Medical News

Two recent studies of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in so-called magic mushrooms, contend that the chemical can act as a powerful remedy for cancer patients suffering from depression and anxiety. The two studies,...

News Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could solidify soybean oil for food processing without creating trans fats, which have been linked to heart disease and stroke. Contributed A...

News Aerocom has a proven solution for tracking medications via its system from pharmacy to nursing units, and throughout the hospital. Contributed Author: PR Web Topics: STEM

News AirXpanders have created AeroForm, a needleless implant preparation system that creates space for a future breast implant. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Implantables

News In the new study, the investigators developed a new antibody called 11B6 to target human kallikrein-related peptidase 2 (hK2), another antigen that indicates androgen receptor pathway activation. Contributed Author:...

News In the new study, the investigators developed a new antibody called 11B6 to target human kallikrein-related peptidase 2 (hK2), another antigen that indicates androgen receptor pathway activation. Contributed Author:...

News The CyberKnife, invented at Stanford, is being used to treat a young girl's arteriovenous malformation, a deadly tangle of abnormal blood vessels. Contributed Author: Stanford University Topics: Surgical

News Redesigned drug-delivery polymer may extend drug life 16-fold. Contributed Author: Duke University Topics: Regenerative Medicine

News The challenge for bio-inspired technologies in general, and adhesives specifically, is to identify the important elements of the system and simplify them so that they can be translated, artificially recreated, and t...

A new study suggests that there is no connection between mothers being infected with the influenza virus during pregnancy and an increased risk of the child to suffer from ASD. The research dismisses one of the myths sur...

News The new technique could lead to the development of single-molecule microscopes for imaging biomolecules, with applications in drug discovery and better understanding diseases. Contributed Author: Lisa Zyga, Phys.org...

News The device may open doors for treatment customization. Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Home Healthcare

News This tool allows scientists to make comprehensive simulations without doing tedious experiments in the laboratory. Contributed Author: Technical University of Denmark Topics: STEM

New research may have found a more efficient way of treating patients who suffer from PTSD: by using MDMA, which is ecstasy in its purest form. The assisted drug treatment could be approved by the FDA.

(Rockefeller University) A map that shows the arrangement of atoms within the cystic fibrosis protein will help researchers better understand how specific mutations cause disease. Ultimately, this knowledge may reveal po...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) National surveys in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia reveal exceptional progress against HIV, with decreasing rates of new infection, stable numbers of people living wi...

(Lund University) With the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors, researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to 'turn off' an enzyme that proved to play a key role in the regulation of the diab...

(Kansas State University) Birds of a feather flock together but they schedule parenting duties differently. Kansas State University researchers are part of an international team of ornithologists who have published a stu...

(Mayo Clinic) One in 10 patients who come to the hospital with the most severe type of heart attack have a history of cancer, showing that this is an emerging subgroup of heart patients, according to Mayo Clinic research...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) A screening test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) -- a serious condition that may have lifelong health consequences -- is recommended for all obese children aged 9 to 11 years, accord...

(Oxford University Press USA) Researchers are increasingly skeptical about the validity of bite-mark identification as trial evidence. A new paper in Journal of Law and the Biosciences describes the legal basis for the r...

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar, a world leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of new anti-tumor compounds of a marine origin, has announced that its antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) has demonstrated a remarkable...