Lighting up antibiotic resistance
Carbapenems are among the "antibiotics of last resort" and can fight infections for which other drugs have long lost their effectiveness. However, even carbapenem-resistant pathogenic...
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New study identifies successful method to reduce dental implant failure
Credit: University of Plymouth According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), 15 million Americans have crown or bridge replacements and three million have...
On the trail of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: University of Konstanz In a complex series of experiments they examined what the effects were of changing a single amino acid in the protein....
In a sample of blood, researchers probe for cancer clues
One day, patients may be able to monitor their body's response to cancer therapy just by having their blood drawn. A new study, led by...
Parallel computation provides deeper insight into brain function
Credit: OIST Unlike experimental neuroscientists who deal with real-life neurons, computational neuroscientists use model simulations to investigate how the brain functions. While many computationa..
New lab-on-a-chip platform seeks to improve pathogen detection
Nuclear amplification testing is commonly used for pathogen detection; however, the process is currently manually intensive and complex, and requires dedicated equipment. This prevents its...
Data security in medical studies: IT researchers break anonymity of gene databases
"Ever since American scientists successfully attacked a study in 2008, where just parts of the DNA were enough to identify participants, researchers have been debating...
Chance find has big implications for water treatment’s costs and carbon footprint
A type of bacteria accidentally discovered during research supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) could fundamentally re-shape efforts to cut the...
WPI, BSEE, and the US Coast Guard successfully test a novel oil spill cleanup technology
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Tests conducted last week of a novel technology that can greatly accelerate the combustion of crude oil floating...
OFC concludes featuring the evolution of silicon photonics, 5G networking and the Internet of Things
LOS ANGELES -- The Optical Fiber Conference and Exposition (OFC), held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, has concluded with 663 exhibiting companies, over 1,100...
New research shows how metabolism and epigenetics play a role in cancer development
A study published in Briefings in Functional Genomics investigated how epigenetics can modulate human's genetic program -- it can emphasize or silence genes. The new...
Research results in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the BioDataWorld West in San Francisco
Credit: BioDataWorld West Friday, 24th of March, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based Big Data analytics company applying deep learning techniques to drug...
Brain scans may help clinicians choose talk therapy or medication treatment for depression
Researchers from Emory University have found that specific patterns of activity on brain scans may help clinicians identify whether psychotherapy or antidepressant medication is more...
Computer program developed to diagnose and locate cancer from a blood sample
Researchers in the United States have developed a computer program that can simultaneously detect cancer and identify where in the body the cancer is located,...
New tools to spy on raiding baboons in suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa
Credit: Gaëlle Fehlmann, Swansea University. Scientists from Swansea University's College of Science are part of an international team attempting to better understand the human-baboon conflict...