MEDICINE & HEALTH

Correct antibiotic dosing could preserve lung microbial diversity in cystic fibrosis

MEDICINE & HEALTH 02.22.2019 08:16 AM

Children and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF) whose lung infections were treated with suboptimal doses of antibiotics had fewer changes in lung microbial diversity during the IV treatment, and their microbial diversity levels were higher 30 days later, a multi-institutional study that includes Children's researchers shows.

Drug combination may become new standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer

02.18.2019 08:33 AM

A combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could become a new standard, first-line treatment for patients with metastatic kidney cancer, says an investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reporting results from a phase 3 clinical trial.

Can we repair the brain? The promise of stem cell technologies for treating parkinson's disease

02.15.2019 07:59 AM

Despite challenges, new advances in stem cell biology and genetic engineering show potential for better cell replacement therapies, say experts in a special supplement to the Journal of Parkinson's Disease

UCI biomedical engineers develop wearable respiration monitor with children's toy

02.14.2019 08:29 AM

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a wearable, disposable respiration monitor that provides high-fidelity readings on a continuous basis. It's designed to help children with asthma and cystic fibrosis and others with chronic pulmonary conditions.

How breast tissue stiffening promotes breast cancer development

02.13.2019 09:13 AM

A study provides new insight into how the stiffening of breast tissue plays a role in breast cancer development. By examining how mammary cells respond in a stiffness-changing hydrogel, bioengineers at the University of California San Diego discovered that several pathways work together to promote the transformation of breast cells into cancer cells. The work could inspire new approaches to treating patients and inhibiting tumor growth.

BFU physicists developed a new method to identify antibiotics-resistant bacteria

02.13.2019 08:58 AM

A team of physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic State University suggested a method to quickly identify single antibiotic-resistant bacteria cells that are the agents of tuberculosis. The new method helps find the bacteria and evaluate their resistance to antibiotics without damaging the biological material. The results of the first trial of the method were published in Data in Brief.

Gene therapy: utilizing nanotechnology in fighting against Chlamydia

02.12.2019 08:46 AM

Scientists in Canada have developed a new method for preventing and treating chlamydia. Chlamydia, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is a common sexually transmitted disease that can infect women with cervicitis and in both men and women with urethritis and proctitis. The team of researchers from the University of Waterloo treats chlamydia through gene therapy using nanotechnology.

Scientists discover genes that help harmful bacteria thwart treatment

02.08.2019 09:25 AM

A Rutgers-led team has discovered two genes that make some strains of harmful Staphyloccocus bacteria resistant to treatment by copper, a potent and frequently used antibacterial agent.

Common test for mental health understanding is biased

01.28.2019 20:22 PM

RMET test is biased against less educated, less intelligent and certain ethnic and racial minorities

Interferon regulatory factor 6 mutations implicated in neural tube defects, including spina bifida

01.25.2019 09:02 AM

International team of 27 authors is first to link DNA variants in IRF6 to this common birth defect Mutations in a gene known as interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6) that cause cleft lip and palate also are implicated in neural tube defects such as spina bifida, suggests research by an international study team published online Jan.

Muscle memory discovery ends 'use it or lose it' dogma

01.25.2019 09:01 AM

New research shows that extra nuclei gained during exercise persist even after a muscle shrinks from disuse, disease or aging -- and can be mobilized rapidly to facilitate bigger gains on retraining

Inspiring people to make better lifestyle choices -- through isotopes

01.24.2019 16:31 PM

Fitness goals are typically at the forefront of new year's resolutions for many Americans, and a recent study from ASU provides a new way to understand diet and exercise in a more holistic way, and may help us reach those goals.

Emergency caesareans put new mothers at higher risk of developing postnatal depression

01.23.2019 10:44 AM

A new study has revealed first-time mothers who give birth via unplanned caesarean section are 15% more likely to experience postnatal depression.

Feeling groovy: Neurons integrate better with muscle grown on grooved platforms

01.22.2019 18:03 PM

Growing muscle tissue on grooved platforms helps neurons more effectively integrate with the muscle, a requirement for engineering muscle in the lab that responds and functions like muscle in the body, University of Illinois researchers found in a new study.

Payments to physicians may increase opioid prescribing

01.22.2019 08:47 AM

US doctors who receive direct payments from opioid manufacturers tend to prescribe more opioids than doctors who receive no such payments, according to new research published by Addiction.

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