Tag: Medicine/Health

Metals from implants can accumulate in bone tissueCredit: Naujok/Charité Using highly complex analytical techniques, a group of researchers from Charité ...

Gluten in wheat: What has changed during 120 years of breeding?

Modern wheat is off the hook?Credit: Katharina Scherf / Leibniz-LSB@TUM In recent years, the number of people affected by coeliac ...

Cricket umpires fumble on T20 calls

The toughest call to make by a cricket umpire is a leg-before-wicket (LBW) decision and new research shows T20 matches ...

Blackrock Microsystems licenses Wyss Center’s real-time neural signal processing platform

The software platform, NeuroKey, interfaces with multiple brain signal acquisition sources and devices, extending the reach of brain-computer interface applicationsCredit: ...

Belinda N. Mandrell, PhD, RN, named American Academy of Nursing fellow

Credit: St. Jude Belinda Mandrell, PhD, RN, a nurse leader and associate faculty member at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, ...

First US clinical trial testing efficacy of delivering aerosolized chemotherapy

The experimental PIPAC treatment may extend the lives of people with advanced ovarian, uterine, gastric and colorectal cancers whose current ...

Clot permeability linked to first-attempt success of aspiration thrombectomy

A posthoc analysis of COMPASS trial data focuses on two clot-removal approaches to major strokes caused by a blocked large ...

The structural basis of Focal Adhesion Kinase activation on lipid membranes unravelled

Credit: CIB-CSIC A research team led by Daniel Lietha has just published in The EMBO Journal the mechanistic details of ...

Malaria discovery could expedite antiviral treatment for COVID-19

New research into malaria suggests targeting enzymes from the human host, rather than from the pathogen itself, could offer effective ...

COVID-19 Prevention Network launches two research studies evaluating monoclonal antibodies

Credit: CoVPN DURHAM, N.C. - The COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) today announced two Phase 3 trials to determine whether monoclonal ...

Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied sub-Saharan women

This is the first comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on tumors from 212 ...

New machine learning tool predicts devastating intestinal disease in premature infants

Researchers develop new machine learning approach that shows promise in predicting necrotizing enterocolitis; could lead to improved medical decision-making in ...

ETSU, Virginia Tech awarded $2.6 million for project

Grant to establish research infrastructure to support recovery for persons with opioid use disorderCredit: Virginia Tech The National Institute on ...

Youth’s risks from first-time opioid prescriptions may not be as high as once thought

Credit: Indiana University Young adults and adolescents who are prescribed opioids for the first time may be at a slightly ...

NIH grant to UC Riverside physicist focuses on how pathogens evolve

Research could lead to the design of new and better treatments to fight diseaseCredit: Barton lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...

Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: adapting plant labs for human testing

Credit: Pierre-Luc Pradier. Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling ...

Oxytocin can help prevent osteoporosis

In a laboratory experiment with rats, Brazilian researchers succeeded in reversing natural processes associated with aging that lead to loss ...

COVID-19 does not directly damage taste bud cells

First study to show taste bud cell immunity from contact with virus particleCredit: UGA A new study from the Regenerative ...

Patient experiences in medical imaging and radiation therapy: The importance of skilled patient care professionals

A special issue of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences features stories about the interpersonal skills beyond the ...

Engineers enlist fungi to advance against disease