Potential drug target revealed to help more children survive a lethal heart defect
Credit: Cincinnati Children's When children are born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), they require a series of major surgical ...
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Cashew shell compound appears to mend damaged nerves
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center In laboratory experiments, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut promotes ...
Wearable sensors printed on natural materials analyze substances present in sweat
Applied to skin as a piece of sticking plaster, the device developed by Brazilian researchers can be used to monitor ...
Why young and female patients don’t respond as well to cancer immunotherapy
Tumor cells in younger and female patients accumulate cancer-causing mutations that are more poorly presented to the immune system, better ...
AACN Distinguished Research Lecturer explores her role as nurse scientist
UMass Amherst associate professor heads up medical product development labCredit: UMass Amherst In her role as the American Association of ...
Combating ‘chemobrain’ with music
University of Cincinnati colleges collaborate to develop app that studies whether music therapy can improve the brain from effects of ...
Developing a replicable model to provide palliative care in nursing homes
$3.5 million NIA grant will support intervention to care for patients with Alzheimer'sCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Research scientists from ...
Designed bacteria produce coral-antibiotic
Sustainable biotechnological production of a natural substance against tuberculosisCredit: (Image: Thomas Brück / TUM) Thomas Brück saw the sea whip ...
Regulation of cancer stemness by the best combination of nanotech and genetic engineering
Credit: JAIST The development of chemotherapeutic agents with selective anti-cancer activities is increasingly unattractive due to the emergence of resistance, ...
Duke-NUS spinout PairX Bio launches with strong biotech credentials, VC backing
Startup led by seasoned US and Singapore scientists-cum-entrepreneurs and investors to advance innovative immunotherapy platform exclusively licensed from Duke-NUS Medical ...
Wits University begins its second Covid-19 vaccine trial in South Africa
Wits University is the lead institution in South Africa for a second Covid-19 vaccine trial and will begin screening participants ...
Extrachromosomal DNA is common in human cancer and drives poor patients outcomes
Credit: Image courtesy of Paul Mischel, UC San Diego. The multiplication of genes located in extrachromosomal DNA that have the ...
World film premiere: Watch cell infected by tuberculosis die
One-of-a-kind video shows how bacterium annihilates the body's immune cells.Credit: NTNU Centre for Molecular Inflammation Research (CEMIR) The tuberculosis bacterium ...
Telehealth visits have skyrocketed for older adults, but some concerns & barriers remain
New data on telemedicine use by adults over 50 show change since previous poll in 2019, including reduced worries about ...
Discovery promising for millions at risk from antibiotic resistance
Credit: Professor Mark Schembri There is new hope for approximately 700,000 people who die each year from antibiotic resistant infections, ...
Adebiyi awarded $4.5 million from the NIH for vascular, kidney dysfunction research
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (August 14, 2020) - Despite a plethora of treatment options, the burdens of cardiovascular and kidney ...
Tumour gene test could help to predict ovarian cancer prognosis
Credit: Photo: UNSW A tumour test could help to identify ovarian cancer patients with predicted poor survival, and down the ...
New practice guidelines on non-invasive ventilation in chronic stable Hypercapnic COPD
Published by the American Thoracic SocietyCredit: ATS August 17, 2020 -- A subcommittee of the American Thoracic Society Assembly in ...
Future mental health care may include diagnosis via brain scan and computer algorithm
Computer IDs differences in brains of patients with schizophrenia or autismCredit: Image by Shinsuke Koike, CC-BY Most of modern medicine ...
Novel method can efficiently create several ‘building blocks’ of pharmaceutical drugs
Scientists demonstrate new method of producing a specific class of organic compounds, which promises to accelerate drug discovery research for ...
