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The Altai mountain region of Central Asia is a rugged and remote place. Right in the center of the continental landmass, it forms a crossroads between the Kazakh steppes, the snow forests of Siberia and the arid plains o...

News The submission portal for the 7th MEDICA App Competition is now open. The main focus is not solely on the app, but rather on a well-thought out overall solution for the day-to-day use of patients, physicians and cli...

Videos Urologist Ahmed Ghazi creates exact replicas of organs with tumors and blood vessels to practice complex surgeries before the actual operation day. "Patients come to us with the most complex cases and the challeng...

News Researchers have developed a new type of sensor that acts like Velcro for prostate cancer cells, sticking them to a modified frosted glass slide, like those used in science classes, so that they can be identified fr...

News The Rosalind Franklin Institute (RFI) launched a new project to build the world's most advanced real-time high-speed video camera, the key to understanding new techniques that use light and sound to treat some of th...

News The last decade has witnessed a rapid expansion of the medical gloves market globally. Ansell's AMT Antimicrobial Technology reduces surgical staff risks of exposure to blood-borne pathogens through a higher level o...

(University of East Anglia) New research from the University of East Anglia joins the dots between zombie ants, an insect-world arms race and the search for new antibiotics. Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the...

(University of Southern Denmark Faculty of Health Sciences) Schoolgirls can achieve lower blood pressure, stronger muscles, better balance and improved jumping performance if their school puts football training on the ti...

(University of Eastern Finland) There is a link between higher serum vitamin D levels and lower plasma cholesterol levels in primary school children, new research from the University of Eastern Finland shows.

(Oregon State University) New research shows that honeybees prioritize the nutritional status of larvae when selecting for a new emergency queen.

(INSERM (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale)) With Immunoscore, a test devised by a team of researchers from Inserm and Université Paris Descartes and doctors from the Paris AP-HP hospitals, dis...

(Pensoft Publishers) A new species of shrimp was named after Tolkien's Bilbo Baggins thanks to its small size and hairy feet. The new species, Odontonia bagginsi, was described, figured and named together with another ne...

(University of Zurich) Male bottlenose dolphins retain their individual 'names' well into adulthood. Similar to humans, this plays a central role in forming and maintaining complex social relationships, recent findings c...

(Infectious Diseases Society of America) Highly effective drugs that can cure chronic hepatitis C infection in approximately 95 percent of patients first became available in the US in 2014. But both public and private in...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Recognizing that vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low across the U.S., particularly in Texas, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cente...

(University of Freiburg) Mice move through the virtual world of a video game and provide insight into the mechanisms of memory formation.

(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic Cancer Center joined 69 other National Cancer Institute-designated cancer centers in calling for increased HPV vaccination and screening to eliminate HPV-related cancers. Participating centers i...

(University of Toledo) The research identifies a new structure in human sperm that functions in the zygote and may provide new avenues for addressing male infertility and insights into early embryo developmental defects.

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) When they were played recordings of their mothers reading children's books, babies in the NICU slept better and woke up less often, according to a new abstract presented at th...

(University of Sydney) Crave comfort foods in cooler months? You're in good company. Golden snub-nosed monkeys prefer to eat more fats and carbohydrates in winter to help generate heat, research suggests.

(University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences) Negative experiences on social media carry more weight than positive interactions when it comes to the likelihood of young adults reporting depressive symptoms, a...