Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

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Uterine cancer survivors are more likely to have cardiovascular problems

A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that survivors of uterine cancer are more likely...

New biomarker identified for early diagnosis of lung cancer

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 - High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been...

Our vulnerable nervous system: What affects its protective sheaths?

According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis...

New pulmonary hypertension treatment target in the bull’s-eye

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. - (May 8, 2018) - A new and early target for...

UCalgary scientists discover a new way to battle multiple sclerosis

Credit: Cumming School of Medicine Ridiculous. That's how Andrew Caprariello says his colleagues described his theory about multiple sclerosis (MS)...

Oilseed crop’s waste product yields compounds that protect skin from the sun

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Meadowfoam, a native Pacific Northwest plant cultivated as an oilseed crop, has emerged as a potential new...

New movement monitoring system helping prevent falls in the elderly

Credit: University of South Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 7, 2018)- Technology that allows BMW's assembly lines to run more...

Precision medicine approvals and rare disease treatment incentives evaluated

WHO: Aaron Kesselheim, MD, MPH, Director, Program On Regulation Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and...

The effect of night shifts: Gene expression fails to adapt to new sleep patterns

Have you ever considered that working night shifts may, in the long run, have an impact on your health? A...

Derfner Foundation funds novel research in regenerative medicine at Kessler Foundation

Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation has received funding from the Derfner Foundation to support applying rehabilitation research to the area...

New breakthrough paving the way for universal Ebola therapeutic

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas -A new collaborative study has identified and studied Ebola...

Study finds possibility of new ways to treat, manage epilepsy seizures

LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 4, 2018) - New findings from the University of Kentucky published in the Journal of Neuroscience demonstrate...

Study discovers new molecular mechanism likely involved in cancer metastasis

Credit: Marlayna Demond for UMBC Cancer is most devastating when it metastasizes--when tumor cells break away, travel through the bloodstream,...

AI detects patterns of gut microbes for cholera risk

Credit: Terra Communications DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers from Duke University, Massachusetts General Hospital and the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease...

Understanding how DNA is selectively tagged with ‘do not use’ marks

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(MAY 7, 2018) Not all of your genome needs to be active at any given time....

Building better beta peptides

Credit: Mark Del Borgo WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2018 -- Designing bioscaffolds offers bioengineers greater flexibility when it comes to...

A new connection between glucose and lipid regulation in cancer metabolism

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China have identified an...

Transistor fabrication onto curved surface means turn toward better diabetes therapy

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Transparent transistors fabricated onto the sharp curves of a tiny glass tube are paving the way toward...

Stomata — the plant pores that give us life — arise thanks to a gene called MUTE