Engineered vesicles protect brain from bacterial toxin

Bacterial meningitis can cause severe brain damage even when patients receive antibiotic treatment promptly. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed tiny biological vesicles that, in animal studies, were able ...

When a tick bite no longer means a trip to the emergency room

In 2021, Nova Scotia began allowing pharmacists to prescribe preventive treatment for Lyme disease after high-risk tick bites. Researchers found that emergency department visits for tick bites dropped by roughly 50% after ...

Initial Rx length tied to long-term use of Z-drugs

Patients who receive a longer initial Z-drug prescription are more likely to fill additional prescriptions after the index fill year, including up to seven years later, according to a research letter published online Sept. ...

Can AI predict glucose changes before they happen?

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases, affecting around 66 million adults in Europe—a figure projected to rise to more than 72 million by 2050. For people with type 1 diabetes, keeping glucose levels within ...

Protein linked to cell death may also drive liver cancer

New research from the University of Oklahoma identifies a protein in liver cells that appears to help drive the development of liver cancer associated with obesity-related fatty liver disease. The finding, published in Hepatology, ...

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