By Nick Lavars April 27, 2022 A new study has demonstrated how star-shaped devices can be introduced into cells and cause their demise CSIC The field of nanomedicine is progressing rapidly and in recent years has opened up all kinds of exciting possibilities, with scientists showing how tiny particles could be deployed to deliver drugs, fight inflammation and prevent...
by Francoise Chanut, Gladstone Institutes Scientists at Gladstone Institutes reports new findings that could guide the development of better therapeutic strategies for Dravet syndrome and related conditions. Shown here are the study’s first authors, Eric Shao (left) and Che-Wei Chang (right). Credit: Michael Short / Gladstone Institutes Children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of...
by New York University In these three examples of soft tissue lesions, the images are unperturbed on the left column and blurred on the right column. The AI system was sensitive to the blurring, while the radiologists were not. This showed that the AI system relies on details in soft tissue lesions that are considered...
by Catherine Graham, Johns Hopkins University The team visited a local retirement community to test a prototype of their game. Credit: Johns Hopkins University It’s no mystery why online games became an even-more popular pastime during the COVID-19 pandemic: They provide entertainment and social connection, while also keeping our brains stimulated. A new AI-powered game...
by Ingrid Fadelli, Medical Xpress A picture of the PRT task that the researchers used in their experiments. Credit: Luc, Pizzagalli & Kangas, Perspectives on Behavior Science (2021). The term anhedonia is used to describe the inability to feel pleasure and a disinterest in activities that previously brought positive feelings. This lack of interest and...
This image shows a butterfly, the symbol for lupus (due to the typical “butterfly rash”), landing on the Y264H site of a flower grown from the protein structure of TLR7.- Jeroen Claus An international team of researchers has identified DNA mutations in a gene that senses viral RNA as a cause of the autoimmune disease lupus...
by University of Amsterdam Examples of information derived from the dataset of specimen no. 15-2017. (A) Cortical maps from the dataset: blockface (left), quantitative R2* (middle), and parvalbumin immunohistochemistry (right), sampled at the midcortical surface in fully folded (top) or inflated (bottom) views; (B) reconstructed blood vessels extracted from the coregistered stainings; (C) automated cortical...
Dr Alan Whone, Consultant Neurologist. holding a model of The Picostim™ DBS system. NEUROTECH APRIL 27, 2022 by Steve Fink A British hospital is the first in the world to implant a brain device that reverses the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Now, its test patient is gushing over the results and says he’s gotten his...
Acromioclavicular osteoarthritis (AO) is a common type of arthritis that affects the shoulder. Although AO is not as common as osteoarthritis of the knee or hip, it does affect a significant number of older adults. Experts estimate that 1 in 3 people over the age of 60 years have some degree of AO. As with other types...
Research unveils possible mechanisms behind the link between womb cancer risk and BMI. FreshSplash/Getty Images The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) recognizes 13 cancers as linked to obesity, and therefore considers some cases as potentially preventable. One of these types of cancers is endometrial cancer, cases of which have increased by 59% since the early 90s in...
