Health
Unexpected viral behavior linked to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children
A TEDDY study led by the University of South Florida has discovered unexpected connections between viruses and T1DCredit: Electron microscopy...
Global levels of biodiversity could be lower than we think, new study warns
Credit: Martin Jung, University of Sussex Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as...
Käthe Beutler: ‘Do something!’
Credit: Fred Beutler, privat. When Bruce Beutler won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2011, he reminisced about his grandmother,...
Hyperfine and Penn Medicine announce partnership to image hydrocephalus patients
World's first portable, low-cost MRI system is a new tool for clinical diagnosis and patient monitoringCredit: Hyperfine GUILFORD, Conn.--(December 2,...
Malaria deaths could be reduced thanks to Warwick engineers
Credit: University of Warwick Since 2015 Malaria has resurged and typical bednets treated with insecticide are losing their efficiency due...
Bushmeat may breed deadly bacteria
Credit: Robab Katani, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- People who eat wildebeests, wart hogs and other wild African animals...
Designing and repurposing cell receptors
Credit: Daniel Keri, EPFL Called the "second secret of life", allostery is one of the most fundamental processes of biology...
New 5G-based system for sanitary emergency situations
Credit: IMDEA Networks Institute 5TONIC, the open research and innovation laboratory on 5G technologies, founded by Telefónica and IMDEA Networks,...
A new therapeutic target against diseases caused by lipid accumulation in cells
Study with the CRISPR/Cas9 editing technologyCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Researchers from the University of Barcelona (UB) and the August Pi...
Facial deformity in royal dynasty was linked to inbreeding, scientists confirm
First study to indicate a direct relationship between inbreeding and facial morphologyCredit: Don Juan Carreño de Miranda The "Habsburg jaw",...
Research affirms imaging technique’s ability to characterize healthy and non-healthy tissue
The research, published in the SPIE Journal of Biomedical Optics, cites 92 studies that assert intra-surgery feasibility of diffuse reflectance...
How do scars form? Fascia function as a repository of mobile scar tissue
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München / Donovan Correa -Gallegos Abnormal scarring is a serious threat resulting in non-healing chronic wounds...
Most shoppers unaware of major risk factor for most common form of glaucoma in UK
Study suggests that only a fifth of shoppers have knowledge of their intraocular pressure, with high pressure a major risk...
Scholars find that irregularly shaped parks reduce mortality risk
Credit: Texas A&M University Some community parks are square, a reflection of the city block where they're located -- but...
Can obesity limit antiarrhythmic drug effectiveness?
Some AFib medications are less effective in obese patientsCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most...
Scientists develop first implantable magnet resonance detector
A new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activityCredit: whitehoune - stock.adobe.com, MPI f. Biological Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart. Compositing: Martin...
The molecule that can AUTAC bad proteins
Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University researchers have developed a strategy that could help cells get rid of disease-related debris. Further...
Discovery by Hebrew University scientists could revolutionize chemotherapy
New technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone; patients would receive less chemo and fewer side effectsCredit: Hadas...
Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson’s disease
Pioneering technology can spot Parkinson's when there are no obvious symptomsCredit: RMIT University Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in...
New winter mountaineering project for Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger
A Eurac research study on acclimatisation and de-acclimatisation will take place in the terraXcube center for the simulation of extreme...
