This hand-held biosensor makes breast cancer screening fast, affordable, and accuratePeer-Reviewed Publication AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD USED IN THE SALIVA-BASED BIOSENSOR, WHICH CAN DETECT BREAST CANCER BIOMARKERS FROM EXTREMELY SMALL SALIVA SAMPLES IN ABOUT FIVE SECONDS, COSTS ABOUT $5. THE DESIGN USES WIDELY AVAILABLE COMPONENTS SUCH AS COMMON GLUCOSE TESTING STRIPS...
Sarah Amandolare “New antibiotics discovered using AI!” That’s how headlines read in December 2023, when MIT researchers announced a new class of antibiotics that could wipe out the drug-resistant superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mice. Powered by deep learning, the study was a significant breakthrough. Few new antibiotics have come out since the 1960s,...
by Jules Bernstein, University of California – Riverside This image illustrates the very beginning stages of an influenza (flu) infection in the respiratory tract. Credit: CDCScientists have long thought of the fluid-filled sac around our lungs merely as a cushion from external damage. Turns out, it also houses potent virus-eating cells that rush into the lungs...
by Elana Gotkine Maternal tobacco use during pregnancy (MTDP) is associated with child neurocognitive deficits at ages nine to 12 years, according to a study published online Feb. 13 in JAMA Network Open. Troy B. Puga, from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, and colleagues examined whether MTDP is associated with child neurocognitive...
by University of Michigan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainFor middle-aged women plagued by migraines, or hot flashes and night sweats, another worry may linger in the backs of their minds: whether these experiences have set them up for a heart attack, a stroke or another cardiovascular crisis. After all, past research suggesting such a link during and...
by King’s College London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis could also prevent the disease in individuals deemed to be at risk. Results from a Phase 2b clinical trial, published today in The Lancet by researchers led by King’s College London, provide hope for arthritis sufferers after it was shown that the...
by Ana María Rodríguez, Baylor College of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public DomainHeart failure remains the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. During a heart attack blood stops flowing into the heart. Without oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The heart muscle does not regenerate; instead, it replaces dead tissue with a scar made of...
by University of British Columbia Visualizing and quantifying mucus barrier functions on fecal sections. a. Processing scheme for processing feces for mucus analysis in situ. b. Tiled cross-section of healthy human feces (upper) and mouse feces (lower) dual stained with FISH probes (red) and a rabbit polyclonal antibody targeting human MUC2 (see Methods; green). c. Quantitative...
by American Physiological Society Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPeople who experience heat stress during exercise may need more recovery time to let their muscles heal, according to a new mouse study published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The study is titled “Exertional heat stroke causes long-term skeletal muscle epigenetic...
by Brown University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAgent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its effects on the brain health of aging veterans. A new study by scientists at Brown University reveals...
