SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2021 CONN HASTINGS A team at Concordia University in Montreal have developed a technique called Laser-Induced Side Transfer (LIST) that allows for bioprinting of neurons. Low energy laser pulses are directed at a capillary containing a cell-laden bioink, resulting in microbubbles that eject a microjet of the ink onto the substrate below. The technique...
SAY COMMUNICATIONS LUGANO, 01 October, 2021 – A new prototype photodynamic therapy (PDT) device that can be used at home significantly reduces pain levels during treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) while achieving efficacy comparable with a hospital stay.1 These findings come from a breakthrough pilot study, presented today at the 30th EADV Congress. The...
by Brandi Wampleroctober 01, 2021, University of Notre Dame Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Florida have developed a sensor that could diagnose a heart attack in less than 30 minutes, according to a study published in Lab on a Chip. Currently, it takes health care professionals hours to...
by Weill Cornell Medical College Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain COVID-19 may bring high risks of severe disease and death in many patients by disrupting key metabolic signals and thereby triggering hyperglycemia, according to a new study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian. In the study, reported Sept. 15 in Cell Metabolism, the researchers found that hyperglycemia—having high blood sugar levels—is common in hospitalized COVID-19 patients and is strongly associated with worse outcomes. The researchers also found evidence suggesting that SARS-CoV-2,...
by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: CC0 Public Domain Despite the prevalence of the painful condition, women are fearful and frustrated with limited management options, according to Cedars-Sinai research published in the Journal of Urology. Women who participated in the study were critical of healthcare providers for failing to understand their experiences while over-prescribing antibiotics as a...
Hair loss that results from weight loss is a temporary condition that occurs when a person loses weight through restrictive dieting or weight loss surgery. Stress on the body or nutrient deficiencies may be the cause. This type of hair loss is generally known as telogen effluvium, and it is a common cause of hair...
By Michael Irving September 30, 2021 A diagram illustrating what the new sleep-tracking skullcap could look like and how it would work NeuroEngineering Initiative. Everybody knows sleep is important, but there’s still a lot we don’t understand about what it actually does to the brain – and how its benefits could be boosted. To investigate,...
by Enrique Rivero, University of California, Los Angeles Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium spread by ticks of the genus Ixodes, like this deer tick. Credit: Unsplash/Erik Karits A UCLA study suggests that many physicians may not have the knowledge or training to properly recognize how Lyme disease appears on the skin of Black patients....
by Katherine Unger Baillie, University of Pennsylvania Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1172/JCI150578 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune, inflammatory disease. Though the precise mechanism of the disease is only partially understood, people with RA produce antibodies that target their own tissues, contributing to painful inflammation in the joints that can cause bone loss. In a new...
by Mikayla MacE Kelley, University of Arizona Figure 1. Think aloud paradigm. Participants were audio recorded while voicing aloud their unprompted thoughts for 10 min. Audio recordings were transcribed and coded by hand or automated text analysis for content and dynamics. These indices were explored as predictors of individual differences in trait brooding. MNWT: Mean number of...
