Clumps of proteins found in the brains of people who have Parkinson’s disease are also found in the appendix. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65456-appendix-removal-parkinsons-risk.html
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Raynaud’s Disease: Types, Symptoms and Treatment
Do your fingers turn white and blue when you are cold or stressed out? It might indicate Raynaud’s disease. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65457-raynauds-disease.html
Thousands of people in Finland to receive genetic health predictions
A large genetic trial in Finland will soon tell 3,400 volunteers their personal risk of developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and a type of blood clot Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2202014-thousands-of-people-in-finland-to-receive-genetic-health-predictions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Could CTE Be Diagnosed Before a Person Dies? This Protein May Be the Key
Researchers have identified a possible biomarker for the degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65434-cte-concussion-biomarker-tau.html
Loss of the UK’s ash trees due to fungal disease may cost £15 billion
Ash dieback, a fungal disease in the UK’s ash trees, could cost the country nearly £15 billion in clean-up and lost ecosystem benefits like carbon sequestration Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201751-loss-of-the-uks-ash-trees-due-to-fungal-disease-may-cost-15-billion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Stop aging in space
Wrinkles, muscle pain, high blood pressure and a clumsy brain are all natural consequences of getting old. As our cells rust over time, a key to fighting chronic disease may be in tiny, smartly designed particles that have the potential to become an anti-ageing supplement. A European experiment seeking innovative antioxidants is on its way to space. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-05-aging-space.html…
Will The Future Of America’s Biodefense Stockpile Include DNA-Based Vaccines?
Dan Drollette calls our attention to America’s Strategic National Stockpile for Biodefense, “a little-publicized $7 billion federal agency…key to defending the country from a biological attack.” “Its operators have to prepare for the unthinkable, such as what to do if 100,000 cases of some new disease with pandemic potential appears — what global health officials have sometimes dubbed ‘Disease X.'” From…
A novel technique that uses quantum light to measure temperature at the nanoscale
Being able to measure, and monitor, temperatures and temperature changes at miniscule scales—inside a cell or in micro and nano-electronic components—has the potential to impact many areas of research from disease detection to a major challenge of modern computation and communication technologies, how to measure scalability and performance in electronic components. …
Older bees pass on immunity-boosting molecules to their young in jelly
Bees seem to have a kind of collective immune system. When exposed to disease, older bees produce immunity-boosting molecules that get passed on to their young Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201500-older-bees-pass-on-immunity-boosting-molecules-to-their-young-in-jelly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Older bees pass on immunity-boosting molecules to other bees in jelly
Bees seem to have a kind of collective immune system. When exposed to disease, older bees produce immunity-boosting molecules that get passed on to their young Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2201500-older-bees-pass-on-immunity-boosting-molecules-to-other-bees-in-jelly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…