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Danger: Disruption of smell and viral inflammation are associated with accelerated onset of Alzheimer's disease
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
According to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado's Ann Schutz School of Medicine, viruses may accelerate the onset of Alzheimer's disease by triggering inflammation and disrupting connections between the olfactory system that controls smell and parts of the brain related to memory and learning.
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Nature Genetics international large-scale research has revealed dozens of new genes linked to heart disease
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Most of the new genomic loci were associated with very small changes in CAD risk, suggesting that few, if any, common genetic variants that had a significant impact on CAD risk by studying people of predominantly European ancestry were yet to be discovered, and to improve their discovery power, the researchers combined their large dataset with data from tens of thousands of individuals of East Asian descent from the Japan Biobank, including 29,000 CAD patients.
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Progress has been made in the application research on desertification prevention and ecological restoration of bentonite, where Xinjiang's habitat is located
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
cm-2Bentonite is a kind of natural mineral material with rich reserves, good environmental protection, the use of desertification prevention and improvement of aeolian sand, the cost is lower than the traditional mechanical windproof and sand fixation measures (1000~5000 $/hm2), and has great application potential in wind and sand disaster management and ecological restoration.
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Chinese scholars have made progress in analyzing the novel structure and mechanical properties of natural materials
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Figure 1 Ginkgo husk is assembled from stone cells interlocking through "striated holes" Fig. 2 The unique stone cell "interlock" structure of ginkgo husk gives it excellent specific fracture toughne
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Hoarding medicine is not as good as hoarding "good body": New Year's exercise goals can be set a little lower, just a few minutes a day
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
New research shows that even muscle contractions once a day, 5 days a week, can improve muscle strength if you stick to it for a month.
New research shows that even muscle contractions once a day, 5 days a week, can improve muscle strength if you stick to it for a month.
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University of Hong Kong: Timely booster vaccination reduces omicron breakout infections and COVID-19 severity
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Source: The University of Hong KongResearchers from the AIDS Institute of the Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong's School of Clinical Medicine and the State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases found that timely vaccination with coronavirus vaccine, or BNT162b2 vaccine, is critical for inducing activation of virus-specific memory B cells and omicron cross-reactive T cell responses, significantly reducing the frequency and severity of breakthrough infections.
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The study revealed the important role of circadian clock genes in the flight and reproductive behavior of Oriental armyworms
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Recently, the innovation team of food crop pest monitoring and control of the Institute of Plant Protection of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences published a paper entitled "The clock gene, period, influences migratory flight and reproduction of the oriental armyworm, Mythimna separata (Walker)" in Insect Science.
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Dual-acting macromolecules: new ideas for cancer drug design
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
A fundamental challenge in drug development is how to balance "optimizing the drug's match to the target" with "the drug's ability to cross the cell membrane and reach the target. " In traditional dr
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The Lancet Psychiatry: During the pandemic, 1 in 5 healthcare workers in the UK had mental health problems
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Previous studies have shown that the prevalence of anxiety and depression among healthcare workers during the pandemic ranged from 9 to 90 percent and 5 to 65 percent, respectively, and the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ranged from 7 to 37 percent [1].
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3 papers of Professor Fang Chihua's team were selected as "F5000-Top Academic Papers of China's Fine Science and Technology Journals"
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
He led the team to establish a theoretical system of three-dimensional visualization and digital intelligent diagnosis and treatment of primary liver cancer, which was used to guide the practice of clinical precision diagnosis and treatment.
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Chengdu Biotech Institute has made new progress in the research of heteroautotrophic coupled nitrogen removal in the high ammonia nitrogen load leachate system
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
8;font-family:;font-size:12pt;} The short-range nitrification-denitrification process refers to the inhibition or elimination of nitrite oxidizing bacteria in the system, so that the conversion of nitrogen is limited to the oxidation ofNH4+ to NO2-, In addition, NO2- is reduced to N2, eliminating the nitrate conversion step and saving the amount of aeration and carbon source addition in the system.
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Nature Biotechnology Yulong Li's lab has developed a novel oxytocin fluorescent probe to reveal the spatiotemporal dynamics of neuropeptides
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Oxytocin (OT) is a nine-amino acid neuropeptide that plays an integral role in the endocrine and central nervous systems of mammals. Oxytocin is synthesized primarily by oxytocinergic neurons located
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Aging is inevitable, but how to "grow old healthily"?
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
The researchers found that people who were more likely to maintain good health and avoid disability from cognitive, physical or emotional problems were women, married, active, not obese, had higher incomes, never smoked, had no insomnia, heart disease or arthritis.
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A previously unknown cellular component: a new cellular component that is important for the sense of smell
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
This discovery was made possible by devvendra Kumar Maurya using a new technique called correlation microscopy, which combines electron microscopy and confocal microscopy so that the internal structure of cells and the location of different proteins can be imagedSource: Mattias PetterssonResearchers at Umeå University in Sweden have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, in the neurons we use to sense odors.
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Technology! Chinese scholars bring new expansion microscopy techniques
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
"We overcame some of the long-term challenges of expansion microscopy," says Yongxin Zhao, "and one of Magnify's main selling points is the general strategy of preserving tissue biomolecules, including proteins, nuclear fragments, and carbohydrates, within the expanded sample.
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Why does aging make a person's immune organs filled with fat?
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
A new study by researchers at Uppsala University presents new findings explaining why human lymph nodes lose function with age, and the impact on the effectiveness of our immune system.
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Fan Tianyuan's team from the School of Pharmacy won the AAPS Award for Pharmacy
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Department of Pharmacy In October, the 2022 American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS) Annual Meeting was held in Boston, with universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises from many countries around the world More than 4,000 experts and scholars attended the conference.
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Xanthan gum liquid thickener helps lower blood sugar levels
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Xanthan gum-based fluid thickener decreases postprandial blood glucose associated with increase of Glp1 and Glp1r expression in ileum and alteration of gut microbiome Long-term consumption of xanthan gum liquid thickener.
Xanthan gum-based fluid thickener decreases postprandial blood glucose associated with increase of Glp1 and Glp1r expression in ileum and alteration of gut microbiome
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New Spaceomics Techniques: Exploring the Early Stages of Disease
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
Most illnesses are initially asymptomatic, and the affected person usually still feels good — symptoms haven't yet appeared, or are still too mild to be aware of. However, changes have taken place in
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The research of Professor Qian Feng's team of Shanghai Jiaotong University revealed a new mechanism of pneumonia caused by methicillus-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Time of Update: 2023-02-03
On January 2, 2023, Professor Qian Feng's research group of the School of Pharmacy of Shanghai Jiao Tong University published a report entitled Staphylococcal virulence factor HlgB targets the endoplasmic-reticulum-resident E3 ubiquitin ligase AMFR to the top international academic journal Nature Microbiology (IF=30.
