Cell damage from oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of age-related cognitive and muscle strength decline. Antioxidants can reduce oxidative stress and prevent age-related health decline. A new study has found that mice administered with a blended antioxidant supplement show significant improvements in spatial cognition, short-term memory, and mitigated age-related muscle decline. The study suggests that blended antioxidant supplements hold promise as a dietary intervention for health issues associated with aging.
Read more …Blended antioxidant supplement improves cognition and memory in aged mice
Osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer that predominantly affects adolescents. Reliable models that can predict prognosis and treatment response can help improve patient outcomes. However, conventional methods relying on the measurement of necrosis rate are limited by inter-assessor variability and may not accurately predict prognosis. Now, researchers have developed an AI model that can accurately measure the density of viable tumor cells after treatment which correlates well with prognosis and individual tumor cell response.
Read more …AI's ability to detect tumor cells could be key to more accurate bone cancer prognoses
Changes in the gut microbiome have been implicated in a range of diseases including type 2 diabetes, obesity, and inflammatory bowel disease. Now, a team of researchers has found that microbes in the gut may affect cardiovascular disease as well. The team has identified specific species of bacteria that consume cholesterol in the gut and may help lower cholesterol and heart disease risk in people.
Read more …Scientists link certain gut bacteria to lower heart disease risk