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Analyzing proteins in blister fluid may classify burn severity more accurately

Severe burns can leave physical and psychological scars, especially in children. When a burn patient enters the clinic, doctors use factors such as the depth and size of the burn, as well as the time required for skin healing--or re-epithelialization--to determine the best course of treatment.

18 Jan 2019

Newly developed risk score more effective at identifying type 1 diabetes

A new way of screening babies and adults for future risk of type 1 diabetes will be much more effective at identifying the condition than current methods, new research has concluded.

18 Jan 2019

DZIF scientists reveal problems with available diagnostics for Zika and chikungunya virus

Millions of people have contracted Zika and chikungunya virus infections since the outbreaks that have been striking Latin America since 2013. Particularly Zika-related malformations in newborns warrant reliable diagnostics.

18 Jan 2019

New enzyme biomarker test indicates diseases and bacterial contamination

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast have developed a highly innovative new enzyme biomarker test that has the potential to indicate diseases and bacterial contamination saving time, money and possibly lives.

18 Jan 2019

Drinking soft drinks while exercising in hot weather may increase risk of kidney disease

New research suggests that drinking sugary, caffeinated soft drinks while exercising in hot weather may increase the risk of kidney disease. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology--Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

18 Jan 2019

New nuclear medicine method could improve detection of primary and metastatic melanoma

A new nuclear medicine method for detecting malignant melanoma, one of the most aggressive skin cancers, has been successfully tested for the first time in humans and could improve detection of both primary and metastatic melanoma.

18 Jan 2019

Novel targeted drug delivery system improves conventional cancer treatments

A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has recently introduced a novel targeted drug delivery system that can improve the pharmacological and therapeutic properties of conventional cancer treatments.

17 Jan 2019

Scientists design two AI algorithms to improve early detection of cognitive impairment

Researchers of the Pharmacy and Mathematics departments of the CEU UCH university in Valencia have collaborated in the design of two artificial intelligence algorithms that improve the screening of positive cases in the early detection of cognitive impairment in chemists.

17 Jan 2019

Blood vessels can now be created perfectly in a petri dish

Researchers have now successfully created perfect blood vessels in the labs and this may be a huge step in benefitting people with diabetes and other conditions. The report of the procedure appears in a study titled, “Human blood vessel organoids as a model of diabetic vasculopathy,” published in the latest issue of the journal Nature.

17 Jan 2019

Researchers describe new behavior in energy metabolism that refutes existing evidence

Researchers from the Catalonian Institute of Bioengineering and the Seville Chemical Research Institute have described a new method for the transmission of electrons between proteins that refutes the evidence from experiments until now.

17 Jan 2019

Research reveals risk for developing more than one mental health disorder

A recent study of 5.9 million individuals has provided the largest and most comprehensive study of comorbidity - the development of two or more mental disorders - to date.

17 Jan 2019

New regulation designs on cigarette packs direct smokers’ attention to health warnings

With 'stop smoking' high on many people's New Year's resolution list, Huddersfield researchers use eye-tracking methods to determine the effectiveness of the health warnings on packets. The study compared older-style packets with the new regulation designs.

17 Jan 2019

Body-painting protects the skin from insect bites

A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites.

17 Jan 2019

Research brings new hope to treating degenerative brain diseases

Alzheimer's disease is the most representative degenerative brain disease, accounting for 60 to 80% of all dementia cases. In search for new mechanism for AD, the research team led by Professor Seong-Woon Yu of Brain and Cognitive Sciences paid attention to the autophagy of microglia, brain immune cells, is suppressed by inflammation.

17 Jan 2019

New anti-inflammatory compound acts as 'surge protector' to reduce cancer growth

A new anti-inflammatory compound developed at the University of California, Davis, acts as a "surge protector" to suppress inflammation and reduce cancer growth, at least in mouse models of cancer.

17 Jan 2019

Multiple sclerosis therapies delay progression of disability

An international study finds multiple sclerosis treatments have long-term benefits, and that early treatment is important.

17 Jan 2019

Study provides comprehensive description of associations between mental disorders

The new research from the National Centre for Register-based Research at Aarhus BSS is the first of its kind to offer a comprehensive description of the risks of double diagnosis within the ten major groups of mental disorders - also called comorbidity.

17 Jan 2019

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Analyzing proteins in blister fluid may classify burn severity more accurately

Newly developed risk score more effective at identifying type 1 diabetes

DZIF scientists reveal problems with available diagnostics for Zika and chikungunya virus

New enzyme biomarker test indicates diseases and bacterial contamination

Drinking soft drinks while exercising in hot weather may increase risk of kidney disease

New nuclear medicine method could improve detection of primary and metastatic melanoma

Novel targeted drug delivery system improves conventional cancer treatments

Scientists design two AI algorithms to improve early detection of cognitive impairment

Blood vessels can now be created perfectly in a petri dish

Researchers describe new behavior in energy metabolism that refutes existing evidence

Research reveals risk for developing more than one mental health disorder

New regulation designs on cigarette packs direct smokers’ attention to health warnings

Body-painting protects the skin from insect bites

Research brings new hope to treating degenerative brain diseases

New anti-inflammatory compound acts as 'surge protector' to reduce cancer growth

Multiple sclerosis therapies delay progression of disability

Study provides comprehensive description of associations between mental disorders

Many cancer patients have undiagnosed hepatitis

Stem cell-based approach to diabetes offers hope for treatment

Improvements in pharmacological study to fight cognitive impairment in schizophrenia

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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