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Can stem cells improve shoulder surgery?
Stavros Thomopoulos | Via MedicalXpress | December 15, 2022In the annals of shoulder surgery, NFL quarterback Drew Brees is an anomaly. In 2005, Brees was tackled and the rotator cuff tendon in his throwing shoulder was severely torn, a potentially career-ending injury. But after surgery and rehab, Brees returned the next season, led his team to the playoffs, and went on to win […]
With Discovery, Oxygen’s Role in Growth of Tumors Reconsidered
Andre Levchenko | Via Yale University | December 13, 2022Yale researchers have made a discovery that changes conventional thinking about the role that oxygen plays in the growth of tumors—an area of cancer research that has been intensely studied in recent years. The results, from the lab of Andre Levchenko, the John C. Malone Professor of Biomedical Engineering, are published in Cell Systems. Other […]
Stryker launches Citrefix™ Suture Anchor System, featuring award-winning Citregen biomaterial designed to support bone regeneration and the natural healing process
Guillermo Ameer | Via Stryker | December 13, 2022Stryker (NYSE:SYK) today announced the launch of Citrefix™, a suture anchor system for foot and ankle surgical procedures. The new system uses Citregen™, an award-winning bioresorbable material designed to mimic the chemistry and structure of native bone. “Our customers will now benefit from the expanded use of one of the most innovative bioresorbable materials available […]
Rensselaer Researcher Proves a Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease, Osteoporosis, and Diabetes
Deepak Vashishth | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | December 8, 2022In an article published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Dr. Deepak Vashishth and Joan Llabre, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, presented evidence of a link between Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis, and diabetes. While recent evidence showed loss of bone mineral density with Alzheimer’s disease, […]
Insight of noise stress on gastric secretion via stimulation of corticosteroids and management options: A review
Tom Webster | Via Royallite Global | December 7, 2022Keywords: Noise, corticosteroids, gastric secretions, animal models, therapeutics Abstract One of the toughest sources of restrictions on the environment and the workplace is noise. Numerous impacts of noise on the immune system, hormone levels, and the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems are well recognized. In this regard, noise induced stress imparts a very serious effect on […]
Emerging Nanomaterials and Nano-based Drug Delivery Approaches to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
Tom Webster | Via Elsevier | December 7, 2022Emerging Nanomaterials and Nano-based Drug Delivery Approaches to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance focuses on recent and emerging trends surrounding nanomaterials and nano-drug delivery approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance. The relationship between nanomaterials and antimicrobial activity needs to be deeply explored to meet the challenges of combating antimicrobial resistance. The content of this book is divided into […]
Redesigning diabetes technology to detect low blood sugar in older adults with diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease
David Klonoff | Via Science Daily | December 6, 2022Regenstrief Institute Research Scientist April Savoy, PhD, a human factors engineer and health services researcher, is developing and testing user-friendly health information tools and technology designed to enhance accessibility and value to older adults with both diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease, and their caregivers. Without numerous finger sticks, these tools and technology will be designed to […]
LaShanda Korley Appointed U.S. Science Envoy
LaShanda Korley | Via University of Delaware | December 6, 2022Esteemed engineer to travel the world to advance science and technology cooperation with U.S. LaShanda Korley, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been appointed a U.S. Science Envoy for 2023. The announcement was made by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday, Dec. […]
Harriet Nembhard named president of Harvey Mudd College
Harriet Nembhard | Via University of Iowa | December 6, 2022Harriet Nembhard, dean of the University of Iowa’s College of Engineering, has been named president of Harvey Mudd College, a liberal arts college specializing in science, engineering, and mathematics located in Claremont, California. Nembhard, who joined Iowa in June 2020, will begin her new position July 1. The UI will conduct a national search for […]
Oxygen Consumption Detection in the Brain Advances with New Technique
Arjun Yodh | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | December 1, 2022Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania say they have developed a novel optical method that uses a pair of macromolecular phosphorescent probes for the real-time monitoring of cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption (CMRO2), concurrently with cerebral blood flow (CBF) in a preclinical animal model. Their study “Real-time tracking of brain oxygen gradients and blood […]
Vision Society Adds Forward-Looking Professor to 2023 Class of Fellows
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | December 1, 2022The recognition marks Wolfgang Fink’s sixth overall fellowship, and the fourth in a national or international society. The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology(link is external), or ARVO, the largest eye and vision research organization in the world, has selected University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering(link is external) professor Wolfgang Fink as a […]
Beyond Biology: Using the Fundamentals of Synthetic Biology to Address Complex Problems
Milan Mrksich | Via Northwestern University | November 28, 2022Synthetic biology is a robust interdisciplinary field that uses tools and concepts from engineering, physics and computer science to build new biological systems. At Feinberg, scientists are pursuing synthetic biology research to address the health challenges and diseases that humans face. It has been described as using biology’s mechanisms of creating molecules to make new […]
Signal detection enables clear imaging of human cells
Rohit Bhargava | Via The Science Advisory Board. | November 21, 2022Beckman Institute researchers have developed an innovative method to clearly visualize the structure and chemical composition of a human cell. Their study, published November 14 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, utilizes signal detection to advance the field of chemical imaging. Researchers have long been interested in determining what cells are made […]
Are Covid-19 “comas” signs of a protective hibernation state?
