Medical News
The 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: What It Is and How We're Dealing With It
Discover - 31 Jan 2020 23:30
A deadly new virus has spread from China around the world, raising fears of a global epidemic.
The ABCs of functional verification techniques
Medical Design Technology - 31 Jan 2020 20:01
By Aijaz Fatima of Mentor, a Siemens business Functional verification is the process of demonstrating the functional correctness of a design with respect to the design specifications. Functional verification does not con...
Power module produces 6 kVdc from 24 Vdc
Medical Design Technology - 31 Jan 2020 16:16
XP Power announced the launch of a new 30 Watt DC-DC power module that can generate up to 6kVDC from a single 24VDC input. The HRL30 series provides an accurate high voltage output for a wide variety of applications, inc...
£24m boost for Liverpool led revolutionary long-acting medicine research
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool has been awarded more than £24.5 million ($32m) in funding from Unitaid to develop long-acting formulations for malaria and TB prevention, and a single-injection cur...
Fewer scars in the central nervous system
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Freiburg) Researchers have discovered the influence of the coagulation factor fibrinogen on the damaged brain.
Pinpointing rare disease mutations
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute) Scientists have compiled mouse and human cell knockout data to categorise genes based on how essential they are for survival and organism develo...
Get easily out of breath? It may be because you were small at birth, study finds
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) Babies born with low birth weights are more likely to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness later in life than their normal-weight peers. That is according to a study by researchers at Karolinska In...
Health and Technology District partners with Music Heals and SFU on mental health study
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Chiang Public Relations) The Health and Technology District has partnered with Music Heals and SFU on a new research study using advanced neuroscience and functional brain imaging to understand the neuro-physiological i...
Researchers describe unique genetic identity of primordial lung progenitors
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Boston University School of Medicine) For the first time, researchers describe the genetic program behind primordial lung progenitors -- embryonic cells that give rise to all the cells that form the lining of the respir...
Study: Tasting no-calorie sweetener may affect insulin response on glucose tolerance test
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau) New research led by University of Illinois professor of food science and human nutrition M. Yanina Pepino, left, suggests that just tasting something sweet, such ...
Infant and toddler teachers receive specialized training on helping young minds
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) The Children's Learning Institute at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has received a $3 million grant to teach the latest child de...
The scent of a rose improves learning during sleep
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Freiburg) Fragrances like rose scent can easily help to better consolidate memory during sleep, as researchers at the University of Freiburg -- Medical Center show / Experiment with school classes confirms...
Yale researchers identify protein that could help neutralize deadly bite of the tsetse fly
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Yale School of Public Health) Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have identified a family of surface proteins that could be promising new vaccine candidates to help control African sleeping sickness, a deva...
Anti-carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule antibody for fluorescence visualization
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4: The research team's aim was to investigate mAb 6G5j binding characteristics and to validate fluorescence targeting of colorectal tumors and metastases in patient deriv...
Low-dose metronomic cyclophosphamide complements the actions of an intratumoral C-class...
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Intratumoral injection of SD-101 induces significant anti-tumor immunity in preclinical and clinical studies, especially when combined with PD-1 blockade.
Can't sleep or think clearly? Maybe the culprit is bacteria
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) With a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation, neuroscience researchers at Washington State University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst will explore whether varia...
Mason joins NIH grant to study young environmental exposures
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(George Mason University) Rosemary Higgins, Associate Dean for Research, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), and Germaine Buck Louis, Dean, CHHS, received $1,457,607 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...
Do less and get stronger: Science proves you can lift less with better results
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Lincoln) Weightlifters could do less and get stronger by changing the amount they lift each session, according to new research. Sports scientists from the University of Lincoln, UK, compared the weight lif...
University of Tennessee Health Science Center team awarded $1.9M for novel diabetes research
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Tennessee Health Science Center) A team of researchers in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine has been awarded a $1.98 million grant from the National Institute of Diabe...
ACC CV Summit teaches innovative approaches to leadership, business strategies to improve CV care
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(American College of Cardiology) The American College of Cardiology's Cardiovascular Summit will take place Feb. 6-8, 2020 at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, as leading experts teach innovative approaches to health c...
Army research may improve stroke, TBI treatment
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(U.S. Army Research Laboratory) New Army research provides a better understanding of the swelling that occurs in the brain during a stroke, which could contribute to new treatment strategies for stroke patients and have ...
Brain imaging provides little insight in insanity evaluation
EurekAlert! - 31 Jan 2020 07:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Sophisticated brain imaging, like an MRI, has limited applicability in assessing a defendant's sanity, investigators say.