Tag: Medicine/Health

New research investigates the role of lipid rafts in virus infiltrationCredit: Carotenuto, Lunghi et al. PITTSBURGH (June 15, 2020) -- ...

New indication of a link between Alzheimer’s and diabetes

High-resolution 3D model reveals strong similarity in fibril structureCredit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich/HHU Düsseldorf/Gunnar Schröder Pathological protein clumps are characteristic of ...

Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system

Study by the Universities of Bonn and Nijmegen explains how BCG vaccination reduces susceptibility to infectionsCredit: © University Bonn A ...

Low physical function increase the risk for bone loss in older hip fracture patients

Acknowledgement of the risk factors is important for bone health and overall recoveryCredit: University of Jyväskylä. Low physical function and ...

Researchers flush out worrying trend of designer drug use

Credit: University of South Australia In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones - ...

Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases

Researcher Carmen Giordano received 2 more grants totalling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axisCredit: Politecnico di Milano They ...

Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point ...

Parents twice as likely to be concerned about ticks than of mosquitoes

Just 1 in 3 parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in ...

Advanced MRI scans may improve treatment of tremor, Parkinson’s disease

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - June 14, 2020 - Recently developed MRI techniques used to more precisely target ...

UCI researchers uncover cancer cell vulnerabilities; may lead to better cancer therapies

Monitoring RNA hotspots reveals target in cancer tumor cellsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - June 12, 2020 - ...

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.2 million to top clinical investigators

Credit: Stacey Kratz The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators. The recipients of ...

Parasites and the microbiome

In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the ...

Study links elevated levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with breast cancer risk

Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina assess the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products ...

Elastomeric masks provide a more durable, less costly option for health care workers

Authors of Journal of the American College of Surgeons article report use of elastomeric masks reduces the number of N95 ...

School may be the key to improvement for children in social care

Credit: Linköping University Children in social care have poorer mental health and perform worse in school than other children. But ...

Together they stay alive longer

How tuberculosis pathogens protect themselves from drying out in the airCredit: Elisabeth Pfrommer, Heinrich-Pette-Institute / FZ Borstel Hamburg/Borstel/Leipzig. The tuberculosis ...

Prodigiosin-based solution has selective activity against cancer cells

A new nanoformulation was described by Kazan University's Bionanotechnology Lab in Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyCredit: Kazan Federal University Together ...

All that base

BE-Hive, a new machine learning model predicts which base editor performs best to repair thousands of disease-causing mutationsCredit: Courtesy of ...

Fuel walking and cycling with low carbon diets, researchers say

Credit: University of Otago Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we ...

New biomaterial has potential to repair damaged bone with lower risk of inflammation