News • Viral impostors
Pseudoviruses with click chemistry help understand infections
Würzburg resarchers have created a new pseudovirus design that allows tracking of penetration of viruses into cells.
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News • Interaction with cancer patients
Experts raise ethics concerns posed by patient-facing AI in oncology
Bioethics researchers call on medical societies, government leaders, clinicians, and researchers to work together to ensure AI-driven healthcare preserves patient autonomy and respects human dignity.
News • RENACER repository
Brain cancer tissue samples to gain new insights
A paper published in Trends in Cancer explains the advantages of RENACER, the world’s first repository of brain metastases live samples, created by researchers at CNIO.
News • Mobile point-of-care imaging
An MRI-equipped ambulance: A game-changer for stroke care?
Because time is brain: To explore the potential for accelerated stroke diagnostics, US researchers equipped an ambulance with a portable MRI – with promising first results.
News • VITT reseach
Cause for rare, but deadly vaccine-related blood clotting found
A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of Covid-19 vaccination has been identified in new research.
News • Good killer cells
Cellular immunotherapy: a new approach against cancer
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery – these are the three common forms of cancer therapy. Now, lymphoma specialists in Essen are investigating the possibility of a different approach.
News • Using AI nanopores
New rapid testing method for Covid-19
Researchers from Osaka University present a novel technique to detect different coronavirus variants quickly, including fast-spreading strains present in human saliva.
News • Diversity in medicine
Breaking down the bias: how women in medicine are portrayed in films
Seeing a female doctor in a film may inspire women to pursue a career in medicine. However, the clinical gender reality is not well-represented in movies, a new study finds.
News • IC before CRT
Cervical cancer: Improved treatment course increases survival, reduces recurrence
New trial results suggest that a short course of induction chemotherapy prior to chemoradiation could reduce the rate of relapse and death among patients with locally advanced cervical cancer.
News • Deep learning refinement
Colorectal cancer: AI tool improves diagnostic accuracy
Researchers from Finland have developed an artificial intelligence tool for automatic colorectal cancer tissue analysis that outperforms prior methods.
News • Evolution of Sars-CoV-2
Coronavirus model predicts new variants
What does the future of the coronavirus look like? An international research team from Cologne and New York has developed a model to predict the likely evolution of Sars-CoV-2.
News • Three times faster
Magnetic gel to speed up healing of diabetic wounds
Chronic wounds in diabetes patients are often slow to heal, which can lead to serious infections and even limb amputation. Now, researchers propose to address this with a magnetic wound-healing gel.
Article • Gender-specific symptoms
AI pilot project: Early detection of heart attacks in women
A new research collaboration aims to develop a forward-looking AI application to detect gender-specific symptoms earlier and further reduce mortality from heart disease, especially among women.
News • New assessment method
AI system could help detect patients’ pain before, during and after surgery
An automated pain recognition system using artificial intelligence (AI) holds promise as an unbiased method to detect pain in patients before, during and after surgery.
News • Sars-CoV-2 response study
How young children’s immune systems 'tame' the coronavirus
A new study found that the antibody response of infants and young children against Sars-CoV-2 deviates from that of adults in a small, but very significant way.
News • Researchers look into mammoplasty aftereffects
Immune system disorders after silicone breast implant surgery
Russian scientists have conducted a comprehensive examination of why some women present with autoimmune conditions after silicone augmentation mammoplasty.
News • The role of arginine
Cancer research: Metabolite drives tumor development
University of Basel scientists have discovered that high levels of the amino acid arginine drive metabolic reprogramming to promote tumor growth. This could lead to improved liver cancer treatment.
News • New insights into genetic markers
Pregnancy can be a 'miracle cure' for rheumatoid arthritis – but why?
When a woman becomes pregnant, sometimes her pre-existing rheumatoid arthritis will 'magically' go away. In others, the condition becomes even worse. Now, US researchers may have found an explanation.
News • Hybrid peptide-DNA nanostructures
Could artificial life forms be the medicine of the future?
What role should artificial life play in medicine? Researchers from Denmark and the US explore the potential of hybrid peptide-DNA nanostructures for diagnosing and treating diseases.
News • Immune system insights
New corona research could improve vaccination techniques
New research from Copenhagen University Hospital – Rigshospitalet and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital has shed new light on the immune system’s complex struggle against the coronavirus.
News • Reduction of as much as 14 years
Early type 2 diabetes has huge impact on life expectancy
The earlier it starts, the more type 2 diabetes shaves off of a person's life expectancy. For people in their 30s, this can be as much as 14 years less, new research finds.
News • Breakthrough against metastatic mammacarcinoma
New approach busts chemo resistance of TNBC breast cancer
A team of researchers from Vienna has discovered that dormant breast cancer tumor cells surviving chemotherapy can be targeted through the inhibition of a specific protein.
News • Environmental and human health research
PHIC: A French-Japanese cooperation for planetary health
A remarkable collaboration for planetary health: The Institut Pasteur and the University of Tokyo want to establish a joint institution dedicated to addressing human and environmental health research.
News • Detection of lumps
New robot could help diagnose breast cancer early
A team at the University of Bristol has developed a robot manipulator that could carry out clinical breast examinations. The developers hope the device will revolutionise breast health monitoring.
News • Medical diagnosis experiment shows
AI is biased – and humans 'inherit' their flaws
New research from Deusto University in Bilbao, Spain, provides evidence that people can inherit artificial intelligence biases (systematic errors in AI outputs) in their decisions.