Medical News
The hot wire anemometer, Part 1: Principles
Medical Design Technology - 20 Mar 2020 22:30
The hot wire anemometer for measuring fluid speed offers unique advantages but also has some challenging use issues. You are undoubtedly familiar with the classic wind-speed anemometer with three cups rotating as the win...
What the Coronavirus Does to the Body
Discover - 20 Mar 2020 21:35
Here's what experts know about how the new virus hijacks cells and damages organs like our lungs.
Trials Are Underway For a Coronavirus Vaccine -- But It Could Be a While Before You Can Get It
Discover - 20 Mar 2020 21:14
Development of a COVID-19 vaccine is moving at record speed, but it could still be several months before we're all able to get a shot.
Molex launches online custom cable design tool
Medical Design Technology - 20 Mar 2020 19:05
Molex has launched the Custom Cable Creator, a solution that enables customers to efficiently design custom cable harnesses within one simple online tool. The tool fits almost any application to meet the needs of most ma...
Can you really make a respiratory ventilator in a car factory?
Medical Design Technology - 20 Mar 2020 18:20
Mechanical ventilators are making headlines these days because of the Coronavirus-19, widely regarded as a flu but which is actually a respiratory disease that attacks the lungs. The key to minimizing the death toll for ...
Why Are the Educated More Likely To Be Against Vaccines?
Discover - 20 Mar 2020 18:09
Studies show that anti-vaxxers tend to come from affluent urban areas with high education rates.
Coronavirus SARS-CoV2: BESSY II data accelerate drug development
Science Daily - 20 Mar 2020 16:16
A coronavirus is threatening human health. SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious and can cause severe pneumonia (COVID-19). A team has now found a promising approach to understanding the virus. Using the high-intensity X-ray l...
Real-time hand-held spectrum analyzer captures IQ data
Medical Design Technology - 20 Mar 2020 14:41
IQ capture and IQ streaming options for the Field Master Pro MS2090A make the real-time spectrum analyzer (RTSA) the first handheld analyzer to capture 110 MHz of IQ data. The MS2090A can conduct comprehensive spectrum a...
Research reveals why some prostate cancers are more aggressive
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of East Anglia) Researchers at the University of East Anglia have discovered why some prostate cancers are more aggressive, spread to different parts of the body, and ultimately cause death. It is hoped that ...
Knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 among the general public in the US, UK
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(American College of Physicians) Knowledge and perceptions of coronavirus disease 2019 among the general public in the United States and the United Kingdom: A cross-sectional online survey
Vivli to launch a portal for sharing data from COVID-19 trials
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Vivli) Vivli, the Center for Clinical Research Data, has committed to serving the open science community through the launch of a COVID-19 portal for sharing of completed interventional treatment trial data. All member a...
How and where to allocate stockpiled ventilators during a pandemic
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Key factors must be taken into account in determining the need for and allocation of scarce ventilators during a severe pandemic, especially one causing respiratory illne...
Study reveals how long COVID-19 remains infectious on cardboard, metal and plastic
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of California - Los Angeles) The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours to days on surfaces and in aerosols, a new scientific study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found. The st...
Cancer patients over 65, on multiple medicines, are at higher risk of hospitalization
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Thomas Jefferson University) Older patients with prostate, breast, or lung cancer are more likely to be hospitalized after chemotherapy if they take more than five other medicines.
How the brain controls the voice
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Goethe University Frankfurt) A particular neuronal circuit in the brains of bats controls their vocalisations. This was recently discovered by biologists at Goethe University Frankfurt. Based on the rhythm with which th...
Oncotarget Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): a review of the literature
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 11 reported that relapsed APL, particularly in the high-risk subset of patients, remains an important clinical problem.The probability of relapse is significantly higher ...
Researchers invent method to unlock potential of widely used drug
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The blood-thinning drug heparin is used all over the world. But, the underlying sugar structures of heparin and the wider family of heparan sulfate su...
Clearinghouse of computer models ready to play a key role in fight against Coronavirus
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Arizona State University) The Network for Computational Modeling in Social and Ecological Sciences (CoMSES Net), which is administered by Arizona State University, links a global network of thousands of scientists who a...
Oncotarget DOT1L inhibition is lethal for multiple myeloma due to perturbation
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 11 reported that in order to understand the molecular mechanism of the dependency in MM, the research team examined gene expression changes upon DOT1L inhibition in sensi...
Oncotarget Quizartinib, a selective FLT3 inhibitor, maintains antileukemic activity
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 11 reported that in this preclinical study, we characterized the binding affinity and selectivity of quizartinib, a small-molecule inhibitor of FLT3, and AC886, the activ...
Liotta receives funding for collaborative project
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(George Mason University) Lance Liotta, Co-Director, Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine (CAPMM), received $72,000 from Queensland University of Technology for the project: 'The Systems Biochemistry of Adaptation i...
CNIC scientists identify an immunological regulatory circuit that may play a central role in ocular diseases
EurekAlert! - 20 Mar 2020 06:00
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)) The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, opens new perspectives on the study and treatment of vascular diseases of the retina...