Both HIV and Tenofovir Tied to Skeletal Deficits in Young People

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV is associated with “substantial” skeletal deficits toward the end of puberty, especially among girls, as is the antiretroviral tenovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), a cross-sectional study shows. “Currently TDF is in use, and quite literally saving many millions of lives around the world,” Dr. Celia Gregson of the University of

A nuclear gatekeeper that regulates bone formation

Important insights into the cellular processes underlying healthy bone formation and development have been gleaned by a RIKEN-led study into a previously unknown bone disorder1. Many bone disorders have genetic origins. Advances in genetics are helping scientists track down the mutations responsible for them. Shiro Ikegawa of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences has

Married Docs Remove Ethiopian Girl’s Lethal Facial Tumor

In 2019, doctors in London saw a 5-year old girl from rural Ethiopia with an enormous tumor extending from her cheek to her lower jaw. Her name was Negalem and the tumor was a vascular malformation, a life-threatening web of tangled blood vessels. Surgery to remove it was impossible, the doctors told the foundation advocating

Soft tissue regeneration in a cell-free scaffold microenvironment

In a new report now published on Scientific Reports, Irini Gerges and a team of scientists in Italy and the U.S. studied the importance of biomechanical and biochemical cues to create culture conditions suited for three-dimensional (3D) regenerative microenvironments and soft tissue formation. The team observed changes in adipogenesis relative to the 3D mechanical properties

Emmy Raver-Lampman And Daveed Diggs’s Home Is Absolutely Stunning

Daveed Diggs has been featured in television shows like “Black-ish,” “BoJack Horseman,” “Star Wars Resistance,” and “Snowpiercer,” but he is known best for portraying Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson in Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” (via IMDb). His romantic partner, Emmy Raver-Lampman, has been in series such as “American Dad!” and “Jane the Virgin,” and she

UK daily coronavirus cases surpass 30,000 for first time since January

FILE PHOTO: Commuters cross the London Bridge, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain July 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKayLONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Wednesday reported 32,548 cases of COVID-19, the first time the figure has surpassed 30,000 since January as the government looks set to ease almost all coronavirus measures later

State-of-the-Art Psych Unit Designed With Recovery in Mind

Calming wall colors, nature-themed murals, and soft nighttime lighting are all part of a unique new state-of-the-art inpatient psychiatric unit that focuses especially on children and adolescents who have experienced significant trauma. The 16-bed unit, which has been in the works for 3½ years and opened June 30 at the University of Maryland Medical Center

Sydney locked down for another week as Delta COVID variant spreads

SYDNEY (Reuters) -The leader of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Wednesday ordered a week-long extension of Sydney’s COVID-19 lockdown, warning new cases are bound to rise as the country’s biggest city grapples with the highly infectious Delta variant.Slideshow ( 2 images )Sydney, home to a fifth of Australia’s 25 million people, was plunged