Alliance of 50 experts from 34 elite institutions, including Spaulding Rehabilitation, reveals pioneering engineering advance across five vital domainsPeer-Reviewed Publication MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM PAOLO BONATO, PHD, DIRECTOR OF THE MOTION ANALYSIS LABORATORY AT SPAULDING REHABILITATION, A MEMBER OF MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM, AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.CREDIT: SPAULDING REHABILITATION...
Pressure on cells reduces pain signals, but excess cholesterol can interfere, researchers findPeer-Reviewed Publication UF HEALTH IMAGE: A CELL MEMBRANE IS ILLUSTRATED TO SHOW THE SURFACE IN RED. BLUE OBJECTS ARE PROTEINS, INCLUDING ION CHANNELS, WHICH CAN SEND ELECTRICAL IMPULSES INTO CELLS. LIPIDS, OR FATS, ARE IN YELLOW. IN THIS CROSS SECTION, AN ION CHANNEL...
Business Announcement INSILICO MEDICINEAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) IS A FATAL TYPE OF MOTOR NEURON DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF NERVE CELLS IN THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN. CREDIT: INSILICO MEDICINE Two years after the collaboration was announced between Insilico and 4B Technologies, the AI-discovered ALS drug, FB1006, completed patient enrollment for the IIT study.From...
by Douglas Johnson, Medical University of South Carolina Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the years add up, it’s common to notice slight changes in our ability to remember and think. Older people who have more marked changes than their peers can be diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Currently, we can’t easily predict which of these patients...
by Susan Barber Lindquist, Mayo Clinic Credit: Mayo ClinicFrontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made...
by University of Sharjah, University of Sharjah The radiographic criteria used to confirm the diagnosis of osteoarthritis. (a) Subcortical cyst (radiolucent area that may be just below the cortex or in the trabecular bone). (b) Flattening of the articular surfaces (disappearance of the even convexity or concavity of the articular surfaces). (c) Osteophyte (bony outgrowth arising...
by University College London A volunteer wears the ECGI vest. Middle: Dr George Joy with the vest on a mannequin. Bottom: The team of researchers and staff who have been involved in the vest’s use and development. Credit: UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science / James TyeA reusable vest that can map the electric impulses of the...
Researchers combine PDMS and a fiber Bragg grating to create sensors that detect subtle movementsPeer-Reviewed Publication OPTICA RESEARCHERS HAVE DEVELOPED A WEARABLE PDMS SENSOR THAT USES A FBG TO SENSE MOVEMENTS. THE SENSORS COULD BE USED TO MONITOR WRIST, FINGER OR EVEN FACIAL MOVEMENTS.CREDIT: KUN XIAO, BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY IN CHINA WASHINGTON — Imagine wearing...
The study defines a new neuroscientific paradigm (synergistic model), which allows to better understand the complexity of the interactions between brain, body and environment and paves the way to being able to integrate different levels of brain diseases.Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA – BARCELONA SYNERGETIC FRAMEWORK.CREDIT: TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES How does our brain interact...
Experts present holistic predictive approach for preventive and individualized treatmentPeer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITATSKLINIKUM BONN PROF. DR. OLGA GOLUBNITSCHAJA, HEAD OF THE RESEARCH GROUP FOR 3P (PREDICTIVE, PREVENTIVE AND PERSONALIZED) MEDICINE AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN (UKB)CREDIT: UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN (UKB)/R. MÜLLER Every year, over 100 million people worldwide suffer a stroke. Ischemic strokes (cerebral infarction) are...
