MEDICINE & HEALTH

Dopamine Impulses Can Be Controlled in the Brain of Mice in Anticipation of Rewards

MEDICINE & HEALTH 07.24.2021 03:00 AM

Scientists from UC San Diego showed that mice can willfully control dopamine impulses, the "feel-good" brain chemical, for rewards.

Fungus Spread in 2 US Cities Reported; 1st Time for CDC to Identify Cases of This Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Disease

07.24.2021 01:50 AM

The United States Health Officials said on Thursday, they now have evidence of an untreatable fungus spread in a nursing home and two hospitals.

Swansea University Developed Bioink for 3D Printing Facial Features with Human Cells

07.24.2021 01:31 AM

Researchers from Swansea University have developed bioink using human cells and plant-based materials to 3D print facila features such as nose and ears for facial reconstructive surgery.

Red Tide Bloom at Florida Beaches May Stimulate Respiratory Problems, NWS Warns

07.23.2021 21:23 PM

The National Weather Services earlier today said people may suffer respiratory problems due to a persistent bloom of poisonous red tide off the Gulf Coast of Florida.

AI Used to Predict 3D Structures of Proteins Made by Human Genome; Critical for Advancing Medicine

07.23.2021 07:20 AM

Scientists have been using AlphaFold artificial intelligence (AI) system to accelerate scientific projects that aim to develop new drugs for diseases and enzymes that can break down plastics. It offers a large dataset that unlocks advances in medicine.

Lambda Variant: Is This COVID-19 Strain Something We Should Worry About?

07.23.2021 06:35 AM

While the delta variant of COVID-19 has rapidly become the prevalent strain in the United States, another strain, the lambda variant is also making the headline after it was recently identified in Peru.

Breakthrough Infections: What You Should Know When You Get Infected Even After Getting Vaccinated

07.23.2021 06:00 AM

Breakthrough infections are rare but not impossible even after getting vaccinated. So what should fully vaccinated people do when they were exposed to infected COVID-19 patients?

WIV Workers Not Infected With COVID-19; China Not Participating in Next Stage of WHO’s Investigation on the Virus’ Origin, Health Official Says

07.23.2021 01:50 AM

A Chinese government health official recently denied that the Wuhan Institute of Virology or WIV workers were not infected with COVID-19 shortly before the virus first occurred.

Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Proven 88% Effective Against COVID-19 Delta Variant

07.23.2021 00:50 AM

A recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms that the Pfizer vaccine works effectively against the COVID-19 delta variant, with a whopping 88% efficacy.

AI Innovation 'AlphaFold' May Lead to Human Proteome Revolution!

07.22.2021 23:11 PM

DeepMind and EMBL developed a new AI-powered 3D modeling system to predict protein structures for future biological and medical studies. The protein modeling system, AlphaFold, will be free for public usage.

Neuroscientists Explain How Dynamic Visual Stimuli is Processed Accurately in Human Perception

07.22.2021 06:20 AM

Prestigious institutions collaborate to elaborate the how our visual perception process. Neuroscience experts from various institutions have collaborated to conduct a study regarding the human visual system.

CBP Seizes 15 Giant Land Snails at Houston Airport, Saying These Could Cause a Rare Form of Meningitis

07.22.2021 05:40 AM

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 15 live giant land snails at Houston Airport from an airline passenger's luggage earlier this month.

Monkeypox Spreading in 27 US States; Over 200 People Possibly Exposed to the Virus and the CDC Says It Could Be Fatal

07.22.2021 05:30 AM

Over 200 people across 27 states in the United States might have possibly been exposed to monkeypox, recent reports showed.

'Aeson' Artificial Heart Transplant: 39-Year-Old Man Becomes First US Patient to Undergo the Surgery

07.22.2021 01:12 AM

A team of surgeons has recently completed the first human implantation in the United States of the 'Aeson', an artificial heart device which the CARMAT French company developed.

Immune System Could Be Fine-Tuned at the T-Cell Level to Produce Better Immune Response

07.22.2021 00:59 AM

Scientists at Cardiff University discovered a new technique to fine-tune the immune system at the level of T-cells to produce a better immune response against bacteria and viruses, like SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.

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