Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Alvaro Mata Scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) tumour model in the laboratory for ovarian cancer that could lead ...

Researchers team up to solve America’s hard cider identity crisis

Credit: Alex Hood for Virginia Tech and Clinton Neill for Cornell Do you know what style of beer you like? ...

Veterinary college receives $3.5 million NIH grant to develop Lyme disease vaccine

Credit: Virginia Tech Renowned tick immunobiologist Utpal Pal wants to ad apt the rabies vaccination platform to produce antibodies that ...

Research shows cell perturbation system could have medical applications

Nanofountain Probe Electroporation system may lead to quicker and more customized treatment plansCredit: Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering Cell lines ...

Forsyth researchers demonstrate how changing the stem cell response to inflammation may reverse periodontal disease

Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono Periodontal disease, also known as gum disease, is a serious infection that affects nearly 50 ...

Global Pharmaceutical Policy

The only text available today which provides an up to date account of international pharmaceutical policy research.Credit: University of Huddersfield ...

New research on cataract surgery in order to improve health care

Credit: Photo by Anna-Maria Timbus In general, surgeons who perform numerous cataract operations every year encounter relatively few severe cases, ...

Face masks unlikely to cause over-exposure to CO2, even in patients with lung disease

Credit: ATS New research findings contradict statements linking wearing face masks to carbon dioxide poisoning by trapping CO2. During the ...

Penn Medicine researchers discover a rare genetic form of dementia

Credit: Edward Lee PHILADELPHIA -- A new, rare genetic form of dementia has been discovered by a team of Penn ...

Vaccine opposition online uniting around ‘civil liberties’ argument

Growing 'freedom of choice' position and increase in state-level Facebook pages could impact vaccine-related legislation, researchers sayCredit: Valerie Morgan/UMD WASHINGTON ...

Caltech researcher unveils sensor that rapidly detects COVID-19 infection

Credit: Caltech One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be ...

Tobacco regulatory science researcher earns $1.3 million grant to study role of menthol

Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- In 2009, the Food and Drug Administration banned numerous cigarette flavors, from chocolate to ...

15-year trend persists in disparate insulin pump use in children

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2020) - Insulin pumps are widely used in the management of type 1 diabetes ...

Black lives also matter in cancer care

It is not biology, but access to health care that is causing Black Non-Hispanic patients with squamous cell cancer of ...

Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identify obstacles that prevent patients from receiving radiation treatment in a timely mannerCredit: Photo by ...

Promising COVID-19 rapid test technology enters phase 1 of NIH challenge

Highly competitive NIH RADx program selects Rover Diagnostics and biomedical engineer Sam Sia to refine and validate their low-cost, ultrafast ...

Study reveals element in blood is part of human–and hibernating squirrel–stress response

The element iodide's ability to dampen the harm of stress-induced inflammation points to potential uses in treating traumatic injuries and ...

FDA grants Fast Track designation to Calibr’s ‘switchable’ CAR-T cell cancer therapy

Phase 1 clinical trial is now enrolling patients with blood cancers.Credit: Scripps Research/Calibr LA JOLLA, CA--The U.S. Food and Drug ...

Using machine learning to predict pediatric brain injury

Neural network analyzes 1.4 million data points to investigate which babies and children are most likely to get a brain ...

Study finds yoga and meditation reduce chronic pain