Research
Researchers at Colorado State University have created a cobalt-based molecule to be a noninvasive chemical thermometer. The breakthrough toward their goal of making new magnetic imaging probes with extreme temperature sensitivity was published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. “Not only does this work show promise in the medicinal field, but the basic steps [...]
Cell-based therapies have long been thought of as an alternative treatment option for patients with a range of problems caused by organ and tissue failure, like corneal blindness. While great in theory, in practice these therapies show limited clinical success in many applications. This is due to low cell viability after injection, as well as [...]
A person's chance of breaking a bone sometime within the next year is nearly four per cent. If they are unlucky enough to need a bone replacement, it will probably be based on a metal part. Unfortunately, metal parts are sometimes toxic over time, and will not help the original bone regrow. Calcium phosphate ceramics [...]
Brain scans of people taken while they performed various tasks - and even did nothing - accurately predicted whether they were politically conservative or liberal, according to the largest study of its kind. US researchers found that the 'signatures' in the brain revealed by the scans were as accurate at predicting political ideology as the [...]
US researchers have applied a novel stem cell model to map disease risk variants in human neurons. This could help provide insights into the biological mechanisms that underlie neuropsychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai team’s in vitro cellular model was described in the May 31 issue [...]
A multidisciplinary Zurich research team has succeeded in doing something during a treatment attempt that has never been achieved before. Liver4Life treated a damaged human liver in a machine for three days outside of a body and then implanted the recovered organ into a cancer patient. One year later, the patient is doing well. The [...]
Molecular machines that kill infectious bacteria have been taught to see their mission in a new light. The latest iteration of nanoscale drills developed at Rice University are activated by visible light rather than ultraviolet (UV), as in earlier versions. These have also proven effective at killing bacteria through tests on real infections. Six variants [...]
UK researchers have developed an imaging technique to capture information about the structure and function of brain tissue at sub-cellular level. The unique approach, detailed in Nature Communications on May 25, can assess a few billionths of a metre, while also capturing information about the surrounding environment. The technique overcomes the challenges of imaging tissues at different scales, [...]
Researchers have compiled a comprehensive catalog of genetic variation in 100,000 Nigerian adults. The aim of the '100K Genome Project', launched in 2020, is to understand the genetic basis of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). These extremely common illnesses - such as cancers, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, chronic kidney disease - kill more than 41 million people every year, accounting for [...]
To save you from trawling the web looking for health tech news, we have compiled bitesized versions of some of the top stories published on other sites this week. Scottish health tech company secures £1.7m for research Glasgow-based medical device specialist Nebuflow has secured an oversubscribed £1.7 million investment round, according to Digit News on May 10. [...]
