Medical News
Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(Marine Biological Laboratory) Yuyu Song of Harvard Medical School was a Grass Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) when she took advantage of a powerful research organism in neuroscience, the local squid, to...
Climate change an imminent threat to glass sponge reefs
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of British Columbia) Warming ocean temperatures and acidification drastically reduce the skeletal strength and filter-feeding capacity of glass sponges, according to new UBC research. The findings, published ...
SiC 1,700-V MOSFETs designed for aux power supplies in 3-phase conversion systems
Medical Design Technology - 1 Jun 2020 23:25
Infineon Technologies complements its CoolSiC MOSFET offering with another voltage class. Having added 650V to the portfolio earlier this year, the company is now launching the 1700V class with its proprietary trench sem...
George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery Deaths: The Everyday Health Harms of Racism
Discover - 1 Jun 2020 18:00
Police killings of black men gain widespread attention, but black men's life-and-death issues are ignored on a daily basis, a physician who studies health gaps explains.
Unified power supply website has enhanced search and product pages
Medical Design Technology - 1 Jun 2020 15:40
TDK-Lambda Americas has launched an upgraded website, combining ac-dc, dc-dc, programmable, high voltage and power supply accessories into one location. can now be accessed using smartphones, tablets and other mobile de...
Light-Cure Technology - Fueling the Automotive Electronics Revolution
Medical Design Technology - 1 Jun 2020 15:00
Achieve Superior Performance Mile After Mile By Chris Morrissey, Sr. Manager, Automotive Electronics BD, Dymax Corporation The desire to put self-driving cars on the road and the movement toward vehicle electrification i...
With CPRIT funding, UTA cancer researcher establishes new lab
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Texas at Arlington) With $2 million in support from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), The University of Texas at Arlington has added an emerging leader in cancer biology to its f...
Cancer cells cause inflammation to protect themselves from viruses
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(The Francis Crick Institute) Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are harmful to tumors but not to healthy cells. These findings could lead to i...
Researchers identify key immune checkpoint protein that operates within T cells
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center) A new study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) has i...
Extra choline may help pregnant women decrease negative effects of COVID-19 on their newborns
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Pregnant women who take extra choline supplements may mitigate the negative impact that viral respiratory infections, including COVID-19, can have on their babies, accordi...
Monitoring environmental exposures in dogs could be early warning system for human health
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(North Carolina State University) Man's best friend may also be man's best bet for figuring out how environmental chemicals could impact our health.
New effective treatment for inflammatory diseases found
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Liverpool) New research conducted by the University of Liverpool and AKL Research and Development Ltd (AKLRD), published in Inflammopharmacology, highlights the potential benefits of a new drug treatment o...
New review helps translate probiotic science into practical primary care recommendations
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics) Probiotic supplements are widely available and are promoted as a general way to support the gut microbiome and promote health. A new publication in the...
OU College of Medicine awarded $11 million grant to study infections
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Oklahoma) The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has been awarded an $11 million federal grant to create the Oklahoma Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunity, a hub for research into many ty...
Publication in Nature Communications highlights the preclinical development of SYNB1891
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(MacDougall Biomedical Communications, Inc.) Synlogic today announced the publication in Nature Communications of preclinical data supporting its first clinical immuno-oncology program, SYNB1891, which is being evaluated...
Researchers aim to reduce LGBTQ youth suicide with novel intervention
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(San Diego State University) San Diego State University researchers are working to develop interventions to prevent suicide that can eventually be widely deployed and have a significant impact on improving mental health ...
Researchers identify a moving target in small cell lung tumors
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(Huntsman Cancer Institute) About 15% of lung cancers are classified as small cell lung cancer. Recent studies have indicated that four major subtypes of small cell lung cancer exist, yet approaches to tailor treatment o...
Researchers map SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells of nasal cavity, bronchia, lungs
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of North Carolina Health Care) Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill characterized the specific ways in which SARS-CoV-2 infects the nasal cavity to a great degree -- replicating specific cell types -- and infects a...
Resistance to immunosurveillance favors cluster cancer metastasis
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine show that circulating cancer cell clusters are more resistant to NK-cell mediated destruction than single cancer cells, leading to more cluster metas...
Sea snail, human insulin hybrid could lead to better diabetes treatments
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(University of Utah Health) Nearly a century after insulin was discovered, an international team of researchers including University of Utah Health scientists report that they have developed the world's smallest, fully f...
Study in Chinese doctors shows mental toll of caring in the time of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) They worked in hospitals hundreds of miles from the epicenter of COVID-19. Their city locked down hard enough, and did enough testing, that it only had a few hundred cases of ...
Study resolves controversy surrounding tumor suppressor gene's role in pluripotent ESCs
EurekAlert! - 1 Jun 2020 06:00
(AlphaMed Press) A new study released in STEM CELLS sorts through the maze of contradictions to finally determine that the multiple roles of p53 in cell cycle regulation and apoptosis are acquired during pluripotent stem...