BrainSwarming, blockchain, and bioethics: Applying engineering techniques to problems in health care and biomedicine

JANUARY 12, 2024byNational University of SingaporeAn example of BrainSwarming: BrainSwarming graphs were designed as a means of visualizing problem-solving and facilitating simultaneous idea gen

Updated on: March 25,2024

BrainSwarming, blockchain, and bioethics: Applying engineering techniques to problems in health care and biomedicine

JANUARY 12, 2024byNational University of SingaporeAn example of BrainSwarming: BrainSwarming graphs were designed as a means of visualizing problem-solving and facilitating simultaneous idea gen

Updated on:March 25,2024

Working days lost to long COVID could cost the economy billions every year, finds study

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsWorking days lost to long COVID could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with sympt

Updated on: December 03,2024

Working days lost to long COVID could cost the economy billions every year, finds study

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsWorking days lost to long COVID could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with sympt

Updated on:December 03,2024

New lens system for endoscopes could allow physicians to see inside the body like never before

by Wayne Gillam,University of Washington - Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringAn illustration of the endoscope lens system designed by UW ECE and Physics Professor Arka Majumdar

Updated on: November 23,2024

New lens system for endoscopes could allow physicians to see inside the body like never before

by Wayne Gillam,University of Washington - Department of Electrical & Computer EngineeringAn illustration of the endoscope lens system designed by UW ECE and Physics Professor Arka Majumdar

Updated on:November 23,2024

Study shows how genes in retina are regulated during development

byNational Institutes of HealthThis image metaphorically captures the cell differentiation process during retinal organoid development. Loose yarn representing uncompacted DNA is wound by a croc

Updated on: March 13,2024

Study shows how genes in retina are regulated during development

byNational Institutes of HealthThis image metaphorically captures the cell differentiation process during retinal organoid development. Loose yarn representing uncompacted DNA is wound by a croc

Updated on:March 13,2024

Kidney patients' lives could be saved by international change to donor policies

byNewcastle UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThousands of kidney disease patients' lives could be saved around the world each year if countries adopted the UK's rules on organ

Updated on: December 03,2024

Kidney patients' lives could be saved by international change to donor policies

byNewcastle UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThousands of kidney disease patients' lives could be saved around the world each year if countries adopted the UK's rules on organ

Updated on:December 03,2024

Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parents' traits

by Sam Sholtis,Pennsylvania State UniversityNeurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and the genes that can lead to them, vary in a population (left, brighter red colors represent more seve

Updated on: March 14,2024

Predicting neurodevelopmental disease in children from parents' traits

by Sam Sholtis,Pennsylvania State UniversityNeurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders, and the genes that can lead to them, vary in a population (left, brighter red colors represent more seve

Updated on:March 14,2024

Therapeutic approach to treat virus-induced lung failure for severe COVID-19 shows promise in clinical trial

byUniversity of CologneKaplan–Meier cumulative rate and its 95% confidence interval for the time to clinical improvement. SOC, standard of care. Credit:eClinicalMedicine(2024). DOI:

Updated on: December 03,2024

Therapeutic approach to treat virus-induced lung failure for severe COVID-19 shows promise in clinical trial

byUniversity of CologneKaplan–Meier cumulative rate and its 95% confidence interval for the time to clinical improvement. SOC, standard of care. Credit:eClinicalMedicine(2024). DOI:

Updated on:December 03,2024

Researchers compile detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases

byNetherlands Cancer InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have compiled a detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed o

Updated on: April 28,2024

Researchers compile detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases

byNetherlands Cancer InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have compiled a detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases. Having analyzed o

Updated on:April 28,2024

Researchers discover new links between cellular-waste removal and the development of Parkinson's

by Osaka UniversityCredit: Keita Kakuda, adapted fromProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312306120Although Parkinson's disease has been recog

Updated on: April 06,2024

Researchers discover new links between cellular-waste removal and the development of Parkinson's

by Osaka UniversityCredit: Keita Kakuda, adapted fromProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2023). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312306120Although Parkinson's disease has been recog

Updated on:April 06,2024

Crowdsourcing can help researchers assess efficacy of Parkinson's treatment, research finds

MAY 3, 2023byNew York UniversityScatterplot showing proportion of "typical voice quality" ratings versus AVQI scores, separated by speaker group. Shaded regions represent the 95% confi

Updated on: March 28,2024

Crowdsourcing can help researchers assess efficacy of Parkinson's treatment, research finds

MAY 3, 2023byNew York UniversityScatterplot showing proportion of "typical voice quality" ratings versus AVQI scores, separated by speaker group. Shaded regions represent the 95% confi

Updated on:March 28,2024

Researchers uncover new clues about links between parent age and congenital disorders

byOxford University PressFathers. Credit: Irene Tiemann-Boege /Genome Biology and EvolutionAnew paperinGenome Biology and Evolutionfinds that the link between pater

Updated on: March 13,2024

Researchers uncover new clues about links between parent age and congenital disorders

byOxford University PressFathers. Credit: Irene Tiemann-Boege /Genome Biology and EvolutionAnew paperinGenome Biology and Evolutionfinds that the link between pater

Updated on:March 13,2024

Researchers find mitochondrial DNA damage triggers spread of Parkinson's disease-like pathology

byUniversity of CopenhagenComplex I respiratory chain subunits are altered in PD patients and PD models(Ifnb-/-/Ifnar1-/-) due to mtDNA damages.AEnrichment plot of KEGG-OXPHOS

Updated on: March 13,2024

Researchers find mitochondrial DNA damage triggers spread of Parkinson's disease-like pathology

byUniversity of CopenhagenComplex I respiratory chain subunits are altered in PD patients and PD models(Ifnb-/-/Ifnar1-/-) due to mtDNA damages.AEnrichment plot of KEGG-OXPHOS

Updated on:March 13,2024