Millions of people are infected with hepatitis B every year. Hundreds of thousands die. And small children are particularly at risk. Due to high cost and the stable environmental conditions required for vaccine storage, many people in developing countries are not vaccinated against this dangerous virus. As such, researchers have been working to produce a…
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IMAGE: Klaus Gerwert (left) and Andreas Nabers aim at improving the Alzheimer sensor step by step. view more Credit: RUB, Marquard Using current techniques, Alzheimer’s disease, the most frequent cause of dementia, can only be detected once the typical plaques have formed in the brain. At this point, therapy seems no longer possible. However, the first…
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IMAGE: Grunting noises in tennis influence the prediction of ball flight. Sport psychologists from Jena University come to this conclusion in a new study. view more Credit: Anne Guenther/University Jena Exceeding noise levels of 100 decibels, the grunting sounds produced by some tennis players when hitting the ball are on a par with motorbikes or chainsaws.…
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A faculty-researcher at Rochester Institute of technology has developed a prototype micro device with bio-sensors that can detect the deadly Ebola virus. With this type of device, those infected can be treated earlier, and the early detection process can potentially decrease the spread of infections. Ke Du, a faculty-researcher in RIT’s Kate Gleason College of…
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IMAGE: Paul Sajda, Columbia Engineering professor of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and radiology, has been awarded the Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship (VBFF) for 2019. The five-year, $3 million fellowship will… view more Credit: Eileen Barroso for Columbia Engineering New York, NY–May 2, 2019–Paul Sajda, professor of biomedical engineering, electrical engineering, and radiology, has been awarded the…
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IMAGE: Luci Leykum, M.D., of the Long School of Medicine at UT Health San Antonio, led the i-HOPE Study that surveyed 499 stakeholders, resulting in 11 priority research questions that can… view more Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO – American hospitals engage in continuous quality and safety improvement, but information remains scarce on what…
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Cells missing a certain protein on their surface can’t move normally, UConn researchers report in Science Signaling. The research could give insight into how cells move and repair wounds in normal tissue, as well as how cancer spreads through the body. Cells are the body’s workers, and they often need to move around to do…
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IMAGE: Dr. Joan Walker was the senior author of a new report on ovarian cancer survivorship. view more Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY – A gynecologic oncologist at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine was a national leader of a newly published research study that reveals good news for women with ovarian cancer – longer…
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VIDEO: Dr. Viviane Labrie of Van Andel Research Institute discusses how an epigenetic hotspot may contribute to symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. view more GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (May 3, 2019) — A newly identified epigenetic hotspot for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may give scientists a fresh path forward for devising more effective treatments and biomarker-based…
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ROCHESTER, Minn. — The drug eculizumab, a synthetic antibody that inhibits the inflammatory response, significantly reduced the risk of relapse with neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). This rare but severe autoimmune inflammatory disorder can cause blindness, paralysis and death. Mayo Clinic researchers and international collaborators report their findings in a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study…
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