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Researchers use genomic technologies to better understand risk factor for stomach cancer

A research team led by National University Health System and Duke-NUS Medical School has used genomic technologies to better understand intestinal metaplasia, a known risk factor for gastric (stomach) cancer.

5 Jan 2018

New type of skin patch may provide possible answer to antibiotic resistance crisis

A team of researchers from Queen's University Belfast, led by Professor Ryan Donnelly, Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology are developing a new type of skin patch (microarray patch) that administers drugs directly into the bloodstream through thousands of individual "microneedles" which are being tested as a possible answer to the antibiotic resistance crisis.

5 Jan 2018

Why Should We Weigh Every Protein in the Human Body?

Our mission is to advance the measurement of human proteins with greater precision, to bring to the world the benefits of absolute molecular specificity when it comes to interrogating proteins at the molecular level.

From Pittcon 5 Jan 2018

CLEW Medical introduces new AI predictive-analytics platform to prevent complications in care settings

CLEW Medical, formerly known as Intensix, is launching its AI predictive-analytics platform to prevent life threatening complications in all care settings, using real-time data and machine learning technology. Already proven in the ICU, CLEW’s platform provides medical staff and healthcare administrators with actionable clinical, operational and financial insights to streamline medical care.

5 Jan 2018

Researchers discover promising drug that shrinks excess fat without lowering food intake

Given the ever-increasing obesity epidemic, researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have discovered a promising developing drug that has been shown to selectively shrink excess fat by increasing fat cell metabolism.

4 Jan 2018

Study reveals neural and physiological underpinnings of trypophobia

Trypophobia, commonly known as "fear of holes," is linked to a physiological response more associated with disgust than fear, finds a new study published in PeerJ.

4 Jan 2018

Medicare now covers new noninvasive test for heart disease

Loyola Medicine is the leading center in Illinois offering a new noninvasive test for heart disease that now is covered by Medicare.

4 Jan 2018

LivaNova enrolls first patient in RESTORE-LIFE study for treatment-resistant depression

LivaNova PLC, a market-leading medical technology company, today announced the launch and enrollment of the first patient in the Global Prospective, Multi-center, Observational Post-market Study to Assess Short-, Mid- and Long-term Effectiveness and Efficiency of Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy® as Adjunctive Therapy in Real-world Patients with Difficult to Treat Depression.

4 Jan 2018

Macrophage nanosponges offer promising solution for effectively managing sepsis

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed macrophage "nanosponges" that can safely absorb and remove molecules from the bloodstream that are known to trigger sepsis.

4 Jan 2018

Children with high BMI more often underestimate their body size

Estimating your own body size and weight can be difficult. It turns out that this is true not only for adults, but also for children.

4 Jan 2018

Researchers optimize method to increase resolution of proteomic analysis

One of the key challenges of proteomics, the study of all proteins expressed by a cell or organism, is managing to distinguish between molecules that are structurally different yet have the same mass.

4 Jan 2018

Porvair chosen to be part of Sky TV documentary

Porvair Sciences Ltd, a leading supplier of separation and filtration technology for life science and healthcare applications, is hitting the small screen in a special showcase of its healthcare expertise.

From Porvair Sciences Limited 4 Jan 2018

New total-body PET scanner could revolutionize patient diagnosis and care

The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of disease through analysis of better imaging data from the whole body.

3 Jan 2018

Pocket devices can be of great benefit to children with ADHD

For children who need help from so-called welfare technology in order to manage their day-to-day lives, it is important that the assistance they get is invisible to others. Many obtain effective help from an app installed on their phones.

3 Jan 2018

Study suggests potential means of stalling or even reversing diabetes-related blindness

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a cell signaling pathway in mice that triggers vision loss in patients with diabetic retinopathy and retinal vein occlusion – diseases characterized by the closure of blood vessels in the retina, leading to blindness.

3 Jan 2018

Technology News and Research

Researchers use genomic technologies to better understand risk factor for stomach cancer

New type of skin patch may provide possible answer to antibiotic resistance crisis

Why Should We Weigh Every Protein in the Human Body?

CLEW Medical introduces new AI predictive-analytics platform to prevent complications in care settings

Researchers discover promising drug that shrinks excess fat without lowering food intake

Study reveals neural and physiological underpinnings of trypophobia

Medicare now covers new noninvasive test for heart disease

LivaNova enrolls first patient in RESTORE-LIFE study for treatment-resistant depression

Macrophage nanosponges offer promising solution for effectively managing sepsis

Children with high BMI more often underestimate their body size

Researchers optimize method to increase resolution of proteomic analysis

Porvair chosen to be part of Sky TV documentary

New total-body PET scanner could revolutionize patient diagnosis and care

Pocket devices can be of great benefit to children with ADHD

Study suggests potential means of stalling or even reversing diabetes-related blindness

Study identifies exercises to help prevent chronic back pain in runners

TriNetX reveals Natural Language Processing to Better Identify Patients for Clinical Trials

Researchers use Nobel prize-winning technology to zoom in and see vital kidney protein

New MRI technology can reduce need for tumor biopsies

Bioengineers reveal how to recreate complex folded shapes from living tissue

Event guide: 4th Extra-Hepatic Lipid-Based Nanoparticles Delivery Summit eBook

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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