Medical News
Human Skin Cells Transformed Directly into Motor Neurons
Medical Design Technology - 11 Sep 2017 17:09
News The technique makes it possible to study motor neurons of the human central nervous system in the lab ... Contributed Author: Washington University in St. Louis
Photo of the Day: Feeling the Beat of a Baby's Heartbeat
Medical Design Technology - 11 Sep 2017 17:06
News Now researchers have developed a new may to monitor it ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics
A Tiny Device Offers Insights to How Cancer Spreads
Medical Design Technology - 11 Sep 2017 16:40
News The problem with existing microfluidic devices is that the cells don't last long within them. Devices typically lend themselves to brief experiments of several days ... Contributed Author: Michigan Medicine - Univer...
New Device Zooms in On Microbe Behaviour at The Right Scale
Medical Design Technology - 11 Sep 2017 16:34
News The new device exploits recent advances in microfabrication and microfluidic techniques that also opens-up a range of possibilities for biomedical research ... Contributed Author: Phys.org
A One-Dimensional Fluidic Nanogenerator to Draw Electricity from The Bloodstream
Medical Design Technology - 11 Sep 2017 16:29
News The construction principle of the fiber is quite simple. An ordered array of carbon nanotubes was continuously wrapped around a polymeric core ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Implantables
Combination targeted adjuvant therapy doubles relapse-free survival in stage III melanoma
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(European Society for Medical Oncology) Combination targeted adjuvant therapy with dabrafenib and trametinib doubles relapse-free survival in patients with stage III BRAF-mutant melanoma, according to late-breaking resul...
Correlation between height and risk of thrombosis
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Lund University) In a new study from Lund University in Sweden, researchers investigated the risk factors for blood clots, i.e. venous thromboembolism (VTE). The results show a strong correlation between height and VTE ...
DNA looping architecture may lead to opportunities to treat brain tumors
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) The discovery of a mechanism by which normal brain cells regulate the expression of the NFIA gene, which is important for both normal brain development and brain tumor growth, might one day h...
Dangerous drug use trend among high school seniors, NYU study reveals
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(New York University) This is the first nationally representative study in which current use of synthetic cannabinoids is examined. In this study, we found that 3 percent of high school seniors reported current use, and ...
Fathers can influence the sex of their offspring, scientists show
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Oxford) It has traditionally been thought that in mammals only mothers are able to influence the sex of their offspring.But a new study in wild mice led by Dr Aurelio Malo of Oxford University's Department...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Emory Health Sciences) Solenopsins, the main toxic components of fire ant venom, chemically resemble ceramides, which are lipid-like molecules essential for maintaining for the barrier function of the skin. Solenopsin a...
Georgetown hosts global health security expert Beth Cameron
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Georgetown University Medical Center) Georgetown's Center for Global Health Science and Security welcomes back to campus Beth Cameron, former senior director for global health security and biodefense in the Obama admini...
KEYNOTE-040 evaluates pembrolizumab in head and neck cancer
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(European Society for Medical Oncology) Immunotherapy with the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab may be a better option than standard treatments for patients whose head and neck cancer has spread, or recurred after an i...
Muscle nuclei: May the force be with you
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Instituto de Medicina Molecular) A group of researchers at Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa has revealed the mechanism by which cellular nuclei reach their position within muscle cells. This discovery, now p...
NYU researchers examine disaster preparedness and recovery in a hurricane-induced hospital evacuation
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(New York University) Two reports published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship reveal important insights on emergency preparedness, recovery, and resilience from nurses working at NYU Langone Health's main hospital du...
New geriatrics legislation promises better present, future for us all -- AGS
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(American Geriatrics Society) The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today offered a ringing endorsement of the Geriatrics Workforce and Caregiver Enhancement Act (H.R. 3713), a proposal for programs addressing the shorta...
New study reveals hidden burden of Lupus among Hispanic and Asian women in Manhattan
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) Within Manhattan's diverse population, the autoimmune disease lupus affects Hispanic and Asian women more frequently than white women, according to a new study led by investi...
New treatment approaches to emotional problems after TBI
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) commonly have emotional difficulties -- a persistent problem with limited treatment options. New approaches to treatment for emotional deficits after TBI...
Novel intensive care improves treatment for heart patients -- and cuts costs
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Maryland Medical Center) Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine find that a new, collaborative treatment model for seriously ill heart patients with breathing difficulties results in ...
Outside-in reprogramming: Antibody study suggests a better way to make stem cells
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have found a new approach to the 'reprogramming' of ordinary adult cells into stem cells.
Patients to benefit from new 3-D visualizations of the heart
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(Aarhus University) In the future heart surgeons will have access to a new type of 3-D visualization of the cardiac conduction system. This technique could provide improved safety for patients and improve surgical outcom...
Protein research could help in hunt for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's cures
EurekAlert! - 11 Sep 2017 06:00
(University of Kent) Research carried out at the University of Kent has the potential to influence the future search for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases that are linked to a family of protein molecules known as '...