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(Elsevier) Diabetic retinopathy is one of the main vascular complications of type 2 diabetes, and the most common cause of visual deterioration in adults. A new study in The American Journal of Pathology, published by El...

(Medical University of South Carolina) Deploying artificial intelligence could help radiologists to more accurately classify lung diseases.

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The loss of insulin-secreting beta cells by autoimmune destruction leads to type 1 diabetes. Clinical islet cell transplantation has the pote...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) MD Anderson and Ipsen have advanced a new targeted therapy into clinical trials for certain patients with lung and ovarian cancers. Details are being presented at the AA...

ERNI Electronics has realigned operations to support production of cable assemblies needed for essential medical equipment in the fight against COVID-19. The group has customers adjusting orders, pulling in typical annua...

You might not realize it, but you're constantly smelling your own hands to learn about the people and world around you.

The GX2482 Series 3U PXI/PXIe digitizer cards are high-performance, dual-differential-channel, 16-bit digitizers offering high dynamic range and excellent SFDR (Spurious-Free Dynamic Range) characteristics. The module's ...

Taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse, according to research in rats.

Antibiotic treatment -- which depletes gut microbes -- drastically changes the parts of a rat's brain that are activated during opioid addiction and withdrawal.

Free open source hardware and 3D printing could help to alleviate the burden of Covid-19 on global health systems, according to scientists.

New research shows for the first time that soil silicates -- the most abundant material on the Earth's crust -- play a key role in blood clotting. While the researchers caution that there is a high risk of infection from...

The discovery of general anesthetics -- compounds which induce unconsciousness, prevent control of movement and block pain -- helped transform dangerous operations into safe surgery. But scientists still don't understand...

Researchers have mapped out the cell types behind various brain disorders. The findings offer a roadmap for the development of new therapies to target neurological and psychiatric disorders. One interesting finding was t...

Biomedical engineers have used light-based deep brain stimulation to treat motor dysfunction in an animal model of Parkinson's disease. Succeeding where earlier attempts have failed, the method promises to provide new in...

Researchers have developed an improved pluripotent stem cell differentiation protocol to generate beta cells in vitro with superior glucose response and insulin secretion -- a major step towards beta cell replacement the...

Researchers have uncovered a novel way in which the excitations of magnetic spins in two different thin films can be strongly coupled to each other through their common interface.

New research has revealed new insights into common asthma aerosol treatments to aid the drug's future improvements which could benefit hundreds of millions of global sufferers.

University of Queensland researchers say a new tool to measure of the quality of life of people with dementia will result in better targeted care for those living with the condition.

Mass drug administration and vector control can help eliminate malaria. A vector refers to an organism that transmits infection, as mosquitoes infected with parasites transmit malaria to people.

The genome of the herpes simplex virus 1 was decoded using new methods. Hundreds of previously unknown gene products were found. The virus causes lip herpes, but can also be life-threatening.

A research team has established an optimized three-dimensional (3D) tissue-staining and observation technique based on existing tissue clearing technology. The study details how the new technique can be used to stain tis...

Deploying artificial intelligence could help radiologists to more accurately classify lung diseases.