iPhone plus nanoscale porous silicon equals cheap, simple home diagnostics
Credit: Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in special film, one that could...
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Learning from nature’s bounty: New libraries for drug discovery
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Basilius Sauter | CC BY-SA 3.0 Natural products, or their close derivatives, make some of our most potent medicines, among...
Who’s ‘Treat All’ HIV recommendation led to increases in art initiation in Africa
Large study of 'Treat All' policies for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa finds major improvements in rapid uptake of treatment A new study published in PLoS...
LED-ing the way: A clean and convenient method to oxidize plastic surfaces for industry
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Polypropylene (PP) is everywhere, being one of the most widely used plastics in human life. A versatile material, its...
Secondary students’ sexual health survey
Sexually active Australian secondary students tend to engage in responsible sexual behaviour but there is still room to improve knowledge and education for this group,...
Promising treatment option for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
A study, published today in PNAS, has found a potential treatment for patients with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). CRPS is a severe post-traumatic pain...
Laboratory testing suggests human lung tissue unimpacted by blu vapor
Credit: Imperial Brands Science A new study by Imperial Brands, owners of leading vape brand blu, contributes to the increasing evidence base substantiating vaping's harm...
Singapore research team finds info in a third of eczema apps inconsistent with guidelines
Credit: NTU Singapore A third (34 per cent) of eczema management mobile applications provide information that does not agree with international treatment and condition guidelines,...
Immunotherapy and diabetes: A game of hide and seek?
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are an emerging type of cancer immunotherapy that uses the immune system to attack cancer...
The circadian-hypoxia link in cardioprotection
This article by Dr. Tobias Eckle and Dr. Colleen Marie Bartman is published in Current Pharmaceutical Design, 2019Credit: Tobias Eckle, Bentham Science Publishers Circadian rhythms...
Cardiovascular diseases — Promoting self-healing after heart attack
Myocardial infarction (MI) results in the localized death of the muscle cells that are essential for the heart's pumping function. Depending on the extent of...
Three parent factors that heighten the prevalence of childhood physical abuse: New study
The connection between abuse and addiction, intimate partner violence and mental illness Adults who had parents who struggled with addiction, intimate partner violence and mental...
New book sings carbon’s praises
A new book by Robert Hazen, Symphony in C: Carbon and the Evolution of (Almost) Everything, celebrates carbon in all its formsCredit: W. W. Norton...
Preventive drug therapy may increase right-sided heart failure risk in patients who receive heart devices
DALLAS, June 11, 2019 - Patients with left-sided heart failure who get implanted devices to improve the pumping of their hearts may be more likely...
Big picture genetic scoring approach reliably predicts heart disease
Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine Journal Report DALLAS, June 11, 2019 - Specialized risk scores derived from testing that calculates the cumulative effect of an...
