by Allen Ramsey, Texas Tech University Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Visualization (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s12650-021-00816-5 Idera Lawal was always interested in tattoos. So, when he was given the task of studying how the mechanisms of tattooing could be used as an intradermal drug delivery system, it was right up his alley. As a qualifying exam for his...
by University College London Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that can detect subtle brain abnormalities that cause epileptic seizures has been developed by a UCL-led team of international researchers. The Multicentre Epilepsy Lesion Detection project (MELD) used over 1,000 patient MRI scans from 22 global epilepsy centers to develop the algorithm, which...
by The Scripps Research Institute Macaque antibodies were shown to induce a much broader immune response against SARS-related viruses, including emerging variants, which could help with the development of new human vaccines. Human CC12.1 (purple) and macaque K398.22 (orange) antibodies bind to different regions of the receptor binding domain (RBD) on SARS-CoV-2 (white). Credit: Scripps Research...
by University of Auckland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers at the University of Auckland are excited by ‘encouraging results’ from a clinical trial of a mobile-phone-based therapy. The study randomized 61 patients to one of two treatments, the prototype of the new ‘digital polytherapeutic’ or a...
Ewen Callaway A health care worker swabs a person in Shanghai, China, for SARS-CoV-2.Credit: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty After the game-changing COVID-19 antiviral Paxlovid began to be used in late 2021, researchers noticed a perplexing trend. In some people taking the drug, symptoms and detectable virus vanish, only to mysteriously return days later. After months...
For every person who died by suicide in 2020, 25 more made an attempt, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But a new book, based on 15 years of clinical work and research, presents a roadmap to reduce suicidal behavior in high-risk patients before it’s too late. “THE GOAL IS...
AUGUST 10TH, 2022 CONN HASTINGS CARDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, EXCLUSIVE, MEDICINE, NEUROLOGY, TELEMEDICINE X-trodes, a medtech startup based in Israel, created Smart Skin, a wireless monitoring and analytics technology that is suitable for at-home sleep monitoring. At present, diagnosing sleep disorders is an arduous and expensive business, requiring patients to attend a specialized sleep clinic and wear...
THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG IMAGE: A JOINT RESEARCH TEAM FROM THE LKS FACULTY OF MEDICINE, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKUMED) AND CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CITYU) HAS DISCOVERED THAT THE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE EYE SURFACE CAN ALLEVIATE DEPRESSION-LIKE SYMPTOMS AND IMPROVE COGNITIVE FUNCTION IN ANIMAL MODELS. THE RESEARCH TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE...
ASSOCIATION FOR PROFESSIONALS IN INFECTION CONTROL Arlington, Va., August 11, 2022 – Findings from a new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) suggest that a combination of betadine and silver colloidal gel are more effective than either material alone for inhibiting the growth of common infection-causing bacteria. The findings could help medical professionals better treat...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO Smells influence our ability to see and interpret the emotions of other people, even when we are unaware of the odor in question. This is the main finding of the master’s research of Matheus Henrique Ferreira, currently a PhD candidate at the University of São Paulo’s Institute of...
