Archive: 06/11/2017

Study shows electric bandages can fight biofilm infection, antimicrobial resistance

Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have shown - for the first time - that special bandages using weak electric fields to disrupt bacterial biofilm infection can prevent infections, combat antibiotic ...

Nov 6, 2017

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FDG PET shows tumor DNA levels in blood are linked to NSCLC aggressiveness

Italian researches have demonstrated a better way of determining the aggressiveness of tumors in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). In a study presented in the featured clinical investigation article ...

Nov 6, 2017

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Higher brain glucose levels may mean more severe Alzheimer's

For the first time, scientists have found a connection between abnormalities in how the brain breaks down glucose and the severity of the signature amyloid plaques and tangles in the brain, as well as the onset of eventual ...

Nov 6, 2017

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Watchdog group blasts study that suggests 80 percent of baby formula contains arsenic

The watchdog website Snopes has blasted a new study that suggests up to 80 percent of products that we feed to our babies are tainted by arsenic and other potentially harmful contaminants.

Nov 6, 2017

New study finds widespread consequences after traumatic spinal cord injury

Researchers have shown that some of the critical pathophysiological responses to traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI), evidence of insufficient oxygen levels and metabolic stress that can permanently damage tissue, persist ...

Nov 6, 2017

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New study reveals sleep deprivation disrupts brain-cell communication

Ever sleep poorly and then walk out of the house without your keys? Or space out on the highway and nearly hit a stalled car?

Nov 6, 2017

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Deadly lung cancers are driven by multiple genetic changes

A new UC San Francisco-led study challenges the dogma in oncology that most cancers are caused by one dominant "driver" mutation that can be treated in isolation with a single targeted drug. Instead, the new research finds ...

Nov 6, 2017

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Immune cells mistake heart attacks for viral infections

A study led by Kevin King, a bioengineer and physician at the University of California San Diego, has found that the immune system plays a surprising role in the aftermath of heart attacks. The research could lead to new ...

Nov 6, 2017

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Depressed fathers risk not getting help

Postnatal depression among new mothers is a well-known phenomenon. Knowledge about depression in new fathers, however, is more limited. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that depression among new fathers may ...

Nov 6, 2017

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Stem cells pave the way for new treatment of diabetes

A new stem cell study conducted at the University of Copenhagen shows how we may increase the vital production of insulin in patients suffering from diabetes. The discovery helps to more efficiently at less cost make insulin-producing ...

Nov 6, 2017

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