News • Respiratory research
Preterm birth increases risk of asthma or COPD
A new study from Finland and Norway shows that babies born preterm are more likely to have asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD, in adulthood.
News • Mortality rates in times of Covid-19
‘Excess deaths’: Gap between Europe and US widens
Among all but oldest age groups, the US has higher death rates than five high-income European nations, according to new UCLA research. However, this gap is only partly due to Covid-19.
News • Hypertension and the brain
Study links high blood pressure to memory loss and dementia
A new study led by the University of Edinburgh has identfied areas of the brain susceptible to damage from high blood pressure, affecting memory loss, thinking skills and dementia.
News • Long-term anxiety
Cardiac arrest 'haunts' women more often than men
More than 40% of women report anxiety four months after a cardiac arrest compared with 23% of men, according to research presented at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023.
News • Medical engineering
‘Smart' bandages monitor wounds and provide targeted treatment
A new kind of smart bandage developed at Caltech may make treatment of chronic wounds - for example caused by diabetes - easier, more effective, and less expensive.
News • Flexible electronics and human stem cells
‘Biohybrid’ device could restore function in paralysed limbs
Cambridge researchers have developed a new type of neural implant that could restore limb function to amputees and others who have lost the use of their arms or legs.
News • What's your sound barrier?
Misophonia: new insights into intolerance of everyday sounds
UK researchers have shown that misophonia, a condition where those affected show a strong negative reaction to everyday sounds, may affect almost one fifth of the general population.
News • Cardiology study
Does the ‘obesity paradox’ exist? New research debunks myth
New research has debunked the idea of an “obesity paradox”, whereby overweight or obese patients with heart failure are less likely to end up in hospital or die than people of normal weight.
News • Visualization of radiopharmaceutical distribution
A low-cost lensless radiomicroscope for nuclear medicine imaging
A novel imaging modality that can visualize the distribution of medical radiopharmaceuticals with very fine resolution has been developed and successfully tested.
News • Fluorescence-guided surgery
"Lighting up" brain tumours for better surgical removal
A new real-time imaging technique that uses a type of infrared light has, for the first time, been used during surgery to differentiate between cancerous tumours and healthy tissue.
News • Temporal anomalies? Not quite
Our heartbeat can distort our perception of time
Do you feel like time sometimes flies, or can drag on when you're bored? A recent study by academics at Royal Holloway shows how our heartbeats can lead to distortions in our perception of time.
News • Muscle degeneration score
New tool to diagnose and assess sarcopenia severity
Researchers at the University of Barcelona have developed a new tool to assess the presence and severity of sarcopenia, using an ultrasound-based muscle quality scoring system.
News • Secondary tumours
Scientists discover new way to help prevent breast cancer ‘time bomb’
Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may ‘wake up’ following years of sleep - forming incurable secondary tumours.
News • Curative effects of Sonata KV488
Epilepsy: researchers dispel "Mozart myth"
A new study by psychologists at the University of Vienna shows that there is no scientific evidence supporting the alleged positive effect of Mozart's Sonata KV448 on epilepsy.
News • Scientific publications
What is a preprint – and why does that matter?
New research suggests most people don’t understand the difference between a preprint and a published academic journal article. Here is the distinction between the two – and why it is important.
News • Overlooked by most doctors
Income and ethnicity identified as risk factors for cardiovascular disease
According to Dutch researchers, people with low income are up to 1.5 times more at risk of a heart attack or stroke than their wealthier compatriots. Ethnicity was also identified as a risk factor.
News • MTX in the mix
Researchers develop novel therapy for vancomycin-resistant infections
Researchers from the US, Singapore and Geneva have developed a novel combination therapy using an anticancer agent for treating vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VRE).
News • Randomness as resistance strategy
Cancer response to chemotherapy: a game of chance?
Cancer cells have an innate randomness in their ability to respond to chemotherapy, which is another tool in their arsenal of resisting treatment, new research shows.
News • Protein-based nanostructures show promise
Nanoparticles to neutralise SARS-CoV-2
Researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have developed a new type of nanoparticles inspired by the structure of amyloids, capable of neutralising the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
News • Novel therapeutic strategy
Chemogenetics for the treatment of challenging epilepsy cases
Scientists from Japan demonstrated, for the first time, a successful chemogenetic suppression of widespread epileptic seizures in macaque monkeys. Their findings represent an essential step towards clinical trials, and effective treatment for patients with severe epilepsy.
News • Tissue meets tech
Researchers grow electrodes in the brain
Researchers at Linköping, Lund, and Gothenburg universities in Sweden have successfully grown electrodes in living tissue using the body’s molecules as triggers.
News • Enabling neuronal tissue growth
A hydrogel to heal the brain
Synthetic hydrogels were shown to provide an effective scaffold for neuronal tissue growth in areas of brain damage, providing a possible approach for brain tissue reconstruction.
News • Machine learning analyses driving behaviour
Digital markers offer "near-perfect" dementia prediction
US researchers are developing a highly accurate machine learning model for early detection of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older drivers.
News • Health impact of PFAS
Study: “forever chemicals” disrupt key biological processes
Exposure to a mixture of chemicals called PFAS - also known as 'forever chemicals' - leads to alterations in biological processes associated with a broad range of diseases, a new study finds.
News • Targeted LED research
One step closer to new light-activated cancer therapy
Scientists are developing a new kind of light-activated cancer treatments. This would work by switching on LED lights embedded close to a tumour, which would then activate biotherapeutic drugs.
