Open access dataset reveals how factors such as diet, antibiotics and mental health status can influence the microbial and molecular makeup of your gut IMAGE: AMERICAN GUT PROJECT, BASED AT UC SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CROWDSOURCED, CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators...
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The big ethical questions for artificial intelligence in healthcare
AI in healthcare is developing rapidly, with many applications currently in use or in development in the UK and worldwide. The Nuffield Council on Bioethics examines the current and potential applications of AI in healthcare, and the ethical issues arising from its use, in a new briefing note, Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare and research,...
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The accidental discovery of stem cells
Till knows of what he speaks; it was almost 60 years ago that the renowned University of Saskatchewan graduate, along with a colleague, found something unexpected in research results that simply could not be ignored. Although they did not know it at the time, the two scientists were on the path to discovering stem cells and the great potential...
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Patients’ sex may impact efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer treatment
Different immune responses between men and women, and potential interaction with hormones might impact how men and women benefit from immunotherapy drugs, authors propose. A patient’s sex might impact on the efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer treatment, according to a new meta-analysis of 20 randomised trials in over 11000 patients with advanced cancer published in The Lancet...
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Moderate to high intensity exercise does not slow cognitive decline in people with dementia
Moderate to high intensity exercise does not slow cognitive (mental) impairment in older people with dementia, finds a trial published by The BMJ today. Although the exercise programme improved physical fitness, it cannot be recommended as a treatment option for cognitive impairment in dementia, say the researchers. Nearly 47.5 million people worldwide have dementia and the view that exercise might slow cognitive decline...
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Old drug provides promising new avenue for treatment of MND
An international study led by biochemists at the University of Liverpool has shown that the drug-molecule ebselen can correct many of the toxic characteristics of a protein that causes some cases of hereditary motor neurone disease (MND). MND is an incurable, progressive disease that attacks the nerves controlling movement so muscles no longer work. MND...
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Virtual Reality Project to Improve Stroke Recovery Outcomes
East Hanover, NJ – May 4, 2018 – Kessler Foundation, a leader in rehabilitation research, has partnered with Virtualware Group, an international leader in immersive and interactive technologies, to create a virtual reality (VR) based treatment for spatial neglect, the most common spatial deficit after stroke. The treatment called VR-SRT System, which will be under direction of Peii Chen, PhD, and Denise Krch, PhD, is...
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Rutgers researchers create a 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater, moves objects
New technology has biomedical, soft robot and other applications Rutgers University-New Brunswick engineers have created a 3D-printed smart gel that walks underwater and grabs objects and moves them. IMAGE: A HUMAN-LIKE 3D-PRINTED SMART GEL WALKS UNDERWATER The watery creation could lead to soft robots that mimic sea animals like the octopus, which can walk underwater and...
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Flow of cerebrospinal fluid regulates neural stem cell division
Stem cells in the brain can divide and mature into neurons participating in various brain functions, including memory. In a paper published in the journal ‘Cell Stem Cell‘, scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) have shown how this works. They found that ion channels play a key role in mediating force signals...
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A new Achilles’ heel of blood cancer
New potential target identified to fight acute myeloid leukemia CEMM RESEARCH CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE OF THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Vienna, May 18, 2018) AML is not a single disease. It is a group of leukemias that develop in the bone marrow from progenitors of specialized blood cells, the so-called myeloid cells. Rapidly growing and dividing,...