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Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

Physicians use standard disease classifications based on symptoms or location in the body to help make diagnoses. These classifications, called nosologies, can help doctors understand which diseases are closely related, and thus may be caused by the same underlying issues or respond to the same treatments.

9 Dec 2019

New nanoparticle innovation detects vascular calcification in atherosclerosis

Heart disease and stroke are the world's two most deadly diseases, causing over 15 million deaths in 2016 according to the World Health Organization.

9 Dec 2019

Scientists identify the origin and evolution of famous concept devised in neurobiology

Eye-opening research by neurosurgeons from Barrow Neurological Institute and Montreal Neurological Institute has produced the foremost investigation of the origin and evolution of perhaps the most famous concept devised in neurobiology--the homunculus of neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield.

9 Dec 2019

Tips to keep children safer from household cleaning products

The holidays are upon us, and as families visit Grandma and Grandpa's and other homes that may not be used to having little ones underfoot, it's an important reminder to safely store dangerous products.

9 Dec 2019

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Judith Tsui, a UW Medicine clinician specializing in addiction treatment, was seeing more and more patients she was treating for opioid-use disorder also using methamphetamines, a powerful, highly addictive stimulant that affects the central nervous system.

8 Dec 2019

Formerly incarcerated individuals with reintegration barriers more likely to have poor physical, mental health

Formerly incarcerated individuals with barriers to re-entry and service needs following their release are subsequently more likely to experience poor physical and mental health, according to an eye-opening new Rutgers University-Camden study.

6 Dec 2019

Scientists test repurposed drugs for treatment of rare eye condition

Fight for Sight is funding scientists from the University of Aberdeen to test two repurposed drugs for the treatment of the rare eye condition aniridia, which causes blindness.

6 Dec 2019

Cancer in the eye does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma

Researchers at Okayama University report in the Journal of clinical and experimental hematopathology that primary intraocular lymphoma, a cancer in the eye, does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma.

6 Dec 2019

Dead birds forecast unexpected impact of climate change

A new study published Wednesday in the journal Ecology Letters reports that its look at the physical data of thousands of dead American migratory birds collected off the busy streets of high-rise Chicago shows a surprising fact. Namely, the average size of birds of all sorts has been shrinking over the forty years since the collection began, while their wingspan has increased. The scientists say these changes are adaptations to climate change. Is this a taste of things to come – for humans as well as for birds?

5 Dec 2019

Imaging technique and machine learning may provide accurate diagnosis of colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is the second most common type of cancer worldwide, with about 90% of cases occurring in people 50 or older.

5 Dec 2019

Researchers successfully develop imaging technology of conjunctival goblet cells

Goblet cells are epithelial cells that produce mucins and disperse tears which help the surface of eyes maintain the wet environment. Goblet cells are closely related to autoimmune disease including dry eyes and chemical burns. Therefore, it is very important to examine the status of goblet cells to better understand and diagnose ocular disease.

5 Dec 2019

Study reports first guidelines for treating rare skin tumor

It starts as a yellow or shiny bump on the eyelids, face or body that grows and doesn't go away, unlike a pimple.

5 Dec 2019

Sleep does not improve memory in eyewitness identifications

A new study from British researchers has revealed that sleep does not improve memory in an eyewitness. The study titled, “The impact of sleep on eyewitness identifications,” was published in the latest issue of the journal Royal Society Open Science on the 4th of December 2019.

4 Dec 2019

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Having trouble paying attention? MIT neuroscientists may have a solution for you: Turn down your alpha brain waves.

4 Dec 2019

Newly developed cell models can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed two new cell models that can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery. The new cell models are continuously growing retinal pigment epithelial cells, which have many benefits over the models currently used by researchers and pharmaceutical companies. The models were developed by Professor Arto Urtti's Ocular Drug Delivery group at the University of Eastern Finland.

4 Dec 2019

New discovery may bring scientists a step closer to developing hearing loss treatments

A new discovery from a team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers may bring scientists a step closer to developing treatments that regrow the lost cells that cause hearing loss.

4 Dec 2019

China raises ethical concern by recreating faces using DNA samples

Researchers in China are reportedly using blood samples taken from minority groups in an attempt to reconstruct faces from DNA.

4 Dec 2019

Researchers unravel how the brain processes visual information

A team of scientists led by Karl Farrow at NeuroElectronics Research Flanders (NERF, empowered by imec, KU Leuven and VIB) is unraveling how our brain processes visual information.

2 Dec 2019

Study reveals exposure of new-born babies in NICU environment to harmful chemicals

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from Granada has warned for the first time of the presence of bisphenol A (BPA) and parabens (PBs) in a wide range of plastic medical devices, fabrics, personal care products (including topical creams), and nutritional supplements in hospital neonatal intensive care units, coming into direct contact with new-born babies.

29 Nov 2019

Contagious cancers in the oceans much more common than once thought

Researchers have found that a type of cancer affecting shellfish is spreading across the Atlantic Ocean and spilling into the Pacific Ocean as well. The study titled, “A single clonal lineage of transmissible cancer identified in two marine mussel species in South America and Europe,” is published this week in the latest issue of the journal eLife.

28 Nov 2019

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Latest Eye News and Research

Mapping genetic links between diseases using data from electronic health records

New nanoparticle innovation detects vascular calcification in atherosclerosis

Scientists identify the origin and evolution of famous concept devised in neurobiology

Tips to keep children safer from household cleaning products

Methamphetamine undermines success in treatment for opioid-use disorder

Formerly incarcerated individuals with reintegration barriers more likely to have poor physical, mental health

Scientists test repurposed drugs for treatment of rare eye condition

Cancer in the eye does not always develop into central nervous system lymphoma

Dead birds forecast unexpected impact of climate change

Imaging technique and machine learning may provide accurate diagnosis of colorectal cancer

Researchers successfully develop imaging technology of conjunctival goblet cells

Study reports first guidelines for treating rare skin tumor

Sleep does not improve memory in eyewitness identifications

People can enhance attention by controlling their own alpha brain waves, study shows

Newly developed cell models can open up new avenues for ocular drug discovery

New discovery may bring scientists a step closer to developing hearing loss treatments

China raises ethical concern by recreating faces using DNA samples

Researchers unravel how the brain processes visual information

Study reveals exposure of new-born babies in NICU environment to harmful chemicals

Contagious cancers in the oceans much more common than once thought

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Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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