Helen Albert

Berlin, Germany

Freelance Science Journalist at Freelance

Senior Editor at Inside Precision Medicine

Freelance journalist. Focus: med, life sci, bioanth & biotech. Bylines: Forbes, BMJ, New Scientist, Chemistry World, Labiotech & more. Senior ed. @Inside_PM

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Articles

Epigenetic Clock Measures Healthy Aging

4 days ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

American and French researchers have developed a blood based epigenetic ‘clock’ that can estimate how well someone is aging, reflecting both physical and mental factors. “In 2015, the World Health Organization introduced the concept of intrinsic capacity, defined as the sum of all physical and mental capacities that an individual can draw on at any point in their life.
Trans-Amplifying mRNA Vaccine Effective, Cheap to Develop

5 days ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

A new type of mRNA vaccine has been developed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania State University that is more effective and cheaper to develop than vaccines currently on the market.
Dementia Risk More than Doubled in Men with Genetic Variant

6 days ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

Having two copies of a common gene variant linked to iron metabolism increases a man’s risk for dementia more than two-fold, according to Australian research. Notably, this association occurred in men but not in women, show study results published in the journal Neurology. The homeostatic iron regulator (HFE) gene regulates iron metabolism in the body and mutations in this gene are known to cause hemochromatosis—a genetic condition that leads to excess iron buildup around the body.
Genetics of Severe Neuropathy After Infection Discovered

1 week ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

A specific type of sudden nerve damage or neuropathy that occurs after an infection is caused by mutations in the RCC1 gene, according to research presented at the recent European Society of Human Genetics conference in Milan. Different types of neuropathy can occur after infections, particularly types of peripheral neuropathy affecting the feet, legs, hands and arms. For example, nearly 30% of COVID-19 patients had some form of neuropathy with around 7% experiencing long-term symptoms.
Proteomic Test Could Diagnose Thousands of Rare Genetic Diseases

1 week ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a blood test that can analyze thousands of proteins in a single test to search for rare disease markers. The researchers hope that their test could help to identify children and adults with rare diseases more quickly as these individuals often have to wait for as long as five years before they get a diagnosis.
Residual Inflammation in Psoriasis Linked to Health Problems

2 weeks ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

People with psoriasis who have residual inflammation despite being treated for their condition are more likely to be obese or have other health problems such as cardiovascular or fatty liver disease.
Lung Cancer Risk Accurately Predicted By AI Model

2 weeks ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

An artificial intelligence (AI) based deep learning model can predict lung cancer risk using only a single low dose computed tomography (CT) scan, according to research carried out in Korea. The researchers believe it could more accurately predict who needs to have further screening and who does not, especially in Asian populations where lung cancer rates in nonsmokers are rising significantly.
Lung Recipient Scoring System Has Improved Patient Outcomes

2 weeks ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

Following implementation of a new scoring system for patients needing a lung transplant, people on the waiting list in the United States are less likely to die or leave the list while waiting for a new organ. In 2017, a young woman named Miriam Holman who needed a lung transplant filed a lawsuit arguing that the policy of allocating available lungs was unfair as it prioritized geographic location over medical urgency.
Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes Increases Cardiovascular Risk

3 weeks ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

People who develop type 1 diabetes in adulthood are at equally high risk of adverse cardiovascular events compared with those diagnosed at an earlier age, but this risk is still lower than in people with type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes was previously thought of as a disease of childhood, but recent research suggests around 62% of cases in the U.S. are diagnosed in people over the age of 20 and 37% in people over the age of 30.
Testosterone Not Linked to Gynecologic Cancer in Gender Diverse People

3 weeks ago | insideprecisionmedicine.com | Helen Albert

Research carried out by the Amsterdam University Medical Center suggests that use of testosterone by transmasculine and other gender diverse people assigned female at birth in the absence of gender-affirming surgery does not increase risks of gynecologic cancer after 5 years of use.