University of Houston researcher examines the link UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between copper protein molecules in brain cells and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. “Scientists have studied Alzheimer’s disease for 100 years and still no one knows the cause,” said assistant professor of chemistry Tai-Yen Chen, who will...
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Stroke patients relearning how to walk with peculiar shoe
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF INNOVATION) TAMPA, Fla. (September 17, 2019)- A therapeutic shoe engineered to improve stroke recovery is proving successful and expected to hit the market by the end of the year. Clinical trials have been completed on the U.S. patented and licensed iStride Device, formerly the Gait Enhancing Mobile Shoe (GEMS), with...
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Identifying new important players in insulin homeostasis
by La Trobe University Researchers from La Trobe University in Australia and the Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden, partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), in Germany have identified that the protein Atp6ap2 is essential for the correct functioning of pancreatic beta cells. When this protein was switched off in the beta cells...
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Expert discusses surprising findings linking PTSD treatment with lower diabetes risk
by Whitelaw Reid, University of Virginia University of Virginia professor and clinical psychologist Peter Tuerk and his colleagues at Saint Louis University School of Medicine and the National Center for PTSD were surprised at the size of their findings. Could people who improved their post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms really have lessened their risk for developing Type 2 diabetes about 50 percent, as...
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Light Powered Robot Made from Hydrogel to Operate Inside Body
MEDGADGET EDITORS MATERIALS, NANOMEDICINE, SURGERY Engineers at University of California, Los Angeles have come up with a tiny new robot that can be controlled and powered using a beam of light. Called OsciBot, because of its oscillating motion, the robot is made entirely out of a light-responsive hydrogel and doesn’t carry its own power source, relying...
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Flexible Vitals Sensors Made from Graphene Sensitized with Quantum Dots
MEDGADGET EDITORSCARDIOLOGY, DIAGNOSTICS, MATERIALS, MEDICINE, SPORTS MEDICINE At the ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, in Catalonia, Spain, researchers have come up with a way to use graphene to make flexible photodetectors to measure heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and breathing rate. Additionally, the technology can also be used to measure UV levels coming...
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Biobots made from muscle propelled by neurons and light
By Nick Lavars Tiny, soft robots that can safely navigate biological settings like the human body could mean big things for medical treatment, but moving them through these environments is much easier said than done. Scientists at the University of Illinois have come up with a promising new possibility, describing biohybrid robots that can be...
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Alzheimer’s memory loss reversed by new head device using electromagnetic waves
Just released new results in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease indicate that in-home treatment with a bioengineered head device emitting electromagnetic waves reversed memory impairment of Alzheimer’s patients (AD) IOS PRESS Phoenix, AZ (September 17, 2019) – There is finally some encouraging news for the millions of Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. NeuroEM Therapeutics today announced findings...
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Gene editing enables researchers to correct mutation in muscle stem cells in DMD model
by University of Missouri Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder that causes muscle loss and physical impairments. Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have shown in a mouse study that the powerful gene editing technique known as CRISPR may provide the means for lifelong correction of the...
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Bacteria injections help the immune system fight cancer
by Frontiers Cancers evade destruction by convincing some immune cells to suppress others. But a surprising interlocutor can persuade the suppressors to defect, and the destroyers to redouble. A review published in Frontiers in Oncologyexplains how bacteria can rally immune cells to attack tumors, via ancient lines of chemical communication with our immune system. Decoding these molecular signals is key to developing bacteria as a safe,...