Tag: Medicine/Health

Unusual structures in bacterial cells keep viral infection from spreading; a list of new ones could provide improved biotech toolsCredit: ...

New type of antivenom to reduce 100,000 fatalities each year from venomous snake bites

Credit: Edouard Crittenden (LSTM) A new approach of treating life-threatening snake bites responsible for around 100,000 deaths globally each year ...

New study shows that football fixture pile-ups are forcing layers and coaches to change

Footballers may be fitter than ever before but congested fixture lists are forcing players to pace themselves while team managers ...

Precision chemo-immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer?

Antibody-drug conjugate targets and penetrates tumors; produces tumor regression in miceCredit: Credit: Jing Huang, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Pancreatic cancer ...

Physical activity and dietary counselling slows down development of insulin resistance in children

Credit: UEF/Raija Törrönen A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that individualised and family-based physical activity and ...

HKUST scientists make breakthrough discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s

Credit: HKUST Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's ...

10 million euros to a new international collaboration on brain research

KiloNeurons project allows researchers to tool up from neurons to cognitionCredit: Photo: Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience Humans have long ...

Resensitizing ‘last-resort’ antibiotics for treatment of infections

HKU scientists reveal an antirheumatic metallodrug can resurrect 'last-resort' antibiotics to kill multi-drug resistant superbugsCredit: The University of Hong Kong ...

USask researchers find face masks don’t hinder breathing during exercise

Credit: John Ko SASKATOON - A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has found that exercise performance and blood and ...

Large-scale cancer proteomics study profiles protein changes in response to drug treatments

Dataset helps understand therapeutic resistance and identify effective combination treatmentsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — Through large-scale profiling of ...

LipiDiDiet finds broadly sustainable effects of nutrient intervention in early Alzheimer’s

Credit: Saarland University Trial participants who received a multinutrient formulation over an extended period of time showed a significantly less ...

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Argonne collaborates on largest COVID-19 viral sequence analysis in U.S.

Credit: Image by Jason McLellan, University of Texas, Austin. Used by permission of mBio, from the article Argonne computational resources ...

New understanding of how proteins operate

Credit: Centenary Institute A ground-breaking discovery by Centenary Institute scientists has provided new understanding as to the nature of proteins ...

The ebb and flow of brain ventricles

Expansion of ventricles in MS patients often recedesCredit: Millward et al., MDC It is not only the heart that has ...

Prejudice, poverty, gender – illustrations show the reality of living with disease

Community-based research programme leads to innovative 'cartoons'Credit: Sightsavers Illustrations by a local artist in Nigeria are helping health workers and ...

Researchers identify key marker to help speed development of CMV vaccines

The finding provides a surrogate for testing the effectiveness of vaccine candidatesCredit: Jennifer Jenks, Duke University School of Medicine DURHAM, ...

Fighting Zika? Call in the T cells

Stopping emerging viruses could depend on getting T cells and antibodies to work togetherCredit: NIAID LA JOLLA--Where Aedes mosquitoes fly, ...

Data science pathway prepares radiology residents for machine learning

Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - A recently developed data science pathway for fourth-year radiology residents ...

Physician advocates screening teen emergency room patients for sexually transmitted infections