Tag: Medicine/Health

Using a substrain of E. coli MG 1655 and nanoscale red blood cell membranes, researchers created tiny biohybrid swimmers that ...

Adelphi researcher discovers early, complex brain surgery in ancient Greece

One of the earliest documented, from ProtoByzantine periodCredit: Anagnostis P. Agelarakis/Adelphi University New research from Adelphi University has revealed the ...

Cancer scientists at Purdue aim to use protein power to stop tumor growth

Credit: Marxa Figueiredo/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - In 2018, approximately 324,000 men died from cancer in the United States. ...

CUNY New York City COVID-19 survey week 4

New Yorkers seem resigned to a long siege as COVID-19 infection, job loss, food access challenges, depression, anxiety, and hopelessness ...

Cranfield University student creates COVID-19 map for Nigeria

Credit: Cranfield University A student from Cranfield University in the UK has created a dashboard giving information on the spread ...

How serotonin balances communication within the brain

OptogeneticsCredit: RUB, Kramer Our brain is steadily engaged in soliloquies. These internal communications are usually also bombarded with external sensory ...

Study redefines exi’STING’ dogma of inflammatory mechanism

The protein STING (Stimulator of Interferon Genes) is a critical component of the body's innate immune defense system, but can ...

Lymphoma’s different route revealed

Credit: Photo: Rehm, Höpken, Gerhardt Labs, MDC Creating new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis, for tumors in lymph nodes ...

The cost of changing lives and the face of medicine

Credit: World Scientific Never in modern history has the need for medical research been clearer, with COVID-19 roaring just outside ...

Repetitive irradiation with 222nm UVC shown to be non-carcinogenic and safe for sterilizing human skin

Wide ranging antibacterial and antiviral applications in medical fields and daily lifeCredit: Kobe University Joint research between Kobe University and ...

Annual Review of Public Health uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access

Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...

Pilot study suggests promise of new approach to treat adults with autism and depression

Medical University of South Carolina researchers report early findings in Autism Research suggesting transcranial magnetic stimulation is safe and could ...

Successful MERS vaccine in mice may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine

Credit: NIH Researchers at the University of Iowa and the University of Georgia have developed a vaccine that fully protects ...

Lipid gradient that keeps your eyes wet

Credit: Hokkaido University New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye ...

MCG’s GEM Lab offering coronavirus testing statewide

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University The Georgia Esoteric and Molecular Laboratory at the Medical College of Georgia Department ...

Development of new system for combatting COVID-19 that can be used for other viruses

Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team at The University of Texas ...

Leaving its mark: How frailty impacts the blood

Credit: OIST Globally, human society is aging. A side-effect of this is that age-related disorders, such as frailty, are becoming ...

A new antiviral drug heading into clinical trials offers hope for COVID-19 treatment

Scientists are hopeful that a new drug -- called EIDD-2801 -- could change the way doctors treat COVID-19Credit: Photo Courtesy ...

ATS publishes new guidance on COVID-19 management

Credit: ATS April 06, 2020─ An American Thoracic Society-led international task force has released a guidance document to help clinicians ...

How understanding the dynamics of yeast prions can shed light on neurodegenerative diseases