als wichtige „Stellschraube“ im Entzündungsgeschehen – Krebsmedikament könnte zur Therapie als Hemmstoff eingesetzt werden

Forscherinnen und Forscher der Universität Tübingen haben gemeinsam mit Kollegen aus Deutschland und den USA ein Protein als wichtige „Stellschraube“ für die Entstehung von Entzündungen im menschlichen Körper genauer identifiziert. Wie Professor Alexander Weber aus der Abteilung Immunologie des Interfakultären Instituts für Zellbiologie berichtete, wird das Protein mit der Bezeichnung Brutons Tyrosinkinase, kurz BTK, bei der Aktivierung des Entzündungsgeschehens im menschlichen Körper eingeschaltet und spielt somit bei der anschließenden Entfaltung der Entzündung eine wesentliche Rolle. (more…)

Experimental implant shows promise for restoring voluntary movement after spinal cord injury

By Guest PostMarch 3, 2017Healthbrian gomez, daniel lu, neuroplasticity, neuroscientist, reggie edgerton, spinal cord injury, spinal stimulator, voluntary movement

UCLA scientists test electrical stimulation that bypasses injury; technique boosts patient’s finger control, grip strength up to 300 percent

A spinal stimulator being tested by doctors at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is showing promise in restoring hand strength and movement to a California man who broke his neck in a dirt bike accident five years ago. (more…)

Hoch wirksamer Malaria-Impfstoff erfolgreich getestet

By Guest PostFebruary 28, 2017Healthantikoerper, benjamin mordmueller, lebendimpfstoff, malaria impfstoff, malaria parasit, peter kremsner, plasmodium falciparum

Tübinger Wissenschaftler erreichen Impfschutz von bis zu 100 Prozent – Lebendimpfstoff unter kontrollierten Bedingungen eingesetzt

In einer klinischen Studie mit einem neuen Impfstoff gegen Malaria haben Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Universitätsklinikums und der Universität Tübingen einen Impfschutz von bis zu 100 Prozent erreicht. (more…)

Laboratorium der Natur

By Guest PostFebruary 26, 2017Health, Nature5 methoxy leoligin, antibiotika, arteriosklerose, birgit waltenberger, entzuendung, koerper, laboratorium, leoligin, metabolische syndrom, natur, pflanzen, projekt, therapie von herzinfarkt, volksmedizin

Ob als Tee, Auszug oder Salbe – Pflanzen spielen in der Volksmedizin eine wichtige Rolle. Innsbrucker Pharmazeutinnen und Pharmazeuten nutzen dieses Wissen und versuchen, im Rahmen eines nationalen Forschungsnetzwerkes neue Wirkstoffkandidaten gegen Entzündungen zu finden. (more…)

Resetting the Alcoholic Brain

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2017Healthaddiction, adron harris, alcoholic brain, alcoholism, non alcoholic brain

Adron Harris, director of the Waggoner Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research, and his team mapped the differences in gene expression between an alcoholic’s brain and a non-alcoholic’s brain. They found that, as a person becomes dependent on alcohol, thousands of genes in their brains are turned up or down, like a dimmer switch on a lightbulb, compared to the same genes in a healthy person’s brain. (more…)

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