Medical Technology
X-rays reveal new path in battle against mosquito-borne illness
Structural biology research conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has uncovered how small insecticidal...
Empowering diabetes patients through technology
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have received a five-year, $4 million federal grant to study how mobile technology can...
Lights, camera, action: New catheter lets doctors see inside arteries for first time
Removing plaque from clogged arteries is a common procedure that can save and improve lives. This treatment approach was recently...
‘Missing link’ found in the development of bioelectronic medicines
New research, led by the University of Southampton, has demonstrated that a nanoscale device, called a memristor, could be the...
Scientists put a new twist on artificial muscles
In recent years, researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and colleagues at the University of Wollongong in Australia...
Tapping evolution to improve biotech products
Scientists can improve protein-based drugs by reaching into the evolutionary past, a paper published in Nature Biotechnology proposes. It has...
Graphene nanoribbons show promise for healing spinal injuries
Rice researchers James Tour, left, and William Sikkema. Credit: Jeff Fitlow The combination of graphene nanoribbons made with a process...
Human ‘junk’ gene sequences can promote translation
Piero Carninci of CLST, who led the team Credit: Riken Scientists have found a group of human sequences -- unrelated...
A low-cost sensor for cystic fibrosis diagnosis
Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn State A...
UTA researchers’ papers find concept of using light to image, potentially treat PTSD
After years of studying the effects of near-infrared light on veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injuries, a...
Factor isolated from babies cord blood could treat harmful inflammation, sepsis
(University of Utah Health Sciences) A factor from umbilical cord blood could become the basis for developing new drugs to...
Innovative device simulates cataract replacement experience
WASHINGTON -- Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the...
Survival of the fittest sperm: How new technology may help infertile couples
The competition is fierce and only the strongest survive the obstacle course within the female reproductive tract. Of the millions...
Nanoprobe enables measurement of protein dynamics in living cells
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized...
Metagenomics pathogen detection tool could change how infectious diseases are diagnosed
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, May 26, 2016--Scientists at the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, and IDbyDNA, Inc., have developed ultra-fast,...
New material temporarily tightens skin
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that...
Does this ankle need an X-ray? There’s an app for that
The Ottawa Rules, a set of rules used around the world to help health professionals decide when to order x-rays...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Fish reveal cause of altered human facial development
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Important additional driver of insect decline identified: Weather explains the decline and rise of insect biomass over 34 years
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Understanding the neurological mechanisms behind Parkinson’s disease
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UCLA-led team develops key improvement to Nobel Prize-winning technology
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New findings on hair loss in men