Health

October 17, 2025

UCLA scientists receive grants for COVID-19 research from California’s stem cell agency

Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Three researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem...

Rice wins fed grant to advance sickle cell disease therapy

Bioengineer Gang Bao studies genome-editing outcomes to enable a future clinical trialCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 24, 2020)...

Holistic approach best for tackling nonmedical drug use, study finds

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Health practitioners are constantly developing new ways to help those with...

Training instance segmentation neural network with synthetic datasets for seed phenotyping

Development of an efficient method to accelerate the development of machine learning models for plant phenotypingCredit: Issey Takahashi In the...

Brain insulin sensitivity determines body weight and fat distribution

Credit: IDM Just where fat is deposited in the body and to what degree a person may benefit from a...

USask VIDO-InterVac awarded $23 million for COVID-19 vaccine research

Credit: University of Saskatchewan The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO-InterVac (Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre) has been awarded $23...

Sanfilippo C syndrome: New brain cell models to evaluate therapies

Fighting degenerative diseasesCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - CIBERER The Sanfilippo syndrome type C is a severe neurodegenerative disease which appearws...

Indiana State Department of Health, IU partner on COVID-19 study

Study to include random sample testing for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections, antibodiesCredit: James Brosher, Indiana University INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana State...

Boosting the immune system’s appetite for cancer

Immunotherapy combo that encourages immune cells to consume tumors could lead to long-term remission for glioblastomaCredit: UTSW DALLAS - April 23, 2020...

University of Montana researchers work on COVID-19 vaccine

Credit: UM Photo by Tommy Martino MISSOULA - Researchers in the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana...

Search for drugs effective against COVID-19 includes UAB and Southern Research

The work centers around ReFRAME, a vast collection of drugs developed for other diseases that are already known to be...

Novel coronavirus detected, monitored in wastewater

Within weeks of arriving on the world stage, SARS-CoV-2 has managed to encircle the globe, leaving illness, mortality and economic...

Study suggests 3D face photos could be a sleep apnea screening tool

Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - Facial features analyzed from 3D photographs could predict the likelihood of...

Searchable atlases of 3D images will offer new tool for researchers, clinicians

David Mayerich wins CAREER award to build 'google maps' for whole-organ imagingCredit: University of Houston Researchers at the University of...

Study shows fewer kids enrolling in cancer clinical trials

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Historically, pediatric cancer patients have been much more likely than adult cancer patients to...

Engineers share 3D-printed ventilator adapter design to help during COVID-19 pandemic

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- Engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York...

A cellular mechanism protecting against cancer

Bayreuth geneticists discover a mechanism that leads to the programmed death of potentially diseased cellsCredit: Image: Olaf Stemmann. Susanne Hellmuth...

Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs

Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients' healthCredit: MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have...

A study finds neuropeptide somatostatin enhances visual processing?

Credit: Professor Seung-Hee Lee, KAIST Researchers have confirmed that neuropeptide somatostatin can improve cognitive function in the brain. A research...

SARS-CoV-2: Isolation of neutralizing antibodies