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UC San Diego engineers develop desktop diagnosis tool that detects harmful bacteria in few hours

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a desktop diagnosis tool that detects the presence of harmful bacteria in a blood sample in a matter of hours instead of days.

8 Feb 2017

Breast reconstruction after mastectomy offered less often to older women, study finds

A national study from England indicates that older women are often not offered immediate breast reconstruction following a mastectomy, even though guidelines state that surgeons should discuss reconstruction with all suitable patients and that it should be available at the initial surgical operation.

8 Feb 2017

Researchers find drugs that could replicate effects of gastric bypass surgery

Gastric bypass surgery is one of the most successful treatments for obesity and related disorders; however, some patients may not want to undergo surgery.

8 Feb 2017

Smokers more likely to die from colon cancer than non-smokers, study shows

In an analysis of more than 18,000 patients treated for colon cancer, current smokers were 14 percent more likely to die from their colon cancer within five years than patients who had never smoked.

8 Feb 2017

Study links higher BMI to lower chances of getting hospice care

The heavier someone is, the less likely they are to have what many people might call a "good death", with hospice care and a chance to die at home, a new study finds. And that difference comes with a financial, as well as a personal, cost, the research shows.

8 Feb 2017

Scientists identify beliefs that may influence South Asian patients from taking diabetes medication

The social stigma associated with diabetes and a fear of being poisoned by medical drugs may contribute to patients of South Asian origin failing to take their medication, a new study shows.

8 Feb 2017

Researchers discover function of olfactory receptors in human heart muscle

Researchers have for the first time identified the function of olfactory receptors in the human heart muscle, such as are also present in the nose. One of the receptors reacts to fatty acids that occur in the blood, in patients with diabetes significantly above the normal range.

8 Feb 2017

New study sheds light on how prenatal BPA exposure increases obesity risk

An expectant mother's exposure to the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A (BPA) can raise her offspring's risk of obesity by reducing sensitivity to a hormone responsible for controlling appetite, according to a mouse study published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology.

8 Feb 2017

People using Facebook or surfing the web suffer impaired perception of time, research suggests

Updating your Facebook status can be a fun way to while away the hours - but now it seems it really is making us lose track of time as we do it.

8 Feb 2017

UCLA researchers identify drug combinations that may be successful in reducing growth of bacteria

A landmark report by the World Health Organization in 2014 observed that antibiotic resistance -- long thought to be a health threat of the future -- had finally become a serious threat to public health around the world.

8 Feb 2017

Study sheds light on role of Armc5 protein in foetal development and T-cell immune responses

Genetic mutations of the Armc5 gene disrupt foetal development and compromise the immune response.

8 Feb 2017

Researchers uncover reasons for differences between immune cells in males and females

Michigan State University researchers are the first to uncover reasons why a specific type of immune cell acts very differently in females compared to males while under stress, resulting in women being more susceptible to certain diseases.

8 Feb 2017

Teacher’s interaction may be cause of lower academic performance among obese female students

While obesity is often thought of as a health problem, a new study by a University of Illinois at Chicago sociologist suggests that discrimination by body weight may be the more important factor for obese white female students' lower success in school.

8 Feb 2017

Researchers launch first real-time study to measure efficacy of fertility app

In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center's Institute for Reproductive Health announced today the launch of a year-long study to measure the efficacy of a new app, Dot, for avoiding unintended pregnancy as compared to efficacy rates of other family planning methods.

8 Feb 2017

Study suggests that iPSCs do not develop more mutations than subcloned cells

It's been more than 10 years since Japanese researchers Shinya Yamanaka, M.D., Ph.D., and his graduate student Kazutoshi Takahashi, Ph.D., developed the breakthrough technique to return any adult cell to its earliest stage of development (a pluripotent stem cell) and change it into different types of cells in the body.

8 Feb 2017

Medical Research News

UC San Diego engineers develop desktop diagnosis tool that detects harmful bacteria in few hours

Breast reconstruction after mastectomy offered less often to older women, study finds

Researchers find drugs that could replicate effects of gastric bypass surgery

Smokers more likely to die from colon cancer than non-smokers, study shows

Study links higher BMI to lower chances of getting hospice care

Scientists identify beliefs that may influence South Asian patients from taking diabetes medication

Researchers discover function of olfactory receptors in human heart muscle

New study sheds light on how prenatal BPA exposure increases obesity risk

People using Facebook or surfing the web suffer impaired perception of time, research suggests

UCLA researchers identify drug combinations that may be successful in reducing growth of bacteria

Study sheds light on role of Armc5 protein in foetal development and T-cell immune responses

Researchers uncover reasons for differences between immune cells in males and females

Teacher’s interaction may be cause of lower academic performance among obese female students

Researchers launch first real-time study to measure efficacy of fertility app

Study suggests that iPSCs do not develop more mutations than subcloned cells

Research provides insights about left-right differences in embryonic neural development

UNC scientists confirm and clarify key molecular details of nucleotide excision repair

Novel cell therapy may repair heart damage using modified cells from facial muscle

Scientists secure NIH grant to test portable blood-adhesion monitor for sickle cell disease patients

Study finds link between breast density and contralateral breast cancer

Making Complex Cell Culture Easy and Efficient with AI

This International Women’s Day, Meet the Scientist Changing Women’s Healthcare

Microphysiological systems in drug discovery

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