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Discovery of a new approach to inhibiting a highly treatment-refractory liver cancer
Dan Duda | Via EurekAlert | January 12, 2021Reprogramming the rich connective tissue microenvironment of a liver cancer known as intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) inhibits its progression and resistance to standard chemotherapy in animal models, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. This new treatment for a disease with extremely poor outcomes uses antibodies to block placental growth factor (PlGF), a member of […]
Mapping Brain Networks to Understand Epilepsy
Victoria Morgan | Via Scientia | January 8, 2021Epilepsy is one of the most common causes of disability worldwide, but for many patients, treatment fails to be effective. Dr Victoria Morgan and her team from the Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are using functional connectivity mapping to find out why some patients respond better to treatment and […]
3D printing helps improve biocompatibility of metallic implants
Amit Bandyopadhyay | Via Materials Today | January 7, 2021With over half of all commercial biomedical implants containing metal, a new study by researchers at Washington State University, the Mayo Clinic, and Stanford University Medical Center has shown the value of using 3D printing to identify new alloys that improve upon metals that have been in surgical use for decades. As reported in Materials […]
3D printing helps improve biocompatibility of metallic implants
Susmita Bose | Via Materials Today | January 7, 2021With over half of all commercial biomedical implants containing metal, a new study by researchers at Washington State University, the Mayo Clinic, and Stanford University Medical Center has shown the value of using 3D printing to identify new alloys that improve upon metals that have been in surgical use for decades. As reported in Materials […]
COVID’s Collateral Damage: Germicidal UV Lamps Can Damage Corneas
Jean-Marie Parel | Via Scitech Daily | January 7, 2021In a paper published in the journal of Ocular Immunology and Inflammation, physicians from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine reported that several patients using germicidal lamps in an attempt to sanitize against the coronavirus, developed painful inflammation of the cornea, a condition called photokeratitis. These consumer-available […]
Nanodroplets and ultrasound ‘drills’ prove effective at tackling tough blood clots
Paul Dayton | Via Phys.org | January 7, 2021Engineering researchers have developed a new technique for eliminating particularly tough blood clots, using engineered nanodroplets and an ultrasound “drill” to break up the clots from the inside out. The technique has not yet gone through clinical testing. In vitro testing has shown promising results. Specifically, the new approach is designed to treat retracted blood […]
Bone Fracture Risk May Increase When Critical Enzymatic Processes Decline
Deepak Vashishth | Via Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | January 5, 2021A loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person’s risk of bone fracture. This new insight was recently published in eLife by an international team of scientists and engineers led by Deepak Vashishth, the director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Enzymatic processes are essential […]
Based on genes, nearly everyone is likely to have an atypical response to at least one drug
Russ Altman | Via Stanford University | January 4, 2021Every drug, from morphine to ibuprofen, has a standard dose — a sort of one-size-fits all recommendation. But a new study suggests that when it comes to drug doses, “one size fits all” rarely applies. Stanford Medicine professor Russ Altman, MD, PhD, and a team of scientists found that almost everyone (99.5% of individuals) is […]
High-Throughput Mitochondria Transfer Device Developed
Eric Chiou | Via Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | December 31, 2020Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center say have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated mitochondria and their associated mitochondrial DNA into mammalian cells. This approach enables researchers to tailor a key genetic component of cells, to study and potentially treat debilitating diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and metabolic disorders. The team […]
Ameer Receives Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature
Guillermo Ameer | Via Northwestern University | December 23, 2020Northwestern Engineering’s Guillermo Ameer has been named the recipient of the 2021 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature from the Society for Biomaterials. The Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature is given to someone who has made significant contributions to the literature on the science or technology of biomaterials. The importance of the […]
Wolfgang Fink Named VP of Prognostics and Health Management Society
Wolfgang Fink | Via University of Arizona | December 23, 2020The Prognostics and Health Management Society has elected Wolfgang Fink, electrical and computer engineering and biomedical engineering professor and inaugural Edward & Maria Keonjian Endowed Chair in the College of Engineering, as the organization’s vice president. Founded in 2009, the PHM Society is a nonprofit dedicated to advancing the discipline of PHM, which draws from […]
Light flips genetic switch in bacteria inside transparent worms
Jeff Tabor | Via Rice University | December 22, 2020Baylor College of Medicine researcher Meng Wang had already shown that bacteria that make a metabolite called colanic acid (CA) could extend the lifespan of worms in her lab by as much as 50%, but her collaboration with Rice University synthetic biologist Jeffrey Tabor is providing tools to answer the bigger question of how the […]
Promising clinical data for fenofibrate’s ability to prevent lung damage in COVID patients
Yaakov Nahmias | Via EurekAlert | December 22, 2020In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the disease, research spearheaded at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University gathered early clinical evidence demonstrating the efficacy of an existing drug in treating COVID-19. The study was presented at the recent SPARK Conference on Generic Drug Repurposing for COVID-19 […]
Artificial Intelligence Advances Showcased at the Virtual 2020 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Could Help to Integrate This Technology Into Everyday Healthcare
Ulysses Balis | Via PR Newswire | December 13, 2020Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to revolutionize healthcare, but integrating AI-based techniques into routine medical practice has proven to be a significant challenge. A plenary session at the virtual 2020 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo will explore how one clinical lab overcame this challenge to implement a machine learning-based test, while […]
Small molecule restores muscle strength, boosts endurance in old mice, study finds
Helen Blau | Via Stanford University | December 10, 2020Blocking the activity of a single protein in old mice for one month restores mass and strength to the animals’ withered muscles and helps them run longer on a treadmill, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Conversely, increasing the expression of the protein in young mice causes their […]
New method uses artificial intelligence to study live cells
Gabriel Popescu | Via UIUC | December 7, 2020Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign have developed a new technique that combines label-free imaging with artificial intelligence to visualize unlabeled live cells over a prolonged time. This technique has potential applications in studying cell viability and pathology. The study “Phase imaging with computational specificity (PICS) for measuring dry mass changes in sub-cellular […]
Creating the Future of Stroke Recovery
Li-Qun Zhang | Via University of Maryland | December 7, 2020$4.6 Million Award to Support Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Staying upright is a common challenge for patients with neurological damage from a stroke or older adults with a high falling risk, but pinpointing the specific weaknesses causing falls in a system as complex as the human body can turn diagnosis into high-risk puzzle for clinicians. […]
New CRISPR-based test for COVID-19 uses a smartphone camera
Daniel Fletcher | Via Science Daily | December 4, 2020Imagine swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device, and getting a read-out on your phone in 15 to 30 minutes that tells you if you are infected with the COVID-19 virus. This has been the vision for a team of scientists at Gladstone Institutes, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), and University of […]
Bahram Javidi Developing Rapid COVID-19 Testing
Bahram Javidi | Via University of Connecticut | December 3, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has caused rapid changes across the globe in nearly every facet of life. Now, University of Connecticut professor of engineering Bahram Javidi is developing a low-cost, portable COVID-19 testing instrument to test for the virus just as quickly. Through support from the Office of the Vice President for Research’s COVID-19 Research Seed […]