Tag: Medicine/Health

QATAR GENOME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM investigators identify genetic associations with 45 clinically relevant traits in the Qatari populationCredit: Qatar Foundation Doha, ...

Artificial pancreas system upgraded with AI algorithm

Credit: POSTECH Diabetes is on the rise worldwide. It is a permanent condition that requires care over a life time. ...

Alzheimer Europe sets out recommendations to improve data sharing in dementia research

Credit: Alzheimer Europe Luxembourg, 23 February 2021 - At an online European Parliament workshop hosted by Deirdre Clune MEP (Ireland), ...

‘Walking’ molecule superstructures could help create neurons for regenerative medicine

3D-printed novel biomaterial mimics properties of living tissuesCredit: Stupp Lab / Northwestern University Imagine if surgeons could transplant healthy neurons ...

Microneedle patches for microdosing psychedelic pharmaceuticals

Credit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ANGELES) - Although one may think of psychedelic pharmaceuticals as being dangerous and detrimental, scientists have ...

X-factor to help antibiotics regain their spark

Holding off the rise of superbugs could be achieved by 'resuscitating' old antibiotics.Credit: Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ Holding off ...

Basic cell health systems wear down in Huntington’s disease, novel analysis shows

Credit: Sorbonne Université Using an innovative computational approach to analyze vast brain cell gene expression datasets, researchers at MIT and ...

Beta blockers can repair malformed blood vessels in the brain

Credit: Joppe Oldenburg Peer review/Experimental study/Animals Propranolol, a drug that is efficacious against infantile haemangiomas ("strawberry naevi", resembling birthmarks), can ...

Three longtime antibiotics could offer alternative to addictive opioid pain relievers

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Feb. 22, 2021 - Three decades-old antibiotics administered together can block a type ...

UH receives $5 million to combat HIV/AIDS epidemic

Grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc. continues graduate college of social work effort in southern United StatesCredit: University of Houston A ...

West Virginia’s enduring, intertwined epidemics: Opioids and HIV

Credit: West Virginia University Long before COVID-19 entered the picture, West Virginia had been battling two other major public health ...

Study could explain tuberculosis bacteria paradox

TB-causing bacteria remember prior stress, react quickly to new stressCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 22, 2021) -Tuberculosis bacteria ...

How do patients with cystic fibrosis respond to COVID-19?

A grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation will aid researchers in their search for answersCredit: Ruobing Wang, MD, Boston Children's ...

NYUAD researchers develop high throughput paper-based arrays of 3D tumor models

New technology will help researchers predict the outcomes of drug efficacy and can guide the development of drug treatments for ...

New therapeutic approach may help treat age-related macular degeneration effectively

Inhibiting a gene involved in the abnormal growth of blood vessels in certain ocular disorders may reduce retinal neovascularization, researchers ...

Kessler Team tests regenerative approach to preventing osteoarthritis after knee injury

With funding from The Geneva Foundation, Kessler Foundation and New Jersey Regenerative Institute conduct an in-depth study of the role ...

CHOP experts describe types of rashes associated with MIS-C

Findings may help doctors and parents know when a rash warrants further examination for the inflammatory syndromeCredit: Children's Hospital of ...

A fifth of adults in Sweden report dental anxiety

Credit: Photo: University of Gothenburg. In Sweden, approximately one in five adults suffers from dental anxiety or phobia. The number ...

Material hardship taking a mental and physical toll on young adults during pandemic

Credit: Data Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) Wave IV (2007-2008) N=13,313 U.S. adults ages ...

Down syndrome research biobank launched