Tag: Medicine/Health

Students at Cranfield University have designed computer models that can identify COVID-19 in X-raysCredit: Cranfield University Students at Cranfield University ...

Extraction of skin interstitial fluid using microneedle patches

Researchers at the Terasaki Institute enhance tool for extraction of samples used in monitoring patient healthCredit: Khademhosseini lab (LOS ANGELES) ...

A new method for predicting the evolution of melanoma emerges

The study was conducted by the Evolutionary Human Biology Group of the UPV/EHUCredit: UPV/EHU. Melanoma is a malignant tumour resulting ...

Pregnancy reprograms breast cells, reducing cancer risk

Credit: Chen Chen An early age of pregnancy (25 years and younger) is known to reduce the overall risk of ...

First map of proinsulin’s ‘social network’ reveals new drug target for type 2 diabetes

Study reveals previously unknown protein that helps proinsulin fold and opens new avenues for diabetes researchCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical ...

Stand up to Cancer hails FDA approval of olaparib for advanced prostate cancer

Ruling is the 8th FDA approval supported by SU2C researchCredit: Stand Up To Cancer New York - May 26, 2020 ...

Countering COVID-19 impacts on children from low-income households

Credit: Credit: M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using public domain images The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the social, educational and ...

Researchers discover key player in hepatitis A virus infection

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Stanley M. Lemon, MD, and colleagues used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to pinpoint a ...

Battling disease with ultraviolet light

Architectural engineering faculty receive seed funds to study optical radiation disinfectionCredit: Department of Architectural Engineering, Penn State Now and in ...

Beware of false negatives in diagnostic testing of COVID-19

Credit: Keith Weller/Johns Hopkins Medicine One of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, particularly during this pandemic, is the reverse ...

Urge to merge: Understanding how cells fuse

New research from UT Southwestern may help those with rare muscle diseasesCredit: UTSW DALLAS - May 25, 2020 - Scientists have known ...

Anti-malarial drug shows promise for brain cancer treatment

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive form of cancer in the brain that is typically ...

High-strain exercise linked to very early pregnancy loss

UMass Amherst scientists advance research in physical activity and the earliest stages of pregnancyCredit: UMass Amherst In women with a ...

Essential key to hearing sensitivity discovered

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on ...

Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease

Credit: Hyeseung Lee/ MIT Picower Institute More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit ...

Novel electric impulses relieve the pain

Stimulating the vagus nerve in the ear can help relieving chronic pain. TU Wien and MedUni Vienna have developed novel, ...

Release of 216 SARS-CoV-2 genomes provides insights into transmission cluster in Austria

Credit: CeMM 216 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences have now been completed and released in the framework of the "Mutational Dynamics of ...

Schizophrenia: When the thalamus misleads the ear

Auditory hallucinations -- one of the most characteristic symptoms of schizophrenia -- have been linked to a hyper-connection between the ...

Researchers discover how protein can inhibit cancer development in mice

Credit: The University of Copenhagen Proteins are found throughout our cells and regulate a lot of biological processes that are ...

Exchange of arms between chromosomes using molecular scissors