TERASAKI INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION IMAGE: TERASAKI INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION SCIENTISTS HAVE PRODUCED AN IMPROVED SHEAR-THINNING BIOMATERIAL FOR TREATMENT OF ANEURYSMS. IT EXHIBITS IMPROVEMENTS IN STRENGTH, STRESS RESISTANCE, AND INJECTABILITY, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO ACCELERATE BLOOD COAGULATION AT THE ANEURYSM SITE. ADDITIONALLY, IT DECREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR IMMUNOTOXIC SIDE EFFECTS. CREDIT: TERASAKI...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Reproductive health experts consider hormonal contraceptives good choices for adolescents because they’re safe and highly effective at preventing pregnancy, but one aspect of their effect on the teenage body remains a mystery—whether and how they modify the developing brain. New research in young rats...
by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children with a severe form of epilepsy should be vaccinated against the flu due to the high risk of seizures being triggered by an influenza infection, according to a new study. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, found...
November 15, 2022 7:06 AM MST Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly JERUSALEM, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Israeli digital health firm AEYE Health said on Tuesday it received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market...
John M. Mandrola, MD November 05, 2022 U.S. experts favor chlorthalidone over hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ) in the first-line treatment of hypertension. Yet practicing doctors are approximately 20-fold more likely to choose HCTZ over chlorthalidone. During the opening late-breaking clinical trials session here at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022 in Chicago, we learned that practicing doctors had it...
From birth to death, a lot may change, but our DNA—the long, double-helix molecule that contains all of a person’s genetic code—stays the same. The instructions for reading that code can shift, however, as the chemical tags on and around a DNA sequence change throughout our lives, depending on our age, environment, and behavior. This...
A scalpel-free, high-tech form of brain surgery pioneered at UVA Health offers long-term relief for patients with essential tremor, a common movement disorder, even five years after treatment, a study shows. The study offers important insights into the long-term effects of ultrasound treatments for essential tremors. Five years after treatment, clinical trial participants continued to see treated...
A study involving researchers from the University of Liverpool describes how transposable elements are associated with Parkinson’s subtypes and impact disease trajectory. The study, published in Experimental Biology and Medicine, analysed the variation of transposable elements – DNA sequences that can change their position within a genome – and their impact on different trajectories of Parkinson’s disease....
By Nick Lavars November 14, 2022 Scientists have discovered a new type of electrical activity in cancer cells Depositphotos By using machine learning and cutting-edge microscopes, scientists have uncovered what they believe to be a new form of communication between cancer cells. Described as a “type of electrical language,” the discovery may be key to...
By Michael Irving November 15, 2022 Researchers have developed a new imaging technique that can track viruses before they infect cells Depositphotos Scientists at Duke University have created a real-time video that captures the frantic movements of a single virus as it tries to infect a cell. The video shows a part of the process...
