by Christopher Vaughan, Stanford University Medical Center Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a way to regenerate, in mice and human tissue, the cushion of cartilage found in joints. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered a way to regenerate, in mice and human tissue, the cushion of...
Flushing public restroom toilets or urinals can spew clouds of particles carrying viruses, including COVID-19 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS WASHINGTON, August 18, 2020 — Think you don’t need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public restroom? A group of researchers from Yangzhou University in China recently reported that flushing public restroom toilets can release...
Interview conducted by Emily Henderson, B.Sc. Professor Pockley among other researchers from the John van Geest Cancer Research Centre have recently developed a blood test for the detection of prostate cancer. News-Medical spoke to Professor Pockley to find out more! What provoked your research into the detection of prostate cancer? Why is there an urgent...
A recent stem cell study has shown that SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, can infect heart cells via the same receptor present in the lungs. This may be responsible for the cardiac complications associated with COVID-19. New evidence shows how SARS-CoV-2 may affect the heart. Experts initially thought that COVID-19 was a respiratory disease, with symptoms...
CREDIT: COPYRIGHT ©2020 AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY With the global spread of coronavirus infections, personal protective equipments especially hygeine face masks are receiving much attention. Masks are essential items for the primary protection of the respiratory tract from viruses and bacteria that are transmitted through the air as droplets. N95 masks are currently difficult to obtain,...
This news or article is intended for readers with certain scientific or professional knowledge in the field. Like finding that needle in the haystack every time, your T cells manage what seems like an improbable task: quickly finding a few invaders among the many imposters in your body to trigger its immune response. T cells...
Like any addiction, nicotine dependence warps the brain in elaborate ways—which is why treating it tends not to be as simple as mastering one’s willpower. Even after trying every technique in the toolbox—the support of friends, family, and a great therapist; nicotine patches; prescription drugs—many smokers will sooner or later experience a craving of overpowering...
By ELIZABETH COONEY Before Wednesday’s hopeful news about the experimental antiviral remdesivir broke, doctors treating patients hospitalized for Covid-19 were already hearing from a few families desperate to get the drug for their loved ones. Now they expect to hear more pleas in the days to come, even though the data are preliminary, results are...
By : Rich Haridy A newly published article in the New England Journal of Medicine is reporting the successful results of a clinical trial testing an experimental drug designed to treat psychosis in schizophrenia. The drug works unlike any other existing anti-psychotic medication, and without many of their negative side effects. The development of anti-psychotic...
Supplements can be sold over the counter because they supposedly don’t contain active pharmaceutical ingredients But between 2007 and 2016, the FDA found 776 supplements were not what they claimed to be – and most contained drugs Yet it only issued recalls for less than half of those, a new study from the California Department...
