Study sheds light on why retinal ganglion cells are vulnerable to glaucoma
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Millions of sufferers of glaucoma might someday benefit from a study released today in STEM CELLS in which a...
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Researchers take a bloody good look at the medicinal leech genome
Study offers new insights into the powerful anticoagulants contained in the saliva of leeches most often used in medical practice.Credit: Sebastian Kvist TORONTO, ON -...
Silicosis: Ominous resurgence of an occupational lung condition reported
New research in the journal CHEST sounds an alarm about long-term health consequences, including massive pulmonary fibrosis, for workers who fabricate and install engineered quartz...
AI goes underground: root crop growth predicted with drone imagery
Using machine learning, scientists can analyze drone images shot above the soil to understand how root crops respond to drought or heat beneath the soil....
Seeing corneal degeneration in a new light
A UT Southwestern study shows what happens over the decades it takes for one eye disease to develop and cause symptomsCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center...
Adhesive film turns smartwatch into biochemical health monitoring system
Credit: Yichao Zhao/UCLA UCLA engineers have designed a thin adhesive film that could upgrade a consumer smartwatch into a powerful health-monitoring system. The system looks...
Evidence lacking for drug treatment of multiple sclerosis-related cognitive impairment
Systematic review of available drugs for treating multiple sclerosis fails to identify interventions effective for treating cognitive symptomsCredit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. June 17,...
CUNY SPH weekly COVID-19 survey update week 12 — Vaccines
Lack of knowledge may stop many New Yorkers from taking a COVOD-19 vaccine, but personal experience of disease may encourage themCredit: CUNY Graduate School of...
Research grant for biochemist to go ‘back to the future’ to get to grips with COVID-19
Dr Cooper is the academic lead for a project titled SARS-CoV-2 in silico protein modelling and determination of novel therapeutic drug candidates to treat COVID19Credit:...
NASA’s IBEX charts 11 years of change at boundary to interstellar space
Results show the shifting outer heliosphere in great detailCredit: Credits: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio/Conceptual Imaging Lab Far, far beyond the orbits of the planets lie...
RNA structures by the thousands
Every cell contains thousands of different RNA molecules. In the past, it would have taken many research careers to decipher their structures using traditional methods....
New techniques improve quantum communication, entangle phonons
Credit: Photo by Nancy Wong Quantum communication--where information is sent through particles, typically entangled photons--has the potential to become the ultimate secure communication channel. Not...
COVID-19 Innovation Challenge funds virtual nursing station
Hamilton Health Sciences & McMaster University launch national post-operative virtual care studyCredit: Hamilton Health Sciences HAMILTON, ON - JUNE 17, 2020 - A team of...
Scientists gain detailed images of how a protein that calms brain activity works
The findings provide a clear path to uncovering new drugs to control addiction, pain and neurological disorders such as epilepsy and muscle spasticityCredit: (Illustration by...
A step forward in solving the reactor-neutrino flux problem
Credit: Igor Ostrovskiy/University of Alabama Joint effort of the nuclear theory group at the University of Jyvaskyla and the international collaborative EXO-200 experiment paves the...
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