Magnesium deficiency is a condition in which the amount of magnesium in the blood is lower than normal, the medical name is hypomagnesemia. Every organ in our body, especially the heart, muscles, and kidneys need this mineral. It also contributes to the makeup of teeth and bones. Magnesium is needed for many functions in the […]
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have gained great interest as new medical treatments for multiple medical conditions. MSCs act by three major classes of mechanisms: Differentiation into specific types of cell lineages and integration into tissues. Secretion of factors including cytokines and exosomes that promote cell survival and growth, and that modulate inflammation. Direct MSC contact […]
Heavy alcohol consumption is often associated with poor diet, smoking, and lack of exercise, all factors known to increase cancer risk. That is the reason why some have suggested that these factors mostly account for any correlation between alcohol consumption and cancer. A new study from China looked at the genetic data from 150,000 Chinese […]
Obesity can increase the risk of developing multiple health conditions and complications and is considered a pandemic. This is a major public health concern, due to the increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and different types of cancer. That’s why new and better strategies to combat obesity are of utmost importance. As […]
What is Osteoarthritis? Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic and progressive condition, which can result in significant pain and loss of function. Symptomatic OA, while often regarded as an age-related condition, is not only a disease of the elderly as it has a prevalence rate of 10% of males and 18% of females over the age […]
According to the results of a new study published in the journal The Lancet, more than 1 million people died from antibiotic-resistant infections across the globe in 2019, hundreds of thousands more than malaria or HIV/AIDS. Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are considered one of the biggest threats facing modern medicine. Some studies have even estimated that by […]
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized mainly by synovial inflammation and hyperplasia, cartilage/bone damage, and systemic comorbidities. Different factors can influence the development of RA, including genetic-environmental interactions, synovial immunologic processes and inflammation, and a loss of immunological self-tolerance. It has been reported that proinflammatory cytokines play an essential role in the disease. Biological agents aiming […]
The random occurrence of mutations with respect to their consequences is an axiom upon which much of biology and evolutionary theory rests. This simple proposition has had profound effects on models of evolution developed since the modern synthesis, shaping how biologists have thought about and studied genetic diversity over the past century. New Study Challenges […]
MS is a chronic immune-mediated demyelinating and neuroinflammatory disease of the brain and the spinal cord that can result in neurological dysfunction and disability. Focal white matter lesions (WML) of demyelination are the most readily detectable manifestation of multiple sclerosis at morphologic MRI. However, they represent only macroscopic tissue damage and are therefore unable to […]
A study performed by Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, California with the lead author Dr. Gary Steinberg that included a small number of stroke participants had promising results that have been met with positivity because this could be a life-changing treatment for a lot of stroke patients. The results were published in […]