Research

University of Cambridge researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cell exists as a single large population of cells that constantly move throughout the body looking for, and repairing, damaged tissue. This overturns the traditional thinking that regulatory T cells exist as multiple specialist populations that are restricted to specific parts of the [...]

Using sound to stimulate certain brain waves has the potential to help those with dementia or cognitive decline sleep better, new research has found. Sleep disturbances are a common feature in dementia and may affect up to half of people living with the condition. During the study, the research team from the University of Surrey [...]

Researchers in Brazil have developed functional bread with the potential to prevent asthma. The formulation contains Saccharomyces cerevisiae UFMG A-905, a strain of brewer’s yeast with probiotic properties that has been shown to attenuate the symptoms of asthma in mice. In this study, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) included S. cerevisiae UFMG A-905 in naturally fermented [...]

Few people in the UK with early stage Alzheimer’s disease are likely to be suitable for the latest drugs which aim to halt progress of the condition, a new study has found.  The research is published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. Disease-modifying drugs, lecanemab and donanemab, slow cognitive decline in people with early [...]

A novel gene therapy designed to target a form of inherited deafness restored hearing function in five children who were treated in both ears, a new study shows. Administering gene therapy in both ears of five children with DFNB9 led to additional benefits compared to previous trial, including sound source localisation and hearing in noisy [...]

A recent study has introduced a novel method combining nano informatics and machine learning to precisely predict cancer cell behaviours, which researchers say could transform cancer diagnosis and treatment. In an important advance in the fight against cancer, a research team from The Hebrew University has developed a new method to predict the behaviour of [...]

Artificial intelligence (AI) computer programs that process MRI results show differences in how the brains of men and women are organised at a cellular level, a new study highlights. These variations were spotted in white matter, tissue primarily located in the human brain’s innermost layer, which fosters communication between regions. Men and women are known [...]

Researchers at UVA Health have developed a powerful new risk assessment tool for predicting outcomes in heart failure patients. The new tool, which has been made publicly available for free to clinicians, improves on existing risk assessment tools for heart failure by harnessing the power of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to determine [...]

A US-wide clinical trial has provided doctors with new insights into the importance of managing stroke patients’ blood sugar after treatment with clot-busting therapy. The findings, from research led by researchers at the University of Virginia Health System (UVA Health), could help improve stroke care and save lives. The SHINE trial was conducted at UVA [...]

Researchers at Harvard University and Google have co-created the largest synaptic-resolution, 3D reconstruction of a piece of human brain to date. The image shows, in vivid detail, each cell and its web of neural connections in a piece of human temporal cortex about half the size of a rice grain. The achievement, published in the [...]