VIDEO: Green platelets sticking to red blood vessels next to sites of infection by blue bacteria. Pathogenic platelets are the green cells that stick next to the bacteria for a few… view more Research led by the Centenary Institute in Sydney has found a brand new target for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis; our scientists have uncovered that…
VIDEO: Researchers at UBCO have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed to reduce or eliminate complications related to heart transplants. view more Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed to reduce or eliminate complications related to heart transplants. By using a newly developed technique, the researchers were able to build a…
IMAGE: The method uses a cell-free system in combination with a high-throughput microfluidic device. view more Credit: Zoe Swank / EPFL Genes in living cells are activated – or not – by proteins called transcription factors. The mechanisms by which these proteins activate certain genes and deactivate others play a fundamental role in many biological processes.…
One in five women and one in eight men are now losing sleep due to the time they spend on their mobile phones, according to new QUT-led research that has found a jump in ‘technoference’ over the past 13 years. Researchers surveyed 709 mobile phone users across Australia aged 18 to 83 in 2018, using…
(Salt Lake City) – When treating patients, doctors sometimes overlook how their decisions impact a world they never see: a patient’s home life. In the case of some serious infections in children, oral antimicrobial drugs are just as good at treating these ailments at home as the standard, intravenous medications. But according to new research…
IMAGE: Characterization of CNF thixotropy. (a) Stimulus responsiveness of CNF hydrogel for stress, sonication, pH, and cation factors (white spots in the hydrogel are micro-bubbles formed by cavitation during vortex agitation)…. view more Credit: SUTD Tissue engineering is a medical solution that uses living cells to repair or replace structural tissue, such as blood vessels, bone,…
Phenazines are widespread and chemically diverse bacterial natural products that can fulfil various biological functions. Like antibiotics, some derivatives kill bacteria; others are toxic to fungi and/or cancer cells. There are also derivatives that allow the bacteria to survive in an environment that is hostile to them, such as the human body. These virulence factors…
Had India fallen prey to the epidemic of cesarean currently affecting many countries in the world? Thanks to the data issued from the latest National Family and Health Survey, Christophe Z. Guilmoto and Alexandre Dumont, both IRD researchers, have been able to chart some of the main trends and differentials. What do we know about…
IMAGE: This is Annie Pedersen, PhD student at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, one of the lead authors of the study. view more Credit: Photo by Sven-Ojvind Swahn Our genes may have a bearing not only on our stroke risk, but probably also on how well we recover after stroke. For the first time, in international…
Billions worldwide are infected with tropical worms. Unsurprisingly, most of these people live in poor countries, kept poor by the effects of worm-related malnourishment. What may surprise many is that worms also cause the majority of cases of some cancers in these countries. Published in Frontiers in Medicine as a special article collection on parasite-associated…