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Biomedical engineers grow living windpipe structures from self-assembled modules

Biomedical engineers at Case Western Reserve University are growing tracheas by coaxing cells to form three distinct tissue types after assembling them into a tube structure - without relying on scaffolding strategies currently being investigated by other groups.

15 Feb 2018

Learning stress-reducing techniques may benefit people with epilepsy

Learning techniques to help manage stress may help people with epilepsy reduce how often they have seizures, according to a study published in the February 14, 2018, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

15 Feb 2018

Electric brain signals of males and females show differences

The electric brain signals, measured by using EEG, of males and females show differences. The difference can't be detected by visual inspection, not even by the trained eye of a neurologist.

15 Feb 2018

Children with reading challenges may have lower than expected binocular vision test results

Elementary school children who read below grade level may have challenges with their eyesight even if standard tests show they see 20/20, according to a new study from the University of Waterloo.

15 Feb 2018

UTA professor wins grant to study link between fat storage in the heart and cardiovascular disease

Michael Nelson, assistant professor of kinesiology at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a new five-year, $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the link between fat storage in the heart and cardiovascular disease, as well as the influence of gender on the development of cardiac dysfunction.

15 Feb 2018

TUM scientists observe formation of myelin sheaths around nerve fibers

Nerve fibers are surrounded by a myelin sheath. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich have now made the first-ever "live" observations of how this protective layer is formed.

15 Feb 2018

Hand hygiene-intervention practices may reduce risk of infection among nursing home patients

Infection prevention practices centered on hand hygiene protocols can save lives across all healthcare facilities, not just hospital settings.

15 Feb 2018

New NK cell-based immunotherapy effective against several types of leukemia

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have explored NK cell-based immunotherapy on patients with treatment-resistant leukemia. The study, which is published in the scientific journal Clinical Cancer Research, shows that the new therapy is effective against several types of leukemia.

15 Feb 2018

Potential new principle for treatment of multiple forms of cancer

A study published in Science Translational Medicine shows that small molecules that specifically inhibit an important selenium-containing enzyme may be useful in combating cancer. When researchers at Karolinska Institutet treated cancer in mice using these molecules, they observed rapid tumoricidal effects.

15 Feb 2018

Cervical tumors may be vulnerable to therapies that attack cancer's fuel supply, study shows

Cancer therapies have improved -- in some cases dramatically -- over the past two decades, but treatment for cervical cancer has remained largely unchanged. All patients receive radiation and chemotherapy, yet despite the aggressive approach, the regimen fails in about one-third of patients with cervical cancer that has spread beyond the cervix but not outside the pelvis.

15 Feb 2018

TSRI study reveals potential strategy to prevent, treat osteoarthritis during aging

More than 30 million Americans suffer from osteoarthritis making it one of the most common age-related diseases.

15 Feb 2018

Job loss following breast cancer diagnosis linked to race and insurance status

Job loss following early-stage breast cancer diagnosis is associated with race and insurance status, but not with any clinical or treatment-related factors, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

14 Feb 2018

Specialized nanotechnology could reduce pain, recovery time in oral surgery

A trip to the dentist or orthodontist usually instills a sense of dread in most patients, and that's before the exam even begins. Add to that the fear of oral surgery with a painful recovery, and many people will avoid these visits at all costs.

14 Feb 2018

Scientists show connection between sugar chains and bone growth

Scientists at the University of York have shown that altering the structure of sugar chains on the surface of stem cells could help promote bone growth in the body.

14 Feb 2018

MGH researchers discover that macrophages contribute to untreatable type of heart failure

A team of Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has discovered, for the first time, that the immune cells called macrophages contribute to a type of heart failure for which there currently is no effective treatment.

14 Feb 2018

Alternative MRI contrast agent shows promising results in NIH study

NIH-supported researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are studying an alternative to the contrast agents currently used for magnetic resonance imaging.

14 Feb 2018

Study reveals new link between bone cells and blood glucose level

The skeleton is often seen as an inert tissue, but this perception is quite wrong. In fact, the skeleton is constantly being remodeled: old bone fragments are broken down and new bone matrix is deposited, overall leading to a completely renewed skeleton every ten years.

14 Feb 2018

Researchers study how unexpected event makes people to stop an action

Imagine reaching to pet your cat, and it hisses at you. How does your brain take stock of the sound and communicate with your body to pull back your hand?

14 Feb 2018

Chagas disease associated with two-fold increase in odds of strongyloidiasis, study shows

Chagas Disease (caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi) and strongyloidiasis (caused by the helminth S. stercoralis) are neglected tropical diseases that share a similar epidemiological burden and result in chronic infections with high morbidity and mortality.

14 Feb 2018

Researchers use upconversion nanoparticles to understand brain functions

Scientists from the National University of Singapore have worked with an international research team to jointly develop a novel approach for deep brain stimulation.

14 Feb 2018

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Biomedical engineers grow living windpipe structures from self-assembled modules

Learning stress-reducing techniques may benefit people with epilepsy

Electric brain signals of males and females show differences

Children with reading challenges may have lower than expected binocular vision test results

UTA professor wins grant to study link between fat storage in the heart and cardiovascular disease

TUM scientists observe formation of myelin sheaths around nerve fibers

Hand hygiene-intervention practices may reduce risk of infection among nursing home patients

New NK cell-based immunotherapy effective against several types of leukemia

Potential new principle for treatment of multiple forms of cancer

Cervical tumors may be vulnerable to therapies that attack cancer's fuel supply, study shows

TSRI study reveals potential strategy to prevent, treat osteoarthritis during aging

Job loss following breast cancer diagnosis linked to race and insurance status

Specialized nanotechnology could reduce pain, recovery time in oral surgery

Scientists show connection between sugar chains and bone growth

MGH researchers discover that macrophages contribute to untreatable type of heart failure

Alternative MRI contrast agent shows promising results in NIH study

Study reveals new link between bone cells and blood glucose level

Researchers study how unexpected event makes people to stop an action

Chagas disease associated with two-fold increase in odds of strongyloidiasis, study shows

Researchers use upconversion nanoparticles to understand brain functions

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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