May 31, 2022
New research shows that the mental workload of intensive care unit nurses can successfully be evaluated using eye-movement tracking glasses.
May 31, 2022
One powerful way cancer cells defend against tumor-killing immune cells is to load up their cell surface with a protein known as PD-L1. Now a team of researchers has identified a method to degrade tumor cell-surface PD-L1, thereby making tumors susceptible to immune attack.
Degrading a key cancer cell-surface protein to invigorate immune attack on tumors
May 31, 2022
If expectant mothers are exposed to stress their child can develop behavioural problems - but this is less often the case for children with siblings
May 31, 2022
Cells rely on a process known as RNA interference (RNAi) to control protein production. The centerpiece of that process is the protein Argonaute, which seeks out and destroys mRNA molecules. Scientists have now discovered how Argonaute efficiently jumps from one target to the next. Their work may help improve current RNAi-based therapies and develop better ones in the future.
May 31, 2022
The nervous system is known to communicate with the immune system and regulate inflammation in the body. Researchers now show how electrical activation of a specific nerve can promote healing in acute inflammation.
May 31, 2022
A team of public health modelers and substance use experts has developed a dynamic model based on national data from 1999 to 2020 that tracks the evolution of the opioid crisis for public policy analysis and development.
May 31, 2022
Disinfectants, like chlorine, are often used during the normal course of public water treatment. These chemicals can react with organic matter in wastewater to create byproducts, such as trihalomethanes (THMs). Some of these compounds have been classified as probable human carcinogensExit Disclaimer by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Several epidemiologic studies have linked THMs to bladder cancer risk, but the evidence is limited for endometrial cancer. DCEG researchers in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology branch (OEEB) investigated the interaction between disinfection byproducts and genetic variation in bladder cancer and described a new association between disinfection byproducts and endometrial cancer. These studies were published in Environmental Health Perspectives in May 2022.
Two Studies on Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water and Cancer Risk
May 30, 2022
Researchers have discovered a mechanism linking breast cancer and diabetes, each of which promotes development and growth of the other.
May 30, 2022
When the World Trade Center was destroyed on Sept. 11, 2001, survivors breathed in toxic dust, and first responders and cleanup workers, deployed in massive numbers, worked among the dangerous rubble. More than 20 years after the attacks, the health consequences of their time at Ground Zero are continuing to mount.
Uterine cancer may be added to the list of 9/11-related health issues
May 30, 2022
The brain’s processing of pain differs among people, with more individual variation in some brain regions than others, according to a new study from an international group of institutions in South Korea, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Canada, and the United States, including the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The findings of this study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, may help researchers identify potential targets for personalized assessment and treatment of pain.
New Research Shows Variation Among Individuals in Brain Representations of Pain
