Tag: Medicine/Health

An $10 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will allow the Murdoch Children's Research Institute's (MCRI) clinical ...

Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed

Infection researchers from the German Primate Center identify starting points for vaccine development and therapyCredit: Figure: Markus Hoffmann The SARS ...

Print your own laboratory-grade microscope for US$18

An open-source design from the University of Bath gives schools, homes and labs the chance to 3D print their own ...

Characterizing two sisters, examples of exceptional longevity

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2020--A new study provides a detailed characterization of two ...

Electrocardiogram shows value in college athletes’ screens

ECG heightens detection of sudden cardiac death risk and is a cost-effective diagnostic, a new study showsCredit: UW Medicine Over ...

Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters

Researchers find switch in chemical messaging is key prelude to motor skill acquisitionCredit: Spitzer Lab, UC San Diego Doctors have ...

AI-supported test for very early signs of glaucoma progression

May 3, 2020

Credit: UCL/Western Eye Hospital A new test can detect glaucoma progression 18 months earlier than the current gold standard method, ...

Found: Neural circuit that drives physical responses to emotional stress

May 2, 2020

This circuit could be a key target for treating stress-related disorders such as panic disorder and PTSD.Credit: Kazuhiro Nakamura Researchers ...

SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators

Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help ...

Researchers develop ‘piggyback’ method to improve drug delivery of RNA therapeutics

Their platform has shown to downregulate critical genes in cancer cells, and could be used for other genetic diseasesCredit: Neil ...

Long-lasting, low toxicity antimicrobial peptide fights ‘superbug’ lung infections

Credit: B. Deslouches/Pitt PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2020 - Through serendipity, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...

Aromatherapy may reduce nurses’ stress, WVU researcher suggests

Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University Even under normal circumstances, nursing can be a stressful profession. The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbates ...

Free use of Kudos Pro to help researchers keep communicating during pandemic disruption

Credit: Kudos Innovations Ltd For immediate release - Oxford, UK - May 1st, 2020 - Kudos, the award-winning service for ...

USC professor Andrew P. McMahon elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Credit: Jill McMahon Andrew P. McMahon -- who is the W.M. Keck Provost and University Professor in USC's departments of ...

Green method could enable hospitals to produce hydrogen peroxide in house

Credit: Zheng Chen Lab A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. ...

New toolkit provides rapid implementation guide for adopting telemedicine during COVID-19

Stepwise approach enabled telemedicine program to get up and running in three daysCredit: American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (May 1, ...

UCLA leads CDC-funded project to reduce COVID-19 infection among emergency room workers

Credit: UCLA Health The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is leading a project in collaboration with the University ...

Lipo-ImmunoTech receives grant to develop a novel cancer immunotherapy technology

Hollings Cancer Center researchers co-founded a company that is developing technology to enhance and improve the functionality of T cells ...

Boosting levels of good fats with an experimental drug that acts on two newly characterized genes

Salk researchers discover way to increase levels of fats that fight inflammation and diabetes, in miceCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May ...

Nanostimulators boost stem cells for muscle repair