Silver-plated gold nanostars detect early cancer biomarkers
New optical sensing platform can detect genomic cancer biomarkers directly in patient tissuesCredit: Tuan Vo-Dinh, Duke University Biomedical engineers at ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Huntsman Cancer Institute renewal of designation from the National Cancer Institute
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the designation of Huntsman Cancer ...
Study calls for review of rice and sugar in food subsidy programme
Credit: Lancaster University The nutritional benefit of rice and sugar distributed by a national food subsidy programme in India may ...
Working toward freeze-drying synthetic platelets
Newest synthetic platelet research at Case Western Reserve University funded by $3.8 million U.S. Dept. of Defense grant, seeks to ...
Quality heart and lung care earns UVA international award
Credit: UVA Health For its lifesaving care of patients with severely injured hearts and lungs, University of Virginia Medical Center ...
Researchers develop new tools to rapidly test activity of anti-coronavirus antibodies
Credit: Schmidt et al., 2020 Researchers at The Rockefeller University in New York have developed new tools to rapidly test ...
Lego builds anaesthesia skills according to new study
Credit: University of Nottingham Lego could be used as a practical tool to train doctors in anaesthetic skills according to ...
Mutated cells need to be near each other to kickstart cancer
Single-cell imaging of the very first stages of cancer recreated in a mouse organoid model reveals a key factor that ...
IU School of Medicine, Eli Lilly research agreement to focus on autoimmune diseases
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Indiana University School of Medicine announced today a strategic research agreement with Eli Lilly and ...
How viruses and bacteria balance each other in the gut microbiome
A tiny arms race playing out inside the gut could eventually offer a new way to treat out-of-balance microbiomesCredit: Stephanie ...
How the regulator is regulated — Insight into immune-related protein holds therapeutic value
Scientists unravel how the immune checkpoint protein PD-L2 is regulated, which has potential implications in immune therapyCredit: Tokyo University of ...
Ultra-small, parasitic bacteria found in groundwater, moose — and you
Credit: Photo by Matthew Modoono for Forsyth Institute Inside your mouth right now, there is a group of bacteria whose ...
Droplet biosensing method opens the door for faster identification of COVID-19
Credit: Virginia Tech Mechanical engineering associate professor Jiangtao Cheng and electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Wei Zhou have developed ...
Microplastics in shrimp harmless to animal health and no effects on consumption quality
Credit: Credits: SEAaq/UAB A research team from the SEAaq group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona conducted analyses to determine ...
“Winter is coming”: The influence of seasonality on pathogen emergence
Credit: Sylvain Gandon Seasonal fluctuations drive the dynamics of many infectious diseases. For instance, the flu spreads more readily in ...
High school athletes require longer recovery following concussions
Epidemiologic findings from a high school populationCredit: Getty Images DETROIT - Young athletes are sidelined for at least one month ...
Virginia Tech, partners pioneer nation’s first pediatric rehabilitation resource center
Virginia Tech, Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital joined together to create the $5 million, NIH-funded centerCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia ...
World’s smallest imaging device has heart disease in focus
Credit: Image by Simon Thiele and Jiawen Li. A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and University ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys receives CIRM award for COVID-19 research
Researchers will use 'mini lungs in a dish' to test promising drug candidatesCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford ...
Purdue innovators receive $1.3 million from DoD for traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer’s
Credit: Ed Lausch, Lausch Photography WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Innovators at Purdue University have received new support as they work ...
