MEDICINE & HEALTH

Yale Researchers Build BrainEx Machine to Restore Brain Function After Death

TECH & INNOVATION 04.18.2019 11:42 AM

A machine that can somewhat restore some functions in brain cells of deceased pigs has been built. Researchers at Yale University spent six years building a machine, which they call BrainEx, that can restore functionality in brain cells of recently slaughtered pigs.

Baby Boy in Texas Born Without Skin

04.18.2019 08:55 AM

New light of hope shines on the parents of a boy in Texas born without skin. Parents Priscilla Maldonado Gray and Marvin Gray welcomed 2019 with a baby boy named Ja'bari Gray.

Study Reveals Human Placenta Exchange Through 3-D Modelling

04.18.2019 08:52 AM

A group of scientists was able to understand more about human placenta through a new method Researchers from the University of Manchester and St. Mary's Hospital have developed a novel three-dimensional human placenta imaging to determine why fetal growth restriction occurs.

New Blood Pressure Drug Has Potential of Treating Parkinson and Dementia in Animal Study

04.18.2019 08:00 AM

The drug can induce autophagy in several neurodegenerative conditions To treat high blood pressure may now become possible through a prescribed drug that has shown promise against diseases like Huntington's Parkinson's and forms of dementia in studies carried out in zebrafish and mice at the University of Cambridge.

Air Pollution Is Doing More Than Just Slowly Killing Us

04.17.2019 19:29 PM

The air that we breathe is polluted and the dirt is making all of us sick. But did you know that air pollution affects our behavior too?

A Comprehensive Look at Ribociclib in Advanced Breast Cancer

04.17.2019 15:50 PM

Ribociclib in combination with an aromatase inhibitor provides lesser benefit than the appropriate comparator therapy

A New Standard Tool That Measures the Effects of Caring For Survivors of TBI

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Caregivers of persons with TBI are underserved and overlooked In an instant, a traumatic brain injury occurs. This ugly scenario can happen in a car crash, a battlefield blast, or a bad fall.

First Ever 3D Printed Heart was Made from Human Tissues and Vessels

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Researchers have successfully 3D printed a heart complete with blood vessels, cells, ventricles, and chambers.

MIT Biologist Discovered Real Interstitial Fluid Surrounding Pancreatic Tumors

04.17.2019 09:41 AM

Scientists have to get the environment right to know how to find the dependencies of cancer Before conducting tests in humans or animals, there has always been a need to evaluate most cancer drugs in tumor cells grown in a lab dish.

Classification of Protein Signatures to Personalize Cancer Treatment

04.17.2019 08:59 AM

Computational researchers develop protein atlas to accelerate personalized treatment Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) survive five years after the initial diagnosis.

Scientists Discovered a New Approach to Reduce or Prevent Renal Fibrosis

04.16.2019 21:06 PM

Scientists Discovered a New Approach to Reduce or Prevent Renal Fibrosis The strange growth of fibrotic material within the kidney, renal fibrosis, obstructs kidney function and may lead to eventual renal failure.

Beards Carry More Germs Than Dogs, says Swiss Scientists

04.16.2019 21:05 PM

The report recently released by Swiss Scientists say that the bacteria lurking in men’s beards are far worse than those found in dogs.

Europe is At Risk of Dengue Fever

04.16.2019 20:11 PM

Scientists warn of the dangers from dengue in hotter and wetter climate The diseases that are insect-borne such as leishmaniasis, encephalitis and dengue fever are on the rise and now feared to have spread into many areas of Europe, in a recent study has found.

Internal Bacteria Grow in Pregnant Women for the First Time, New Study Proves

04.16.2019 19:59 PM

Bacteria sense progesterone and react to it It has come to the understanding of university researchers that bacteria sense pregnancy and understand the need to move to the next generation for them to help babies in breaking down the sugar in mother's milk.

Measles Outbreak In The US Sets New Record

04.16.2019 19:25 PM

There are still areas in the US where a lot of people are still unvaccinated and the infections overseas is what is making outbreaks as such possible, even in the US.