Medical News

(Elsevier) A international team of medical students has won the first ClinicalKey Global Challenge. The four-person team composed of medical students from the UK, South Africa, Spain and Singapore prevailed in several ch...

(University of Southern California) Women in their 70s and 80s who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution experienced greater declines in memory and more Alzheimer's-like brain atrophy than their counterparts who...

Wrinkles on the skin of a microscopic worm might provide the key to a longer, healthier life for humans. Working with Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent nematode found in soil, researchers found that the nervous syste...

Researchers have devised a new, promising plan of attack against deadly childhood brain cancers called diffuse midline gliomas (DMG). Scientists have shown that combining two drugs killed DMG patient cells grown in the l...

Mongolia's Tsaatan reindeer herders depend on munkh mus, or eternal ice, for their livelihoods. Now, soaring global temperatures may threaten that existence.

New research has found that over half of people would be willing to donate their personal data for research to benefit the wider general public.

Vaccination against HIV/SIV can backfire if the vaccine induces the wrong kind of immune response. Scientists have evidence that creating too many soft targets can weaken vaccination that would otherwise provide protecti...

In a small area without critical accuracy requirements, the old school approach of a stretched string with a chalk line and a bubble level can provide adequate measurements. For larger, more critical situations, laser te...

A scientist has revealed a key role for 'selfish' transposable elements in the evolution of the mammary gland, a defining feature of all mammals.

Students who rarely ate breakfast on school days achieved lower GCSE grades than those who ate breakfast frequently, according to a new study.

Researchers describe how circular extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells boosts aggressiveness and resistance to therapies.

Researchers have uncovered new information regarding the effects of impaired expression of the gene SHMT2 in genetically modified mice. They found that suppression of SHMT2 expression of SHMT2 altered activity in metabol...

Photoinitators (PIs) are compounds used in the ink of many types of food packaging. The substances have been shown to migrate into food and, when consumed, show up in human blood serum. Now, for the first time, researche...

Researchers have discovered that a peptide links together migraine pain and pain induced by opioid overuse.

Researchers identified a new gene mutation that may cause a type of familial thyroid cancer. Researchers have said that this mutation is the first and only mutation associated with familial thyroid cancer to be identifie...

Engineers have developed a microscope that adapts its lighting angles, colors and patterns while teaching itself the optimal settings needed to complete a given diagnostic task. In the initial proof-of-concept study, the...

Complications following a procedure to treat tongue-tie in babies are occurring that can result in admission to hospital, something a paediatrician says needs to be better understood by both health practitioners and pare...

TT Electronics announced the latest series in its Green Thick-Film chip portfolio - the GBCN, a thick-film chip array that is completely free of Pb (lead) and its compounds. As environmental regulations become increasing...

Flex Power Modules announces the PKM7500W and PKM7100W, two new series of quarter-brick modules for powering railway rolling stock equipment. The 50W PKM7500W offers an extremely wide input voltage range of 12V to 160V, ...

OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced the OC0SA -- the latest member of its growing family of CameraCubeChip wafer-level camera modules for medical applications. This new module offers a resolution of 800×800 with the...

A new BGA socket design uses high-performance elastomer capable of handling 75 GHz, low-inductance and wide temperature applications. The GT-BGA-2127 socket is designed for a 40×40-mm package size and operates at bandwi...

Scientists have uncovered new molecular drivers of Parkinson's disease using a sophisticated statistical technique called multiscale gene network analysis (MGNA). The team was also able to determine how these molecular d...