Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University A clinical study led by Linköping University and financed by pharmaceuticals company Diamyd Medical has investigated ...

Clean water and toilets for healthy shelters

Credit: Heliyon Regular, standardized assessments of evacuation shelters can help keep people healthy following natural disasters, according to research published ...

Predicting chemotherapy response and tailoring treatments for pancreatic cancer patients

Dartmouth researchers are about to bring change to the treatment of pancreatic cancer with a novel biomarker technology that predicts ...

USC study reveals potential new treatment target in the fight against COVID-19

Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers identify a novel target and a potential new therapy that could offer an ...

Implantable piezoelectric polymer improves controlled release of drugs

Repeated tests showed a similar amount of drug release per activation, confirming robust control of release rateCredit: Jin Nam/UCR A ...

Finer touch for tuning stem cell “fate” with substrates of varying stiffness

May 22, 2021

Quantitative control over localization of key proteins in mesenchymal stem cellsCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...

Providing medications for free leads to greater adherence and cost-savings, study shows

Credit: Unity Health Toronto Free access to essential medicines increases patient adherence to taking medication by 35 per cent and ...

OU researcher identifies new mode of transmission for bacteria

Credit: Stock image OKLAHOMA CITY AND DENMARK - Campylobacter infection, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the Western ...

How human cells and pathogenic shigella engage in battle

Credit: Justin M. Hansen DALLAS - May 21, 2021 - One member of a large protein family that is known ...

Itch insight: Skin itch mechanisms differ on hairless versus hairy skin

Research breakthrough could inform different treatments for chronic skin itch sufferersCredit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Chronic skin itching drives more ...

Novo Nordisk Prize for research on novel therapeutic approaches for brain diseases

Prof. Dr. Marco Prinz of University of Freiburg Medical Center is honoured for groundbreaking results on the brains immune system ...

Making the gray cells happy

Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentrations in the brain and depressionCredit: Wenzel Schuermann / TUM Depressive disorders are among ...

3D visualization of oxytocin and vasopressin circuits with unprecedented resolution

Alterations in these circuits may underlie mental disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction, such as autism, social anxiety and ...

Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data

UCI and UCSD researchers tracked drug usage rates throughout the pandemicCredit: Jonathan Watanabe / UCI Irvine, Calif. - A record ...

Type 2 diabetes medication shown to benefit asthma patients

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Type 2 diabetes patients who also have asthma are benefitting from a diabetes medication, typically ...

Scientists discover gene signature for plaque-eating microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 21 May 2021 - Alzheimer's Disease is the most common form of dementia and is ...

Novel immune checkpoints have applications for cancer, autoimmune disease treatment

UConn researcher Laijun Lai has developed recombinant proteins and antibodies to combat autoimmune diseases and immunosuppression in cancer patientsCredit: UConn ...

Engineering smarter stents

Pitt Engineer Youngjae Chun is part of international group that received $2M to create smarter coronary artery stentsCredit: University of ...

UC leads infant health study

Researchers and community members work together to promote healthy eating habits for babiesCredit: Provided by Stough Many parents of young ...

Worrying about your heart increases risk for mental health disorders