Medical News
Collaboration aims to streamline UI-application development
Medical Design Technology - 20 Apr 2020 19:23
IAR Systems and The Qt Company, a provider of tools for creating graphical user interfaces, announced that they have established a partnership. The partnership will enable the companies' joint customers to more easily cr...
Artificial 'candy canes' block viruses
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf) Synthetic chains of molecules containing different sugars can inhibit viruses effectively. The extent to which such molecules could be used as antiviral drugs is illustrated by a t...
Researchers repurpose classic chemotherapy drug to overcome cancer therapy resistance
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 22:57
Drug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer treatment -- leading to relapse for many patients. In a new study, researchers report on a promising new strategy to overcome drug resistance in leukemia, using targeted dose...
New application of machine learning and image analysis to help distinguish a rare subtype of kidney cancer
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 22:57
Despite significant obstacles presented by COVID-19, Regenstrief Institute Affiliated Scientist Jie Zhang, PhD, Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist Kun Huang, PhD, both Indiana University School of Medicine faculty ...
Basics of amplitude distortion
Medical Design Technology - 20 Apr 2020 20:14
Amplitude distortion is the unintended modification of a signal, typically while undergoing amplification. Amplitude modulation, in contrast, is the intended modification of a carrier wave in response to a varying audio,...
After Years on the Decline, Hepatitis C Is Returning -- Primarily Among Millennials
Discover - 20 Apr 2020 18:58
Much to the surprise of public health officials, a once-declining disease is surging again and heavily impacting people who are under age 40.
Finding leukemia's weakness using genome-wide CRISPR technology
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 18:55
Researchers have used CRISPR technology to identify key regulators of aggressive chronic myeloid leukemia.
Unprecedented single-cell studies in virtual embryo
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 18:55
Researchers have created the first complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo. This 'virtual embryo' will help to answer how the different cell types in an organism c...
Turning on the 'off switch' in cancer cells
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 18:55
A team of scientists has identified the binding site where drug compounds could activate a key braking mechanism against the runaway growth of many types of cancer. The discovery marks a critical step toward developing a...
IoT devices get automated factory provisioning of security module certificates
Medical Design Technology - 20 Apr 2020 17:43
Sectigo announced a partnership with Infineon Technologies AG to provide automated certificate provisioning for Infineon's OPTIGA Trusted Platform Module (TPM) 2.0 using Sectigo IoT Identity Manager. The integration prov...
Type 2 diabetes: Too much glucagon?
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 17:00
Patients with type 2 diabetes secrete not only too little insulin but also too much glucagon, which contributes to poor blood glucose control.
Unprecedented 3D images of live cells plus details of molecules inside
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 16:50
The insides of living cells can be seen in their natural state in greater detail than ever before using a new technique. This advance should help reveal the complex and fragile biological interactions of medical mysterie...
Male-female cardiac repair differences in heart failure survival after heart attack
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 16:48
A new study investigated the molecular and cellular processes underlying cardiac repair in male and female mice after a severe heart attack. The researchers discovered that heart repair happened faster in the female mice...
Maternal hypertensive disorders may lead to mental health disorders in children
Science Daily - 20 Apr 2020 14:42
Hypertensive pregnancy disorders, especially preeclampsia -- may increase the risk of psychological development disorders and behavioral and emotional disorders in children. This is the first study to show that preeclamp...
Internet Protocol: The workhorse becomes the bottleneck
Medical Design Technology - 20 Apr 2020 07:18
The Non-IP Networking group within ETSI seeks to reduce the packet overhead of Internet Protocol because it's become a bottleneck in today's high-speed mobile networks. Internet Protocol (IP) is one of the technologies t...
Maternal hypertensive disorders may lead to mental health disorders in children
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(American Heart Association) Hypertensive pregnancy disorders, especially preeclampsia -- may increase the risk of psychological development disorders and behavioral and emotional disorders in children. This is the first...
Extra payments motivate sobriety and employment among people recovering from addiction
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) After a yearlong study of people with opioid dependence, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report evidence that adding $8 an hour to their paychecks may help those in recovery stay drug free lon...
Unprecedented single-cell studies in virtual embryo
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and from the University of Padua School of Medicine have created the first complete description of e...
Green chemistry approaches to the synthesis of coumarin derivatives
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Bentham Science Publishers) Coumarin derivatives (coumarins) are a class of compounds with a wide range of biological activities, which have found their application in medicine, pharmacology, cosmetics and food industry...
Lopinavir/ritonavir and Arbidol not effective for mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Cell Press) An exploratory randomized, controlled study on the safety and efficacy of either lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) or Arbidol as treatments for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, sug...
Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten: Award for outstanding achievements in science communication
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten, Director of Charité's Institute of Virology, has been awarded the 'Special Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Communication during the ...
New tool helps predict risk of death, admission to long-term care for people with dementia
EurekAlert! - 20 Apr 2020 06:00
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A new tool that predicts risk of death and admission to a long-term care facility for patients with dementia may help conversations between health care providers, patients and their...