News • Independent genes
Cancer: Study sheds light on mysterious DNA rings
Tumors sometimes seem to take on a life of their own, with cancer genes “striking out” in ring shapes. An international research team has new insights into this phenomenon.
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News • Experts explore potential of devices
Hearing aids: From necessity to enjoyment through music
For decades, hearing aids have been focused on improving communication. While the technology has made strides in terms of speech, it is still subpar when it comes to music.
News • Infection microbiology
Researchers discover a potential cause of Parkinson’s disease
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have demonstrated that certain strains of Desulfovibrio bacteria are the likely cause of Parkinson’s disease in most cases.
News • Strain mapping and antimicrobial properties
Smart coatings give early warning for implant failure
Newly developed “smart” coatings for surgical orthopedic implants can monitor strain on the devices to provide early warning of implant failures while killing infection-causing bacteria.
News • Radiotherapy side effect assessment
How AI could enhance breast cancer treatment
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could identify patients at increased risk of side effects from radiation treatment for breast cancer, according to researchers at the University of Leicester.
News • Research on mini organs
Organoids bring new insights into liver cancer
Dutch scientists have revealed new scientific insights into the features of fibrolamellar carcinoma (FLC), a rare type of childhood liver cancer.
Video • Cardiology & Biomedical Technology
Repairing heart damage: Breakthrough in vascularized heart organoids
Researchers have succeeded in introducing a vascular system into tiny living and beating model human heart muscles, an achievement which it's hoped will accelerate progress toward the ultimate goal of repairing damage from heart disease.
News • AI in intensive care units
Assistance of AI in the decision-making process of clinicians in intensive care units
Clinicians in an intensive care unit need to make complex decisions quickly and precisely, monitoring critically ill or unstable patients around the clock.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Study shows mechanism of PTEN-deficient breast cancer
A group of researchers has illustrated the mechanistic pathway for PTEN-deficient breast cancer and successfully tested a method of countering the downstream effects of immune system evasion by tumors.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Researchers find new IgE antibody targeting skin cancer
A new class of immunotherapy shows promising results for fighting the most aggressive form of skin cancer.
News • Genetics & Viruses
"Gene scissors" in human cells inhibit viral infections
Scientists at the University of Applied Sciences Krems (IMC Krems) show that CRISPR-Cas9 can also be used to inhibit viruses such as adenoviruses in cell cultures.
News • Breast cancer
Study shows: Association between antibiotics and an increased risk of death after breast cancer
Women with triple-negative breast cancer who received multiple antibiotic prescriptions within three years after their cancer diagnosis were more likely to experience disease recurrence and to die from their cancer.
News • Neuroscience & Alzheimer's disease
Researchers identifiy subset of neurons that are most susceptible to Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration, or the gradual loss of neuron function, is one of the key features of Alzheimer's disease. However, it doesn't affect all parts of the brain equally.
News • Genetics & Neuroscience
Research investigates the convergence of schizophrenia risk genes in brain coexpression networks
Johns Hopkins researchers, along with colleagues in Italy, have published a study that looks into the genetic mechanisms behind the development of schizophrenia.
News • Oncology & Immunology
Research shows promising results for better treatments of aggressive brain cancer
For decades, researchers have marveled at the ability of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer, to turn off a patient's cancer-fighting immune cells, thereby allowing tumors to grow freely.
News • Genetics & Neuroscience
Improvement of stroke diagnosis and treatment through specific genes
Genes are full of clues about a person's health and might also show the way for stroke recovery.
News • Long Covid & Neuroscience
Long COVID: correlation between smell loss and changes in the brain
People living with long COVID who suffer from loss of smell show different patterns of activity in certain regions of the brain, a new study led by UCL researchers has found.
News • Oncology & health informatics
Colon cancer: AI tool predicts survival, treatment response
A new artificial intelligence model could bring much-needed clarity to doctors delivering prognoses and deciding on treatments for patients with colorectal cancer.
News • Pregnancy & colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer in the mother linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes
In a nationwide Swedish study of 207 births to women with an earlier diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC), researchers found an increased risk of both maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes.
News • Radiation protection in the healthcare sector
Female health workers need better radiation protection to minimize breast cancer risk, find researchers
Women working in health care who are regularly exposed to radiation from X-rays and other imaging procedures need better ionizing radiation protection.
News • Artifical Intelligence
The promise—and pitfalls—of medical AI headed our way
Doctors across all disciplines, with assistance from artificial intelligence, may soon have the ability to quickly consult a patient's entire medical file against the backdrop of all medical health care data and every published piece of medical literature online.
News • Parkinson disease detection
Low-cost sensor detects early-stage Parkinson's disease in biological samples
Researchers at the University of Campinas and the Federal University of São Carlos in Brazil have developed an electrochemical sensor that detects Parkinson's disease at different stages.
News • Genetic diseases
Study sheds light on causes of rare genetic diseases in 5,500 people
Around 5,500 people with severe developmental disorders now know the genetic cause of their condition, thanks to a major nationwide study in the U.K..
News • Prevention of blood cancer
Research identifies new target that may prevent blood cancer
An international coalition of biomedical researchers has determined a new way to measure the growth rate of precancerous clones of blood stem cells that one day could help doctors lower their patients' risk of blood cancer.
News • Chemotherapy, testicular cancer
Gene scissors find target for testicular cancer therapy
Bonn researchers uncover contribution of protein degradation processes to cisplatin resistance in germ cell tumors: Cisplatin is used successfully in the chemotherapy of testicular cancer.
