Tag: Medicine/Health

It may bring novel treatments for depression and schizophreniaCredit: SPbU Neurotransmitters are chemicals that transmit signals between neurons or from ...

Engineered bone marrow cells slow growth of prostate and pancreatic cancer cells

Credit: Alan Friedman, M.D. In experiments with mice, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have slowed ...

Norway’s Nobel laureates take up the fight against Alzheimer’s

An NOK 22.5 million grant from a private foundation establishes new national research centerCredit: Rita Elmkvist-Nilsen/Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience ...

New next-generation sequencing technique dramatically shortens diagnosis of sepsis

Availability of results within 5 to 6 hours of blood draw allows faster and more precise intervention when time is ...

App, AI work together to provide rapid at-home assessment of coronavirus risk

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University A coronavirus app coupled with machine intelligence will soon enable an individual to ...

A new model of vision

Credit: MIT When we open our eyes, we immediately see our surroundings in great detail. How the brain is able ...

Zombie scanning enables the study of peptide-receptor interactions on the cell surface

Hijacking the cell machinery allows rapid studies of peptide variants to expose mechanisms of actionCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, ...

Study shows low carb diet may prevent, reverse age-related effects within the brain

Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, March 4, 2020 - A study using neuroimaging led by Stony Brook University ...

Our eye movements help us retrieve memories, suggests a new Baycrest study

In a recent study, scientists at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute (RRI) found that research participants moved their eyes to determine ...

UArizona study identifies hormone that causes women to experience more pain than men

Credit: TUCSON, Ariz. - Imagine taking a pill to control your pain and, instead, the medication actually increases the pain ...

AI may help spot newborns at risk for most severe form of blinding disease

NEI-funded device under FDA review; AI-based metrics bring clarity to aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity diagnosisCredit: J. Peter Campbell An ...

Coronavirus treatment and risk to breastfeeding women

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2020--Little data is available about the ability of antiviral ...

Collapsible basket technology aims to improve drug discovery, personalized medicine

Credit: Bumsoo Han/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A drug discovery scientist typically screens up to 10,000 compounds in the ...

Arnold Ventures awards $6M to study replication of Penn nursing’s transitional care model

Study will evaluate the effectiveness of TCM in reducing re-hospitalizations and promote widespread use of the program in a number ...

Oncotarget; Inducible knock-out of BCL6 in lymphoma cells results in tumor stasis

The cover for issue 9 of Oncotarget features Figure 6, 'BCL6 knock-out in a DLBCL xenograft induces tumor stasis,' by ...

Better planning could save millions in health care costs

Credit: PxHere EAST LANSING, Mich. - Nearly 30% of the $3.6 trillion spent on health care costs in the United ...

Using ultrasound localization microscopy to detect oxygen levels in tissues

Credit: Doris Dahl, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers at the University of ...

Newfound cell defense system features toxin-isolating ‘sponges’

Credit: Courtesy of Nature A "decoy" mechanism has been found in human and animal cells to protect them from potentially ...

Personalised medicine increases IVF success rate

Credit: Image credit: sathyatripodi from Pixabay. Becoming pregnant can be a lengthy and stressful process for one in every six ...

First-ever CRISPR gene editing within human body done at OHSU