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Using human tissue models to improve treatment and diagnosis of heart attacks

A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, resulting in 18 million deaths per year.

30 Aug 2022

Study shows how COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress in women and children's health

Declines in essential health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in low- and lower-middle-income countries devastatingly impact women and children's health, according to a new study publishing August 30th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Tashrik Ahmed of the World Bank, US, and colleagues.

30 Aug 2022

Study reinforces the potential of Huntington’s treatments that target glia cells

Huntington's disease – a hereditary and fatal genetic disorder – has long been considered a neuronal disease due to the permanent loss of medium spiny motor neurons, the death of which over time is responsible for the clinical hallmarks of the disease: involuntary movements, problems with coordination, cognitive decline, depression, and psychosis.

30 Aug 2022

Tight control of blood sugar in teens may help reduce diabetes-related brain damage

Tight control of blood sugar in teens with Type 1 diabetes may help reduce the disease's damaging effects on the brain, effects which have been shown even in younger children, according to a study published online today in Nature Communications.

30 Aug 2022

EEG tests reveal fentanyl's effects on the brain

Fentanyl is used to supplement sedation and to relieve severe pain during and after surgery, but it's also one of the deadliest drugs of the opioid epidemic.

30 Aug 2022

New labeling technique helps analyze the contents of exosomes from cells

Our cells are constantly communicating, and scientists have developed an efficient way to find out what messages they are sending in protein-packed biological suitcases called exosomes.

30 Aug 2022

Cedars-Sinai investigators create new blood test for early detection of common liver cancer

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have created a blood test that uses a technology made commonly available during the COVID-19 pandemic to detect the most common form of liver cancer - at an early enough stage that cure is possible.

30 Aug 2022

Researchers identify potential new pathway for treating a sporadic form of ALS

Researchers have published two papers describing how they identified a potential new pathway for treating a sporadic form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

30 Aug 2022

$Initial period of strict bed rest can be beneficial for older with osteoporotic vertebral fractures$

Initial period of strict bed rest can be beneficial for older with osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Aging is universal. Both osteoporosis and the bone fractures that occur as a result of osteoporosis become more likely with age.

30 Aug 2022

Researchers demonstrate a pneumatic hand made using a commercial 3D printer

Artificial pneumatic muscles consisting of 3D-printed structures that can extend and contract as required: this is the innovative design of the GRACE actuators devised by researchers from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT, Italian Institute of Technology) in Genoa and the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSA, Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies) in Pisa.

30 Aug 2022

UQ researchers work towards a new blood test for assessing concussions in elite sports

Researchers at The University of Queensland are seeking volunteer school rugby and basketball players for brain scans as they work on a new blood test to help diagnose concussion.

30 Aug 2022

Study sheds new light on the nature of balance deficits in neurocognitive disorders

Balance is important to maintain in many aspects of life, but the most important may be your body's sense of balance—also known as vestibular sense—which keeps you upright when moving or standing.

30 Aug 2022

New study aims to help people with learning disabilities to fight loneliness

People with learning disabilities are set to benefit from a new study, funded by the NIHR, by the University of Surrey that will examine ways to help them overcome loneliness - which often leads to other underlying medical issues such as heart diseases, obesity, anxiety, and depression.

30 Aug 2022

Using deep learning to guide the selection of chemotherapy after surgery for colorectal cancer patients

Among patients with colorectal cancer spread to lymph nodes, a deep learning marker can identify one-third with excellent prognosis and consequently no need for adjuvant chemotherapy.

30 Aug 2022

New scaffold supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice

Tohoku University scientists in Japan have made a scaffold that supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice.

30 Aug 2022

Researchers create first mouse model carrying a disease-associated mitochondrial mutation

Studying the role of mitochondria—the specialized structures within cells responsible for energy production—in metabolic diseases has been difficult because of a lack of animal models with the necessary mitochondrial mutations to observe these tiny organelles.

30 Aug 2022

Research News and Research

Using human tissue models to improve treatment and diagnosis of heart attacks

Study shows how COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of progress in women and children's health

Study reinforces the potential of Huntington’s treatments that target glia cells

Tight control of blood sugar in teens may help reduce diabetes-related brain damage

EEG tests reveal fentanyl's effects on the brain

New labeling technique helps analyze the contents of exosomes from cells

Cedars-Sinai investigators create new blood test for early detection of common liver cancer

Researchers identify potential new pathway for treating a sporadic form of ALS

Initial period of strict bed rest can be beneficial for older with osteoporotic vertebral fractures

Researchers demonstrate a pneumatic hand made using a commercial 3D printer

UQ researchers work towards a new blood test for assessing concussions in elite sports

Study sheds new light on the nature of balance deficits in neurocognitive disorders

New study aims to help people with learning disabilities to fight loneliness

Using deep learning to guide the selection of chemotherapy after surgery for colorectal cancer patients

New scaffold supports the growth of new bone in large jaw defects in mice

Researchers create first mouse model carrying a disease-associated mitochondrial mutation

AI algorithms could help achieve successful labor outcomes in expectant mothers

Gothenburg scientists discover possible new cancer treatment target

Breast MRI may help stratify the risk of second breast cancer

COVID-19 may provoke IgA-associated vasculitis

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