Medical News
Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(American Society of Agronomy) Researchers identify production strategies to help manage phosphorus.
Adding tucatinib to drug combination extends survival for advanced HER2+ breast cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today reported study results showing the addition of tucatinib to capecitabine (Xeloda) and trastuzuma...
FPGAs provide low power, small form factor for embedded vision and AI apps
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 02:16
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation announced the first FPGA developed on its new Lattice Nexus FPGA platform, CrossLink-NX. This new FPGA provides the low power, small form factor, reliability, and performance that develo...
Speaker line simplifies design integration from prototype to production
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 23:53
CUI Devices' HYPERLINK Audio Group today announced the introduction of a new line of enclosed speakers designed to maximize performance and simplify design integration from prototype to production. Available in rectangul...
Early Access Program for FPGAs enables design of power-efficient applications
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 21:24
The trend towards compute-intensive gateways and edge devices is driving the integration of traditional deterministic control applications with additional embedded processing capabilities needed for smart and secure conn...
60 V MOSFET offers RS-S(ON) down to 10 mΩ typical in a 3 mm x 3 mm footprint
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 20:12
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced a new common-drain dual n-channel 60 V MOSFET in the compact, thermally enhanced PowerPAK 1212-8SCD package. Designed to increase power density and efficiency in battery management...
Lightning and RF surge protectors featuring 4.3-10 connectors
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 19:25
Fairview Microwave Inc. has unveiled a new line of coaxial surge protectors created to guard valuable communications equipment from power surges and indirect lightning strikes. Fairview's new RF surge protectors are offe...
Free PCB design software enhanced with new features
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 19:14
RS Components (RS) has released the latest version of its free DesignSpark PCB software for users in North America. DesignSpark PCB 9.0 is the latest version of the popular online design tool available to members of the ...
Displaying digital data in the MDO3000 Series oscilloscope
Medical Design Technology - 11 Dec 2019 18:20
An application module lets the Tektronix MDO3000 Series oscilloscope decode and trigger on any of the principal serial bus types. For a parallel bus, the MDO3MSO option is required. Serial bus types include Audio, CAN, L...
Efforts to end the HIV epidemic must not ignore people already living with HIV
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Efforts to prevent new HIV transmissions in the US must be accompanied by addressing HIV-associated comorbidities to improve the health of people already living...
Flipping the script on novel cancer therapy leads to insights into lupus
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Yale University) In the last decade, scientists discovered that blocking a key regulator of the immune system helped unleash the body's natural defenses against several forms of cancer, opening up a new era of cancer im...
How sand fly mating habits are helping tackle tropical disease in £2.5 million project
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of Warwick) The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite that causes the disease.There are now plans to commercialise the research which involves us...
Hyperactive FOXA1 reprograms endocrine-resistant breast cancer to become metastatic
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School has unveiled a novel mechanism that helps explain how endocrine-resistant breast cancer acquires metastatic ...
Insights into psoriasis suggest a new treatment target
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have uncovered a novel pathway that may explain why skin thickens in psoriasis and suggests new strategie...
Low-dose aspirin may not help African-Americans prevent heart attack
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(American Heart Association) Use of daily, low-dose aspirin in persons without known cardiovascular disease was lower among blacks than whites.Taking a daily, low-dose aspirin without known cardiovascular disease was not...
Mechanisms help pancreatic cancer cells avert starvation
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) A new study reveals the mechanism that helps pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation within dense tumors by hijacking a process that pulls nutrients in from their surroundin...
Modulation of proliferation factors in lung adenocarcinoma with an analysis of the transcriptional consequences of genomic EGFR activation
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Molecular subtypes based on copy number, DNA methylation, and mRNA expression had variable proliferation levels, the highest correlating with decreased survival.
New insights to major disease pathways
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Flinders University) Australian researchers are making major inroads into finding the cause of heart disease, Alzheimer's, cancer, diabetes and other diseases after discovering a further 148 proteins affected by oxidati...
New spray gel could help take the bite out of frostbite
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(American Chemical Society) Mountaineers and winter sports enthusiasts know the dangers of frostbite -- the tissue damage that can occur when extremities, such as the nose, ears, fingers and toes, are exposed to very col...
New study and pilot curriculum trains students to provide complex care
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) In 2014, Jefferson launched a pilot curriculum to build interdisciplinary teams to reach out to high-need patients and attempt to find low-cost, high-touch ways to reduce their recurrent dif...
Promising new approach to treating some of the worst types of leukaemia
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Children's Cancer Institute Australia) 'New therapeutic approaches are desperately needed for MLL-r leukaemia,' said Professor Richard Lock, Head of the Blood Cancers Theme at Children's Cancer Institute, Australia.
Refined carbs may trigger insomnia, finds study
EurekAlert! - 11 Dec 2019 07:00
(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) Women who consumed a diet high in added sugars and refined carbohydrates had a greater risk of developing insomnia, a new study by researchers at Columbia University has found.