Emery Brown | Via MIT | November 18, 2022Scientists hypothesize that, as in a hibernating turtle, the brain under sedation and deprived of oxygen may assume a protective state. Many Covid-19 patients who have been treated for weeks or months with mechanical ventilation have been slow to regain consciousness even after being taken off sedation. A new article in the Proceedings of the […]
Vanderbilt study finds that diabetes may hasten breast cancer tumor growth and stiffness
Cynthia Reinhart-King | Via Vanderbilt University | November 18, 2022While diabetes is already associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new Vanderbilt study published in Science Advances on November 18 indicates that presence of the disease may increase tumor growth and stiffness. Researchers also found that diabetes treatments could reduce the tumor growth and stiffness to levels comparable with non-diabetic ones. […]
Finding the “Sweet Spot” for Indoor Humidity May Help to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission
Lydia Bourouiba | Via Infectious Disease Special Edition | November 18, 2022As friends and families are beginning to plan holiday gatherings, a new study found that raising the humidity level could be another mitigation method to reduce COVID-19. That sweet spot looks to be between 40% and 60% humidity. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) combined population-based COVID-19 data with meteorologic measurements from 121 countries […]
Rensselaer Researchers Publish Research in Nature Machine Intelligence Promoting the Metaverse Transformation of Health Care
Ge Wang | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | November 16, 2022In a perspective article published today in Nature Machine Intelligence, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Drs. Ge Wang, Pingkun Yan, and Chang Niu presented “Medical Technology and AI (MeTAI)” in the metaverse that promises to develop new intelligent health care. This represents a multidisciplinary collaboration among academic and clinical researchers with University of Chicago, […]
Old mice regain leg strength after antibody treatment, Stanford Medicine researchers find
Helen Blau | Via Stanford University | November 15, 2022Muscle stem cells, the cells in muscle fibers that generate new muscle cells after injury or exercise, lose their potency with age. But a study by researchers at Stanford Medicine shows that old mice regain the leg muscle strength of younger animals after receiving an antibody treatment that targets a pathway mediated by a molecule […]
Souped-up oncolytic virus warms up cold brain cancer tumors
Michael Caligiuri | Via Fierce Biotech | November 11, 2022Among the hurdles to treating brain cancer is the fact that glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) cells burrow into brain tissue, which makes them difficult to wipe out with conventional treatments like surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Moreover, they’re “cold” tumors, meaning they don’t contain immune cells that can easily be targeted with immunotherapies. Now, scientists from City […]
Clinical trials are underway on a cancer-killing virus
Yuman Fong | Via WQAD | November 11, 2022Colon, lung, breast, ovarian, pancreatic — almost a million people will be diagnosed with one of these cancers in the coming year. Can a virus fight them? Almost everyone knows someone who has battled cancer. Standard care involves chemo and radiation, medication, and immunotherapies. Now, for the first time ever, clinical trials are underway testing […]