Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: M Varjosalo & Lehti Group Uncontrolled growth of cancer arises from the imbalanced regulation of cell division and programmed ...

Home-based tools can help assess dementia risk and progression

Technologies may save time, money and make it easier for more people to participate in needed clinical trials Clinical trials ...

Chronic kidney disease of undetermined causes, described originally in Central America and Sri Lanka

A new study suggests that it could be a common disorder in other rural communities in tropical and subtropical countriesCredit: ...

Major step towards individual cancer immunotherapy

Cells belonging to the body's own immune system can help fight tumours. For several years now, this has allowed oncologists ...

World first 3D printed feet

Innovative training steps up treatment for diabeticsCredit: University of South Australia It's gory, sticky and undoubtedly on the nose, but ...

Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells

For injecting CRISPR-Cas9 into cells, new technique is more efficient, simpler and cheaperCredit: Yuhong Cao, UC Berkeley When scientists attempt ...

A new model to trial preventative treatments for schizophrenia

Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have developed a new animal model of schizophrenia that will enable researchers around the ...

Movement toward a poop test for liver cirrhosis

In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego ...

Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring, study suggests

Low levels of oxygen in the womb - which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia - ...

Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card

Scientists have combined the simplicity of paper with the complexity of quantum physics for point-of-care testing in low-resource environmentsCredit: Prof. ...

Pain, pain go away: new tools improve students’ experience of school-based vaccines

Student-centered support tools reduce vaccine-associated pain, fear, and fainting during school-based clinicsLearn about how to reduce pain, fear and dizziness ...

Binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl substances to Baikal seal PPARα

In vitro/in silico evaluations of binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl substances to Baikal seal PPARαCredit: Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), ...

Dr. Lauren Ferrante, critical care expert, becomes inaugural Hurria awardee at #AGS19

Bacteria partners with virus to cause chronic wounds, Stanford study finds

A common bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a virus that substantially increases the pathogen's ability to infect us, according ...

Modelled climate change impact on mosquito-borne virus transmission

Credit: NIAID (CC BY 2.0, 2016) Mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, already threaten over a billion people ...

New Yorkers brace for self-cloning Asian longhorned tick

Columbia researchers warn that NYC's Asian longhorned tick population is larger than previously knownCredit: Center for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection

Credit: Xiong Jiang/Georgetown WASHINGTON -- A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas ...

Dissecting dengue: Innovative model sheds light on confounding immune response

About 40 percent of the global population is at risk for contracting dengue - the most important mosquito-borne viral infection ...

Screening for colorectal cancer at 45 would avert deaths, but testing older adults would do more

Starting routine colorectal cancer screening at age 45 rather than 50 would decrease U.S. cancer deaths by as much as ...

Research provides framework for developing Ebola virus therapeutic under animal rule