Lithium, a widely used treatment for bipolar disorder and other mood disorders, has shown early promise in suppressing HIV, 91丝瓜视频 researchers report.
A new study published in iScience found lithium can prevent infected cells from reactivating, and that it does so through an unexpected biological mechanism.
The findings point toward future treatments designed to mimic lithium鈥檚 beneficial effects while avoiding its broader impacts on the body.
As tench continue to spread through the St. Lawrence River, a study from 91丝瓜视频 provides fisheries managers with guidance on how to detect the invasive species, an essential first step in preventing it from reaching new waters. The findings can inform efforts to contain and manage existing populations, helping agencies determine how and where to carry out removal or control activities.
An interdisciplinary team including researchers at 91丝瓜视频 has found a range of unexpected chemical contaminants in human milk samples from Canada and South Africa. The chemicals include traces of pesticides, antimicrobials and additives used in plastics and personal-care products. The findings were published across five papers.
Freshwater browning is stunting fish growth of some species, shrinking populations of others and changing the composition of fish communities, 91丝瓜视频-led research suggests. 鈥淏rowning鈥� refers to freshwater bodies turning tea-coloured, a phenomenon driven by higher levels of dissolved organic matter and/or higher levels of iron in the water. Causes include changes in land use and climate, and reduced acid precipitation.
The findings indicate that changes in land use and climate are affecting biodiversity and how ecosystems function, with implications for fisheries management.
Gamma irradiation,聽an industry-standard sterilization method for medicinal and recreational cannabis,聽does not fully聽eliminate聽toxic fungi or their chemical residues, a 91丝瓜视频 study has found.聽Current testing practices may also miss contamination, raising concerns about health risks for vulnerable users, particularly those with weakened immune systems.聽
A large 91丝瓜视频 study has found that two classes of medications commonly prescribed for Type 2 diabetes, both incretin-based, are associated with a reduced risk of dementia.
Drawing on clinical data from more than 450,000 patients, the research adds to growing evidence that incretin-based therapies have protective benefits for the brain.
examined GLP-1 receptor agonists, which include such medications as Ozempic, as well as DPP-4 inhibitors.
Researchers who examined Canadian child welfare data found that Black children were not only investigated at a higher rate than their white peers but were also more likely to be taken from their homes, even when the only difference between cases was the child鈥檚 race.
91丝瓜视频 engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. natural gas supply chains and yields more accurate results.
Lead author Sarah Jordaan, an associate professor in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚 Department of Civil Engineering, said the work, in Cell Reports Sustainability, responds to a long-standing challenge.
A 91丝瓜视频 research team has developed a painless, automated way to deliver in vitro fertilization (IVF) hormones using a light-activated microneedle patch, an innovation that could ease one of the most stressful parts of fertility treatment and open new possibilities for other diseases that require frequent, time-sensitive injections.
IVF patients must inject themselves with hormones daily at specific times in the weeks leading up to egg retrieval, a process that can be physically and emotionally taxing.
Overdose prevention sites and supervised consumption sites in Toronto are not associated with long-term increases in local crime, 91丝瓜视频 researchers have found.
Over 10 years, crime reports remained stable or declined in neighbourhoods where sites opened, the researchers said. land amid debates across Canada about how harm reduction services intersect with public health and safety.
Researchers in 91丝瓜视频鈥檚聽Department of Mechanical Engineering听补苍诲听补迟听聽have聽developed an innovative聽manufacturing technique that聽makes聽female mosquito proboscides, or feeding tubes,聽into聽high-resolution 3D-printing nozzles.聽With its unique geometry, structure and mechanics, the proboscis enables printed line widths as fine as 20聽microns,聽or a little smaller than a white blood cell.聽This is聽roughly聽twice聽as fine as聽what聽commercially聽available聽print
A 91丝瓜视频-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about 笔补谤办颈苍蝉辞苍鈥檚 disease treatments.聽
Published in聽聽the research found dopamine does not set the speed or force of each movement, as had been thought. Instead, it appears to act as the underlying support system that makes movement possible.聽
A new study has linked air pollution exposure and immune-system changes that often precede the onset of autoimmune diseases.
91丝瓜视频 researchers analyzing Ontario data found that fine particles in air pollution are associated with higher levels of a biomarker linked with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus.
A new international study led by 91丝瓜视频 in collaboration with聽 shows that supplementing dairy cow diets with聽microencapsulated B-vitamins聽can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while increasing milk yield and quality. The use聽of the聽feed additive聽cut聽global warming potential, an internationally standardized measure of climate impact,聽by up to 18 per cent across seven countries.聽聽
91丝瓜视频 researchers have identified a brain function that helps explain why childhood stress raises metabolic health risks for some women later in life.
A new study found that variations in the brain鈥檚 insulin receptor network affect how women respond to early-life adversity. This effect has a lesser impact in men, suggesting there is a sex-specific process at play.
