Children’s lung capacity improved in cleaner air
As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new study published in the European...
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Insilico Medicine sends first generative AI-designed drug for COVID-19 and variants to clinic
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage biotech company powered by generative AI, today announces that China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved the Investigational New Drug...
Octapharma USA requests FDA approval for wilate® VWD prophylaxis supplement
PARAMUS, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2023) – Octapharma USA has submitted a Biologics License Application Supplement (sBLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman named Chief of Division of Medical Genetics in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman, a leading specialist in pediatric genetic medicine, has been named chief of the Division of Medical Genetics in the Department of Pediatrics...
Technical adequacy of artificial intelligence body composition assessed in external CT
Leesburg, VA, February 23, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), certain reasons for AI tool failure relating to...
Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognise cases and prevent spinal cord damage
Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official...
AIBS announces 2023 emerging public policy leaders
The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) is pleased to announce that Elena Suglia and Mohammad Inam Jameel have been selected to receive the 2023...
UMass Amherst researchers invent “electronic nose” built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires that could revolutionize health monitoring
AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced the invention of a nanowire, 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, which...
Research team creates statistical model to predict Covid-19 resistance
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be one of the first models...
Dial for tuning dopamine, environmental signals found in Parkinson’s
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Researchers at The University of Alabama identified a critical mechanism for how signals from the environment are integrated with genetic information to...
UCI-led study reveals how lung cells protect themselves against RNA viral infection
Irvine, CA – February 22, 2023 - A new University of California, Irvine-led study uncovers how a protein, APOBEC3B, could protects cells against many different...
Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new research
Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new research Credit: (c) Corey Bradshaw, Flinders University Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new research New research showing...
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel
Two high status brothers buried in a Bronze Age tomb in Israel were severely ill but apparently had access to rare treatments including trephination, according...
Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing
No two hearts beat alike. The size and shape of the the heart can vary from one person to the next. These differences can be...
Twin-bioengine self-adaptive micro/nanorobots developed for gastrointestinal inflammation therapy
Micro/nanorobots with self-propelling and -navigating capabilities have attracted extensive attention in drug delivery and therapy owing to their controllable locomotion in hard-to-reach body tissues.Credit: SIAT...
