Medical News
Artificial Intelligence Offers Hope To Children With Rare Diseases
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2018 15:00
News Two companies have agreed to join forces to create a new company called "Consortium.AI" , which will apply the latest advances in AI to discovery of novel small molecules for the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and othe...
Kijenzi Project Aims To Improve Healthcare In Africa Via 3D Printing
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2018 15:00
Videos A team of Penn State students is working to bring an idea that would save countless lives to reality. The Kijenzi Project is a business model and application that aims to provide 3D printing of medical equipment t...
New DNA Synthesis Technique Promises Rapid DNA Printing
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2018 15:00
Videos Scientists have invented a new way to synthesize DNA that promises to be easier and faster, does not require the use of toxic chemicals and is potentially more accurate. The technique could produce DNA strands 10 ...
Reinforced Thermal Film For Die-Cutting
Medical Design Technology - 20 Jul 2018 15:00
Product Announcement Sarcon 15GTR from Fujipoly is a thin, thermal interface composite film made from heat-conducting silicone and a .05mm fiberglass reinforcement layer. The general-purpose, .15mm thick film is ideal fo...
Effect of twice-weekly calorie restriction diet for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(JAMA Network) A diet with calorie restriction two days per week was comparable to a diet with daily calorie restriction for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Frailty may be more deadly in younger heart patients, study finds
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of Ottawa Heart Institute) A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association examines the prevalence of frailty an...
From pollutants to human health: Key questions for a better environmental future in Europe
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of Barcelona) A new study, published in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, wants to shape a new guideline --with a more global and coordinated perspective-- for several social and economic se...
Greening vacant lots reduces feelings of depression in city dwellers, Penn study finds
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Greening vacant urban land significantly reduces feelings of depression and improves overall mental health for the surrounding residents, researchers show in a new randomiz...
Loyola medicine radiologist wins award for best clinical research paper
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(Loyola University Health System) Loyola Medicine radiologist Jennifer Lim-Dunham, M.D., and colleagues have received the Society for Pediatric Radiology's prestigious Walter E. Berdon Award for best clinical research pa...
Press registration now open: European Respiratory Society's International Congress
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(European Lung Foundation) The European Respiratory Society International Congress will take place at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles from September 15 to 19, 2018.The Congress will be attended by the world's leading ...
A molecular key for delaying the progression of Multiple Sclerosis is found
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of the Basque Country ) In the lab it was possible to improve the symptoms in the chronic phase of the disease while encouraging the repair of the nervous tissue, and the challenge now is to move the research...
Scientists reverse aging-associated skin wrinkles and hair loss in a mouse model
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Researchers have reversed wrinkled skin and hair loss, hallmarks of aging, in a mouse model. When a mutation leading to mitochondrial dysfunction is induced, the mouse develops wrink...
Secondhand smoke causing thousands of still births in developing countries
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of York) Exposure to secondhand smoke is causing thousands of still births in developing countries, according to new research carried out by the University of York.
The cause of prostate cancer progression to incurable stage has likely been uncovered
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(Academy of Finland) Researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland have discovered novel genes and mechanisms that can explain how a genomic variant in a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs11672691 influences pros...
The genes are not to blame
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has systematically analyzed sci...
The need for speed: Why malaria parasites are faster than human immune cells
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS)) Elementary cytoskeleton protein is different in parasites and represents a starting point for a possible new therapy against malaria infections. Researchers from the ...
SF State study compares athlete and truck driver, identical twins
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(San Francisco State University) Identical twins share over 99 percent of the same genetic material, which can make them ideal subjects for studying how other factors besides genetics can affect health. A new study by th...
A peek into the interplay between sleep and wakefulness
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(University of Tsukuba) The ventrolateral preoptic nucleus (VLPO) in the brain plays a critical role in the initiation and maintenance of sleep, while the lateral posterior part of the hypothalamus contains neuronal popu...
Action on Hearing Loss UK awards NCBS scientist
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(National Centre for Biological Sciences) Protocadherin-15 is crucial in allowing the inner ear to detect sound and balance information and pass it on to the brain, and mutations in protocadherin-15 cause hearing loss. T...
Can greening vacant urban land improve mental health?
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(JAMA Network) Physical conditions in a neighborhood matter. Trash, a lack of sidewalks and parks, and vacant or dilapidated spaces have been associated with depression, while living near green spaces has been associated...
Drug now in clinical trials for Parkinson's strengthens heart contractions in animals
EurekAlert! - 20 Jul 2018 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A drug currently in clinical trials for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease may someday have value for treating heart failure, according to results of early animal studies by Johns Hopkins M...