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Depression and other psychological factors may be linked to the risk of postoperative confusion in older adults. This is shown in a new systematic review published in @bjajournals.bsky.social 🧪
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#AntisenseOligonucleotides (ASOs), used to treat #GeneticDiseases, can affect how cells repair damage to their DNA. New findings published in @natcomms.nature.com may have implications for the development of future genetic medicines 🧪 #pharmaceuticals news.ki.se/synthetic-ge...
KI researchers have identified the neurogenic progenitor that gives rise to dopaminergic neurons – the primary neurons affected in #Parkinsons disease and essential for controlling movement. The study is published in @natneuro.nature.com 🧪 #neuroscience news.ki.se/how-dopamine...
People with lower #kidney function may have higher levels of several blood markers often used in research on #Alzheimers disease and related dementias, according to a systematic review and meta‑analysis published in The Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 🧪 news.ki.se/kidney-funct...
KI researchers have identified a circular #RNA in #mitochondria that plays an important role in the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers. The study is published in Advanced Science 🧪 #WoundHealing news.ki.se/mitochondria...
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Joseph J Muwonge’s doctoral thesis shows socioeconomic and migrant gaps in mental #healthcare use vs self-reported need, including widening inequities for foreign-born people in Sweden during the pandemic, with larger gaps in expanded digital service use 🧪 #HealthEquity news.ki.se/socioeconomi...
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Adolescents who report #pain at the age of 18 are at higher risk of later self-harm, according to a new KI study published in Psychiatry Research. The findings suggest that pain may form part of the chain of events leading to self-harming behaviour 🧪 #mentalhealth news.ki.se/pain-in-adol...
New systematic review & meta-analysis finds no clear link between prenatal paracetamol and autism, ADHD or intellectual disability. Published in The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health 🧪
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Activity-based maps of the prefrontal cortex in mice, presented in @natneuro.nature.com today, challenge classical descriptions of the brain. The new maps reveal functional territories that differ from traditional, tissue-based maps. #Neuroscience #Brain 🧪 news.ki.se/new-brain-ma...
A new randomized controlled trial shows that fully internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) reduces asthma-related anxiety, improves asthma control, and enhances quality of life in adults with asthma 🧪
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified small molecules capable of influencing a hard-to-target receptor family linked to #cancer development. The findings have been published in @natcomms.nature.com and the Journal of Biological Chemistry 🧪 #pharmacology news.ki.se/cracking-the...
Researchers at KI and @kthuniversity.bsky.social have developed a computational method that reveals how cells change and specialise. It can provide important knowledge about why this process sometimes goes wrong and leads to disease. Published in @pnas.org 🧪 #CellBiology news.ki.se/new-algorith...
KI researchers have captured the first detailed molecular snapshots of human polynucleotide phosphorylase in action, revealing how this essential mitochondrial enzyme degrades RNA through an elegant base-flipping mechanism. Published in @narjournal.bsky.social 🧪 #mitochondria doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
KI researchers report that human oligodendrocyte progenitor cells help eliminate synapses, highlighting a key mechanism in early #BrainDevelopment. The study was done on advanced human brain organoids, and was published today in @natcomms.nature.com 🧪 #Neuroscience news.ki.se/new-clues-to...
A study in @pnas.org reveals that conscious awareness is tightly linked to our sense of bodily self. Using bodily illusions and computational models, researchers show body ownership relies on conscious processing – reshaping theories of #Consciousness and self-perception 🧪 news.ki.se/new-study-re...
A new study published in Neurology shows impaired kidney function raises most #Alzheimers blood biomarkers, including p-tau217, but doesn’t increase dementia risk – though it may speed symptom onset. #Nephrology 🧪 news.ki.se/kidney-healt...