by Massachusetts General Hospital Credit: CC0 Public Domain The female genital tract is naturally colonized by mixed communities of bacteria, known as the vaginal microbiome. When these communities are dominated by species such as Lactobacillus crispatus, they provide important protective functions in genital health. But overgrowth of certain other bacterial species is linked to a...
by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A research team led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a molecule that inhibits the growth and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells through the iron metabolism pathway. Their findings, recently published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, pave the way toward the development of...
By Paul Ridden March 02, 2022 The TicWatch GTH Pro is an activity tracking smartwatch that comes with CardieX technology to monitor the health of a wearer’s heart and arteriesMobvoi Wearable maker Mobvoi has partnered with health technology firm CardieX to launch a new smartwatch that’s reported capable of tracking arterial health. The TicWatch GTH...
By Nick Lavars March 02, 2022 A world-first kind of contact lens has been approved for use in the US Depositphotos Over the years we’ve looked at many interesting studies and research prototypes demonstrating how contact lenses could one day be used for much more than correcting vision, and the delivery of medication is one of...
By Nick Lavars March 02, 2022 Bioengineer Omid Veiseh with bead-like anti-cancer implants developed at Rice University Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Among the many challenges in treating tumors is the difficulty in getting anti-cancer drugs to the right locations, and in the right amounts. A new type of implant developed at Rice University tackles both these...
Heidi Ledford A lab technician works on the production of molnupiravir, an oral antiviral drug that some countries have authorized for use against COVID-19. Credit: Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters/Alamy It takes Lawrence Tabak about 15 minutes to rattle off all the potential COVID-19 treatments being tested in the clinical trial programme he oversees: a lengthy, tongue-twisting...
by Isabella Backman, Yale University Metformin 500mg tablets. Credit: public domain Physicians have used the drug metformin to treat type 2 diabetes for more than half a century, but despite its prevalence, researchers have lacked a clear understanding of how it works. Now, Yale researchers have elucidated the mechanism behind metformin and related type 2...
by Gerry Everding, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis An MRI scan of the hippocampus, the brain’s memory center, in an older person with no signs of cognitive decline (left) and a person of similar age with mild Alzheimer’s (right) has been analyzed with a new technique that shows where healthy brain cells...
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using a novel probe for functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), MIT biological engineers have devised a way to monitor individual populations of neurons and reveal how they interact with each other. Similar to how the gears of a clock interact in specific ways to turn the...
Over-diagnosis, the detection of cancer with mammography that would not become clinically evident in the woman’s remaining lifetime, can lead to unnecessary treatments and stress, researchers say. Researchers designed the study to clarify the risk of breast cancer over-diagnosis using contemporary screening technology in the US. The findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine should inform decision-making about mammography screening...
