MEDICINE & HEALTH

'Smart' Bandage Shows Tissue Oxygen Levels

'Smart' bandage emits phosphorescent glow for healing below

Oct 02, 2014

Inspired by wounded warriors, new paint-on, see-through bandage not only protects wounds and severe burns but enables direct measurement of tissue oxygenation

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Oct 02, 2014

ZEB1, Oscar for leading role in fat storage

A team from EPFL, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, has managed to decode the process of adipogenesis by identifying the precise proteins that play the leading roles in fat absorption. Their findings have been published in the open-access scientific journal eLife.

Oct 02, 2014

New drug-delivery capsule may replace injections

Given a choice, most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection. Unfortunately, many drugs, especially those made from large proteins, cannot be given as a pill because they get broken down in the stomach before they can be absorbed.

Oct 02, 2014

Intervention Helps Decrease “Mean Girl” Behaviors, MU Researchers Find

Relational aggression, or "mean girl" bullying, is a popular subject in news and entertainment media.

Oct 02, 2014

Fibromyalgia and the role of brain connectivity in pain inhibition

The cause of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome is not known.

Oct 02, 2014

New Molecule Could Fight Oxidative Stress, Lead to Therapies for Cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease, MU Researchers Say

Breathing oxygen helps the body create energy for its cells.

Oct 02, 2014

Montmorency tart cherry juice lowered blood uric acid levels and a marker for inflammation

Tart cherries have long been researched for their association with pain relief - ranging from gout and arthritis joint pain to exercise-related muscle pain.

Oct 02, 2014

Synthetic sperm protein raises the chance for successful in vitro fertilization

New research in the FASEB Journal suggests that a synthetic version of the sperm protein PAWP satisfies criteria of genuine sperm-borne oocyte activation for IVF

Oct 02, 2014

New learning mechanism for individual nerve cells

The traditional view is that learning is based on the strengthening or weakening of the contacts between the nerve cells in the brain. However, this has been challenged by new research findings from Lund University in Sweden. These indicate that there is also a third mechanism – a kind of clock function that gives individual nerve cells the ability to time their reactions.

Oct 02, 2014

A Heartbeat Away? Hybrid "Patch" Could Replace Transplants

TAU researcher harnesses gold nanoparticles to engineer novel biocompatible cardiac patch

Oct 02, 2014

Americans undergo colonoscopies too often, study finds

Following the proper guidelines could save money and discomfort of unnecessary screenings

Oct 02, 2014

Contaminated water linked to pregnancy complications, BU study finds

Prenatal exposure to tetrachloroethylene (PCE) in drinking water may increase the risk of stillbirth and placental abruption, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher.

Oct 02, 2014

NEJM: Crizotinib Effective in Phase 1 Trial Against ROS1 Lung Cancer

The New England Journal of Medicine reports positive results of a phase 1 clinical trial of the drug crizotinib against the subset of lung cancer marked by rearrangement of the gene ROS1. In this multi-center study of 50 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer testing positive for ROS1 gene rearrangement, the response rate was 72 percent, with 3 complete responses and 33 partial responses. Median progression-free survival – the time it takes for the disease to resume its growth after being slowed by treatment – is estimated at 19.2 months with exactly half of patients remaining on observation for disease progression that has not yet occurred.