Medical News

Scientists aboard the ISS have started investigations on an antibody drug for cancer treatment. Microgravity will play a major role in advancing the cancer research.

A few genetic tweaks to the H7N9 bird flu virus can pave the way for another human pandemic, researchers have warned. Learn more about these genetic tweaks to a property of the bird flu virus and how likely human transmi...

News Dean was quick to grasp objects and play ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Prosthetics

Product Announcement Laser Research ZnSe Optics are optimized at 1064 nm for Nd:Yag medical lasers and can be custom manufactured as plano-convex ... Contributed Author: Laser Research Optics Topics: Surgical

News The researchers used 3D printers to create the struts that make up one of the primary components of the tensegrity structure ... Contributed Author: Georgia Institute of Technology Topics: STEM

News Firstly, the thermal evaporation of organic molecules and gold atoms under high-vacuum conditions permits preparing ultra-thin ... Contributed Author: University of Basel Topics: Implantables

News To 3D print vessels on such a small scale---100 microns, small enough for tiny blood vessels ... Contributed Author: Boston University College of Engineering Topics: STEM

News The new cloud based product, SelectEvidence, was developed by Anita Finnegan, a Lero researcher ... Contributed Author: Nova Leah Topics: STEM

News A bioprosthetic aortic or mitral valve may fail over time due to stenosis, when the valve narrows and causes the heart to work harder to pump blood ... Contributed Author: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Topic...

Scientists discover that type 2 diabetics can reap great benefits from broccoli. A powder containing concentrated extract of broccoli reduced blood sugar levels by 10 percent.

A middle-aged man has common complaints of chest and stomach pain, but the final diagnosis is anything but typical.

(Association for Psychological Science) When we let emotions from one event carry on to the next, such spillover can color our impressions and behavior in new situations - sometimes for the worse. Researchers at the Univ...

(Knowledge Action Change) New data analysis presented today at the annual Global Forum on Nicotone (GFN) meeting demonstrates the potential of the low risk tobacco product snus in reducing the impact of tobacco related d...

(Hospital for Special Surgery) In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons has developed guidelines for the perioperative management of anti-rheumatic medicatio...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 have shown that the combined use of two measurements to accurately predict the risk of rela...

(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 press conference confirmed the link between active smoking and the risk of developing rheum...

(University of Nottingham) 'How long do I have, doctor?' For many cancer patients, following the initial shock of their diagnosis, thoughts quickly turn to estimating how much precious time they have left with family and...

(Drexel University) A Drexel study found that the Affordable Care Act, if embraced, can dramatically reduce disparities between Mexican-heritage people and white patients with hypertension.

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) The researchers hypothesized that older participants would not be able to maintain an increase in speed and amplitude of movement over time due to fatigue, but we...

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (PHM:MSE) has announced that PM1183 (lurbinectedin), its third molecule of marine origin and analogue of Yondelis®, will receive the trade name of Zepsyre™.

(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute) A new study by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) about residential radon exposure in Switzerland shows that the radioactive gas radon increases the ri...

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Diagnosing malaria has been a very time-consuming and error-prone process up to now. Together with his Dutch colleague Jan van den Boogaart, Professor Oliver Hayden from the Technic...