JUNE 22ND, 2022 CONN HASTINGS MATERIALS, MEDICINE, SURGERY, VASCULAR SURGERY Engineers at the University of California Los Angeles have developed “meta-bots,” which are fingernail sized robots that can move, sense, and navigate their environment. Strikingly, the robots are essentially ready for use when they emerge from the 3D printer, and consist of piezoelectric actuators that can...
MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE IN THE HELMHOLTZ ASSOCIATION IMAGE: CELL COLONY DIFFERENTIATED FROM GENE REPAIRED HUMAN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS. ONLY THE REPAIRED STEM CELLS COULD FORM SUCH A COLONY. CREDIT: KLAUS RAJEWSKY LAB, MDC The molecular tool CRISPR-Cas9 can be used to treat inherited blood disorders, but this may cause unintended genetic alterations....
JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE IMAGE: MARY JO FACKLER, PH.D. CREDIT: PEGGY LI A novel, automated liquid biopsy test in development by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center can accurately detect the presence of cancer DNA in the blood of patients with metastatic breast cancer within five hours. The test, currently a prototype for research use only,...
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS A newly developed sensor patch worn on the back of the neck may be helpful in predicting the risk of concussion in high-impact sports such as American football or judo, according to new research. The study, published in Scientific Reports, reports that the small and flexible device is able to detect sudden neck strain,...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital An MRI with increased signal in the posterior part of the internal capsule which can be tracked to the motor cortex consistent with the diagnosis of ALS. Credit: Frank Gaillard/Wikipedia The immune system may play a fundamental role along with the central nervous system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also...
by UT Southwestern Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An estimated one-quarter of adults in the U.S. have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), an excess of fat in liver cells that can cause chronic inflammation and liver damage, increasing the risk of liver cancer. Now, UT Southwestern researchers have developed a simple blood test to predict...
by The Scripps Research Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at Scripps Research Institute have identified a protein in sensory nerves that works as a key detector of itch—specifically the “mechanical” itch stimulus of crawling insects, wool fibers, or other irritating objects that touch the skin. The discovery, published June 22, 2022, in Nature, is the...
by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People who systematically underestimate themselves and their own performance suffer from so-called impostor phenomenon. They think that any success is due to external circumstances or just luck and chance. Those people live in constant fear that their “deception” will be exposed. In a new study in Personality...
by Eva Sittig, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Credit: CC0 Public Domain A research team at the Faculty of Medicine at Kiel University has developed a method that reliably detects protein changes in blood that are typical of Parkinson’s disease. Until now, the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease has been based primarily on typical movement disorders such as...
Written by Karla Robinson, MD | Reviewed by Mandy Armitage, MD Published on June 10, 2022 Key takeaways: The number of times you pee throughout the day varies. But if you notice a change in how often you pee, or if you need to pee more than six times a day, you may have urinary...
