by Fabio Bergamin, ETH Zurich Concept and structure of magnetic soft-robotic chains (MaSoChains). a A schematic illustration of a standard MIS tool and a self-folding MaSoChain. The MaSoChains can self-fold into large assemblies at the tip of the catheter with multiple functional domains. b Potential application scenarios for MaSoChains. When pushed out of the sheathing...
By Hank Berrien Apr 11, 2023 DailyWire.com A group of scientists at Cardiff University have revealed stunning information that could lead to life-changing treatment for sufferers of the most common form of Alzheimer’s disease in the next 15 years. The research by the scientific team started in 2009, and in 2022 they announced they had found three genes...
By Bronwyn Thompson April 10, 2023 The future path of antibiotics may be paved in gold Depositphotos There’s no underselling the role antibiotics has had on our lives; when widespread use of penicillin ushered in the ‘golden age’ of antibiotics after World War II, and discovery of many new antibiotics, the infectious diseases that used...
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IMAGE: CWRU RESEARCHERS AGATA EXNER, LEFT, AND PINUNTA “PETCH” NITTAYACHARN CREDIT: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY CLEVELAND—Beyond vaccines, mRNA offers immense potential to fight disease, but targeting the genetic material to specific diseased cells is challenging—requiring a new method. To meet this need, researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of...
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Highlights Excessive alcohol consumption causes short-term and long-term health problems An enzyme called ADH1B accelerates the breakdown of alcohol in the body Researchers genetically engineered a probiotic to express ADH1B in mice Mice treated with the probiotic recovered from alcohol exposure faster than untreated mice, and had fewer resulting health problems Washington,...
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI IMAGE: ATSUO SASAKI, PHD, WORKS IN HIS LAB. CREDIT: PHOTO/COLLEEN/KELLEY/UC MARKETING + BRAND. Once thought of as having one simple job within cells, researchers continue to learn more about the importance of organelles called lysosomes. An organelle is a small structure in a cell that is surrounded by a membrane and has a specific...
UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON IMAGE: ASHOK KUMAR, ELSE AND PHILIP HARGROVE ENDOWED PROFESSOR OF PHARMACY AND CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES IN THE UH COLLEGE OF PHARMACY, IS EXAMINING MUSCLE WASTING IN HOPES TO DEVELOP A PREVENTIVE MEDICINE. CREDIT: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON Skeletal muscle atrophy, or wasting, is a devastating and often...
UNIVERSITY OF BASEL Many cancer therapies do not produce the hoped-for results. A common reason for this is that the tumors develop resistance to the medication. This is the case, for example, with alpelisib, a drug that has been approved for use in Switzerland for the past few years as a treatment for advanced breast...
HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL At a glance Dragana Rogulja is using fruit flies and mice to explore tantalizing questions about sleep. Her research delves into why sleep is necessary for survival, and how the sleeping brain disconnects from the world. Rogulja’s research has identified a critical connection between the brain and the gut. If translated into humans, the results of...
by Uppsala University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients treated with blood pressure-lowering drugs can experience much greater improvements from a change of medication than from doubling the dose of their current medication. This is shown by a new study from Uppsala University, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In this study, 280 patients tested...
