Health
For stroke survivors, light physical activity linked to better daily function
Credit: Photo courtesy Neha Gothe CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers used accelerometers to measure daily physical activity in 30 stroke survivors...
Repair instead of renew: Damaged powerhouses of cells have their own ‘workshop mode’
Credit: Alexandra Kukat If the energy supply of a cell is disturbed by damage, it can protect itself from functional...
UIC clinical trials investigate COVID-19 treatments
Trials study Ebola, rheumatoid arthritis drugs in hospitalized patientsCredit: UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago is participating in two...
Penn State engineer developing device that may be able to test for COVID-19
Credit: Gihoon Choi, Penn State A point-of-care testing device that may help diagnose the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is under...
Russian antitumor drugs first time registered in Europe
Credit: BIOCAD Two BIOCAD products, Acellbia (INN: rituximab) and Herticad (INN: trastuzumab), received the first European registration certificate in Bosnia...
Arkansas researchers developing prediction models for coronavirus
Data science professor collaborating with colleagues at UAMSCredit: University of Arkansas Data science professor Justin Zhan is collaborating with University...
Geneticists are bringing personal medicine closer to recently admixed individuals
Credit: Davide Marnetto A new study in Nature Communications proposes a method to extend polygenic scores, the estimate of genetic...
New guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
International panel does quick turnaroundCredit: Photo courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2020) - An international team including McMaster...
New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate...
Mindfulness app may help address physician anxiety, burnout
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As novel coronavirus cases continue to increase across the nation, health professionals on the...
PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response
Early laboratory detection of SARS CoV-2, tracking animal source among prioritiesCredit: Courtesy USAID PREDICT PREDICT will provide emergency support to...
Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus
Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched...
Guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19
The guidelines will be used by frontline clinicians, allied health professionals and policy makers involved in the care of patients...
Online NeurekaTM challenge launches to crowdsource EEG solutions for epilepsy
Novela Neurotech and NeuroTechX are teaming up in an effort to accelerate epilepsy researchCredit: NeuroTechX/Novela Neurotech San Francisco, CA -...
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
The ultra-fast change of light helicity is particularly interesting to observe processes in magnetic materials and has long been expected...
NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19
Team from NYU Tandon School of Engineering and School of Global Health will share information gathered from New York City...
University of Innsbruck develops novel corona test
New PCR method works with analytical materials easier to obtainCredit: Sinsoma GmbH As requested by the Austrian Federal Government and...
JONED, a new online free-access journal open in the field of neuroeducation
A new space for neuroscience and educationCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Building bridges between the science and education communities to contribute...
Inherited mutation can predispose children to a type of brain tumor
Collaboration co-led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital discovers a novel predisposition gene in pediatric medulloblastomaCredit: St. Jude...
Non-invasive method to predict brain pressure
Credit: Copyright 2020, Springer Nature Limited The only way to accurately measure pressure inside the skull is to insert a...
